changed the air bags in rear and now they won't fill up

theycallmejohn

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I have a '95 Lincoln Mark viii

I changed the rear two bags. One had a hole in it, the other was ok. I just bought this and the guy never told me there was a leak. It was slow at first but after owning it for about a month it didn't hold air anymore it just pumped up and leaked out of rear left.

I took out the air bags, put the new ones in and now the back 2 are not pumping up with air. I can hear the air come on at first but then it stops and says check air ride on the screen. The front two have not gone down at all since I owned it.

Did I do something wrong when installing? I just took out the hose connecting it, took off the strut or whatever holding the axle/suspension thing off (don't know anything about cars, just googled this) to get the air bag off and put the new one on exactly the same.

I have tried cycling the key which didn't do it. and propping up the back with jack just a little which also did nothing.
 
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