[Marmaduke]

Just been and dropped brother in laws birthday card off and his Disco 3's suspension is playing up.
Originally it was working OK but one of the rear wheels was a couple of cm's lower than the other. He got underneath it and one of the pipes was leaking, bought a rebuild kit and put it all back together. Started it up and now the rear is level but the front is on the floor.
He's had the AA out and it's showing this fault code

Any ideas?? I only do coils

Ta muchly

 

[sierrafery]

Check this out http://www.disco3.it/gallery/albums...lve_and_Drier_Replacement_Software_Update.pdf

 

[Marmaduke]

Check this out http://www.disco3.it/gallery/albums...lve_and_Drier_Replacement_Software_Update.pdf

Forgive my ignorance but does that mean he needs a nanocom or similar?

 

[sierrafery]

yes... it's possible that he'll have to clear the fault codes to regain height or even recalibrate but i'm not a D3 expert

 

[brian47]

I believe that Gary, aka @gstuart is a bit of an "expert" on the D3 windy-springs.

 

[sierrafery]

I believe that Gary, aka @gstuart is a bit of an "expert" on the D3 windy-springs.

what's certain is that he is a real expert in air bags.... the SRS ones

 

[freelance]

Does it not raise manually, and then once raised flick the switch to standard and everything should come right

 

[sierrafery]

That LRO20590 valve and dryer should be replaced first though

 

[Marmaduke]

Does it not raise manually, and then once raised flick the switch to standard and everything should come right

No doesn't move at all, he's just sent me this

Cheers Rob, found that fuse F3 is dead, the fuse is fine but no power feeding to it

 

[sierrafery]

That's cos F3 gets feed through the suspension relay which is closed by the manegement when the suspension becomes active... and in this case it's not

 

[Marmaduke]

What difference does having the drivers door open.

Once again sorry for my ignorance

 

[lynall]

Any door open stops the suspension moving, if you must have door open just trip door latch with a screwdriver so car thinks its shut

 

[brian47]

Any door open stops the suspension moving, if you must have door open just trip door latch with a screwdriver so car thinks its shut

Failing that, try to work through an open window in the driver's door.

 

[gstuart]

hi

check the 3 x connectors behind the front passenger side wheel arch, they are renowned for failing, loose wire out of the connectors

also back passenger side wheel , look at the handbrake cable, u will see another wiring loom, this can rub against the chassis

to test which corner is failing, put it into off road height, pull fuse F26 then leave for 24 x hours

this prevents it from self levelling every 6 x hours

how old is the compressor

as other have said , open the drivers window and close it, with the door open it will not work due to safety

hope that helps

ps , shame ur not closer as i could have plugged my iid in for u foc

 

[gstuart]

what's certain is that he is a real expert in air bags.... the SRS ones

hope i never see an air bag again, lol

 

[Marmaduke]

hi

check the 3 x connectors behind the front passenger side wheel arch, they are renowned for failing, loose wire out of the connectors

also back passenger side wheel , look at the handbrake cable, u will see another wiring loom, this can rub against the chassis

to test which corner is failing, put it into off road height, pull fuse F26 then leave for 24 x hours

this prevents it from self levelling every 6 x hours

how old is the compressor

as other have said , open the drivers window and close it, with the door open it will not work due to safety

hope that helps

ps , shame ur not closer as i could have plugged my iid in for u foc

It was working fine until he 'fixed' the air leak on the compressor now it doesn't lift the front end

 

[gstuart]

It was working fine until he 'fixed' the air leak on the compressor now it doesn't lift the front end

get him to look at the raise and lower lever, is there a light showing next to it

if not , it means it reqs resetting

so i assume the fuses are now ok,

which are

F3 (5A)
F26 (20A)
FL10 (60A)

if ur able to , put it into access , then normal , then off road , the front should then raise

failing that , remove the compressor cover, u will see the reservoir valve , check all the pipes whist the compressor is running with some leak detector spray

also there are no further leaks on the compressor ,

how old is the compressor , is it noisy

see how u get on

 

[Nodge68]

Is the compressor actually running? If not, the front will never lift. If D3 diagnostics are being done regularly. Then a decent tool is needed.

You need to get the live data for the gallery pressure.