Air Suspension Bottoming Out - Relay

scotty96lsc

scotty96lsc

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Coming home today and riding through our bumpy neighborhood, it felt like my suspension was bottoming out. Then I get to my driveway and I hear the compressor turn on and air the car back up.
I don't think I have any leaks as the car stays up overnight and over several days as I travel. Could it be the relay? Though I would think I would get an error message like the last time this happened to me in my 96 LSC.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
It's integral to the drier on the air suspension compressor. It has been successfully disassembled, cleaned and reassembled by other members with good results. Perhaps one will chime in with the details.

If the vent solenoid stuck open(even partially) and then the system attempted to inflate - the suspension vented.
 
buy a rebuilt compressor from Eddie at americanairsuspension.com
new solenoid will be on it and he'll even give you back money for your old compressor.
i've taken a vent solenoid apart before out of curiosity and i wouldnt attempt trying to fix one but thats just me lol!
 
Check your battery, afar I replaced nearly everything on my suspension (which it all needed to be) 3 months later I had a problem similar to yours and the battery fried, replaced the battery and no problems sense. Since its hot you have your AC on high and a week battery may keep the compressor and suspecting from operating correctly.
 
Check the connector to the air compressor/relay assembly [under the RH water shield on the RH side under the front end] for heated contacts. My connection was getting hot/dirty causing the same problem for many months; i.e. it worked and then it didn't. I cleaned up the connection with good metal polish on a Q-tip, appied some protective electrical grease and have never seen the issue again. A repair shop would have certainly replaced my compressor.
 
jamies98lsc said:
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i've taken a vent solenoid apart before out of curiosity and i wouldnt attempt trying to fix one but thats just me lol!
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crazy design huh... that little coil and pintle crap...yuk.


best solution is to plug the orfice in the head, and installing a spider valve
(if you can get your hands on one)
 
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