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chu
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 12:59 pm: | 
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The rear suspension bottoms out after the engine has been off overnight. Anyone else see this? Normal?
chu |
Al
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 01:05 pm: |
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Yeah my SLS seems to bottom out too (though not all the way), this seems to happen when my rig hasn't been driven after a few days or if I park it on an incline? |
chu
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 01:14 pm: |
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What's weird is, (brother's rig, not mine) this thing was fine for the first 3 weeks, and after some action over the weekend, it started doing this. Seems to be a pretty neat option, but I'm not so sure I like the quirks involved. |
Al
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 01:25 pm: |
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Yeah it's kind of strange the way it works, but once I start her up and get rolling she levels off. I've also loaded her up and the SLS compensated for the extra weight. So far though she's worked fine, she just looks funny sitting in the driveway bottom ass heavy. Even had neighbors mention what's wrong with your rear end.
Oh well the price of SLS I guess, as long as she corrects herself on the ride then I'm fine with her. When she finally bites the big one then I'll change to springs. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 02:13 pm: |
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That is not normal but I have another car with SLS (non-Rover) that does the same thing. The SLS should hold up for longer than a week. If it's dropping over night I would think you have a leak in the system. Have your dealer check it out if it's still under warantee. If not open up the cover to the compressor box under the driver seat and start looking for a leak at the 3 lines that are in the forward left most part of the air compressor box. Then work your way back to the air bags. |
Greekrover
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 02:24 am: |
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I agree with AL.My trucks SLS does not lower if sat there for a while.Take some soapy water and spray the connections,valves,lines etc and look for a very tiny leak .If you dont find any try gently to tighten all connections.
George |
Nathan Hindman
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 12:48 pm: |
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I agree, it's probably a leak in the SLS system somewhere. A buddy of mine had this happen in his RRC, turned out to be the one of the airbags was cracked enough for a slow leak. When the Rover was running the compressor would fill the bag quickly enough to compensate for the leak.
If it were mine, I'd pull the SLS out and install some coils, but if it's only 3 weeks old- take it back to the dealer and let them mess with it.
Nathan Hindman
http://www.PangaeaExpeditions.com |
CarlT
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 03:47 pm: |
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My truck can sit for weeks, once it sat for 6 without sagging a bit...
Carl |
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