Slight lowering of car at times

scotty96lsc

scotty96lsc

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I've looked at some past threads about the air ride and have not found an answer so....
After my car has been sitting overnight and half a day, I noticed the front fenders were just about touching the tires, the right slightly more than the left. This is like the third time I have noticed this over the past year. The other two times it was really cold and I came out from work and it had that same lowering issue.
Bags filled normally after I discovered this this last time. Came out the next morning and the car looked fine all the way around.
In an earlier post I had said that coming back from work I noticed a rough ride coming through an exceptional bumpy part of our neighborhood road. Driller suggested it might be a stuck valve.
Any thoughts. She has 93,000+ miles and I've had her since 52,000.
 
You prob have a small air leak in one of the front bags... it's prob located in the folds of the rubber and it depends on where it settles to when you shut it down. This will prob also get worse as winter approaches.... best way to test it is to use dishwashing soap and water and slop it on the folds of the bags and watch for bubbles....it may NOT happen the first time you test for it, just as it doesn't settle EVERY time you shut the car off.... Consider doing the new struts BEFORE winter!!! It's not fun to do in summer, and it's much worse in cold weather!
 
Time for new air bags. Your old ones are leaking, more than likely on the folds which will come and go due to weather and road conditions when parked. American Air Suspensions is your best source for our bags if you do not want to pay the higher price that FOMOCO will charge for them (about double). You can easily put them on in your back yard if you have some basic tools and sockets.

http://www.lincolnsclub.org/lincolntech/modrepair/strut.html
 
American Air is Eddie Spinks, and is a reseller for Arnott's new units. We go to Eddie because he has great service and help when we need it and his pricing is the same.
 
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