Datatek
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Bad advice, if they are original they need replacing, having one burst at speed is not likely to be a pleasant experience.
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Datatek
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Clear the faults and if the compressor is not fecked it will try to rise.
Otherwise fit Schrader valves, remove the group of 4 pipes from the valve block, noting where each one came from and attach the valves, inflate with a compressor to 50/60psi until the car is level, leave overnight and you will know for sure where the leak is if it's airsprings. The other common leakage point is the diaphragm in the valve block.
Otherwise fit Schrader valves, remove the group of 4 pipes from the valve block, noting where each one came from and attach the valves, inflate with a compressor to 50/60psi until the car is level, leave overnight and you will know for sure where the leak is if it's airsprings. The other common leakage point is the diaphragm in the valve block.
gfromleeds
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No what I was sugesting is that the bags may not all be feckd! Even the youngest p38 will be 12years old so will/should
have had a bag swop at some point!when I bought mine the fronts were near as new but the backs were fecked so had no need to replace the fronts
Just saying the op could be in a similar situation and should check the condition of them before just slinging a full set of 4 at it
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The use of 'will' is wrong....'may' would be better..
Change to:
As most owners have no idea the bags have a useful life...the numbers that can be seen with threadbare bags is astonishing....7/8 years is about as useful as they get...but many are still on original bags...
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As most owners have no idea the bags have a useful life...the numbers that can be seen with threadbare bags is astonishing....7/8 years is about as useful as they get...but many are still on original bags...
gfromleeds
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How about "should"
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Then again threadbare airbags should be an MOT fail. But some of the ones pictured on here, that have been changed because of leaks are quite bad, but have not been failed, which i find a little disturbing.
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Very true, I had a guy buy a compressor off me the other day, he said he still had a fault, when I checked his vehicle all four diaphragms on the air springs were knackered, he had it passed through the mot a fortnight before.
It is quite worrying in my opinion
gfromleeds
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Agreed should be part of the mot afterall a broken coil spring is a fail
