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[CHRIS Dewey]

as u are awear on these cars they have rear air suappension when i start the car the compressor starts but at the same time on the rear passanger side there is a leaking sound as if its filling up but coming straighy out , any advive anyone !!

[TheBoy]

Check it

[CHRIS Dewey]

how ? i have tried feeling foe the leak but no good would i be better taking the wheel of ?

[TheBoy]

It is a case of finding the sound.  Likely areas are where it clips to shock, or at the base of shock if the air bladder has failed.

[duggs]

New shock is needed BUT you must change both together.

 Either go for air shocks again or standard shocks which are cheaper.

I put standard shocks on my elite as money was tight...sometimes a regretted decision.

[Elite Pete]

Soapy water is a good way to find air leaks

[CHRIS Dewey]

guys i apriciate ur feed back but i dont know a lot about these things yea so simple terms would be a great help lol

[RobG]

how ? i have tried feeling foe the leak but no good would i be better taking the wheel of ?

Disconnect sensor arm (centre right in pic) raise lever by hand, should be able to locate air leak

[RobG]

New shock is needed BUT you must change both together.

 Either go for air shocks again or standard shocks which are cheaper.

I put standard shocks on my elite as money was tight...sometimes a regretted decision.

Not necessarily, could just be a leaking airline

[Andy B]

Likely to be a leaking/perished bag on the shocker. IMHO   

[feeutfo]

Needs checking, as other thread. Usually the oil leaks out of the dampers long before the bags fail.

Does the back end bang over bumps? By that I mean, with no oil in the dampers there is no damping of the suspension stroke, so as the wheel hits a bump the wheel takes off and bangs as the spring forces it back on the road. The up slope of speed bumps is a prime example.

[Andy B]

Needs checking, as other thread. Usually the oil leaks out of the dampers long before the bags fail.

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Both the sets I've changed have failed on the air bag ....... 

[feeutfo]

Needs checking, as other thread. Usually the oil leaks out of the dampers long before the bags fail.

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Both the sets I've changed have failed on the air bag ....... 

...trust you to be awkward.


Dampness at the base of the shock is the give away if failed recently. Plus the previously mentioned banging over bumps.

IME for the bag to fail they need to have no air in them, so chaif themselves to bits with suspension movement.

Or maybe the oil has got on the air bag and rotted the rubber maybe...?

[Andy B]

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Or maybe the oil has got on the air bag and rotted the rubber maybe...?

Possibly  . But you could hear the air escaping both times.