XJ XJ6 / XJ8 / XJR ( X350 & X358 ) 2003 - 2009

Air Spring Leak at Top Seal

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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 06:09 AM
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I still need a set of sport struts to test it
I tig welded on new tops to fix mine but latter replaced with a new set of bilistin struts
If im able to test the bolt on version il make up a bunch

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Old Jan 6, 2017 | 04:55 PM
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Reviving this thread as winter is unusually cold these days here in Belgium (-10°C tonight).
This morning I found my car low on its suspensions.
The compressor started shortly after the engine was ignited but raised the car painfully while I heard a hiss coming from the engine bay and becoming louder as the pressure and height increased: lot of air escaping from the front left shock.
After a couple of attempts, the compressor stopped, the front went down again and the dreadful ASF appeared on the dashboard.
I decided to wait until the engine had heated up to the nominal temperature on the temp gauge, hoping that it may heat sufficiently the top of the air shocks to allow recovering sealing, also hoping that the ASF would not hinder the compressor to restart.
After about 10 minutes, I then stopped the engine and restarted it. Fortunately, the ASF disappeared and the compressor restarted. And as I had wished, on this time I did not hear the leak anymore, the compressor succeeded in raising the car and keeping it at level.
So it seems that waiting for heating and restarting the engine can be successful (even with an ASF on the dashboard) as far as the shock is not yet totally gone, although it is certainly only a temporary fix until it can be replaced.
Hope it can help others...
 

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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 06:33 PM
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Good thinking Paydase!
 
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