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mrblonde

Member Since: 24 Jan 2012
Location: Cambs
Posts: 728

2003 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Adriatic Blue

'you have lazy air suspension guv'

Just picked the TD6 (99k miles) up from her MOT, and she passed with 2 advisorys, front brake pads and a brake pipe deteriorating (will be asking about those in maintenance forum). The guy asked if the air suspension was ok, as he didnt want to get his jack stuck under the car (didnt understand this question).

As he was giving me the MOT certificate he told me the air suspension was 'lazy' and he raised it and it didnt do anything, then 5 minutes later while on the ramps it raised itself? Does this sound normal?

I've had no problems with it, granted only use it in normal, and 'access mode' whenever I park

Have i got a problem?

Cheers guys

20th Dec 2012 6:32pm

hongkongphooey

Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Douglas.
Posts: 227

Maybe he had the door open whilst he was in and out, then shut it to raise the ramp, at which pont the car would have raised on the suspension?

20th Dec 2012 6:34pm

Rob2529

Member Since: 22 Nov 2010
Location: Wirral, uk
Posts: 1470

Only problem would be your compressor being worn. It will eventually not make the heights in the req time and put up faults. Untill it goes wrong don't worry. It's an easy fix about £300 for a new or £150(ish) from meerbusch on here for an overhaul kit [img]http://www.fuelly.com/driver/rob2529/range-rover[img/]
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20th Dec 2012 7:47pm

Katash

Member Since: 10 Apr 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 700

2007 Range Rover Supercharged 4.2 SC V8 Zermatt Silver

Why was he about with the air suspension while doing an MOT?

Its not a pass/fail component is it?

20th Dec 2012 8:36pm

mrblonde

Member Since: 24 Jan 2012
Location: Cambs
Posts: 728

Katash wrote:
Why was he about with the air suspension while doing an MOT?

Its not a pass/fail component is it?

Don't actually know, said something about needing to get the jack under it? Maybe the wide jack they use while its up on the ramp? But that fits under normal cars so should of fit under my RR no problem?

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20th Dec 2012 9:19pm

mrblonde

Member Since: 24 Jan 2012
Location: Cambs
Posts: 728

Rob2529 wrote:
Only problem would be your compressor being worn. It will eventually not make the heights in the req time and put up faults. Untill it goes wrong don't worry. It's an easy fix about £300 for a new or £150(ish) from meerbusch on here for an overhaul kit

Cheers Rob, not had any fault codes yet so will keep your suggestion on my note-pad. No idea why he was playing around with the air suspension??

20th Dec 2012 9:21pm

mrblonde

Member Since: 24 Jan 2012
Location: Cambs
Posts: 728

hongkongphooey wrote:
Maybe he had the door open whilst he was in and out, then shut it to raise the ramp, at which pont the car would have raised on the suspension?

Maybe Hong Kong, but he said it raised and levelled about 5 minutes later?

20th Dec 2012 9:22pm

northernmonkeyjones

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Give it a fiddle and see of it works. It will take time to recover from each action so best to park it in access, then raise to normal as driving off and then to off road a bit later, when stopped at a junction. See how long it takes for each raise. If its pretty quick 10-20 secs then its fine.....for now. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammerðŸ˜œðŸ˜œ
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20th Dec 2012 10:45pm

nicedayforit

Member Since: 11 Jun 2011
Location: Beside the Solway
Posts: 3969

2004 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Giverny Green

mrblonde wrote:
Katash wrote:
Why was he about with the air suspension while doing an MOT?

Its not a pass/fail component is it?

Don't actually know, said something about needing to get the jack under it? Maybe the wide jack they use while its up on the ramp? But that fits under normal cars so should of fit under my RR no problem?

Confused.com

When the tester logs a vehicle onto the VOSA computer before the test the computer automatically prints off a data sheet for the car which indicates any "quirks" the car may have which affects the test and indicates to the tester how to deal with the "quirks".
In the case of a RR the "quirk" is the air suspension.
To test the suspension components the car is jacked off it's wheels, front then rear.
If the car is jacked up in "normal" ride height when the tester comes to lower the car the car will remain stuck on the jack due to the suspension having adjusted itself whilst on the jacks.
To overcome this the tester is instructed to raise the car to "off-road height" before jacking, doing this allows to car to clear the jack when the jack is lowered.
This is done for both front and rear wheels.

Hence the need for the tester to operate the air suspension.

21st Dec 2012 8:58am

rathbranV8

Member Since: 23 Jan 2011
Location: meath
Posts: 283

I had this at our equivalent test over here and Iwas watching the tester,he had the door open the whole bloody time so suspension going nowhere

21st Dec 2012 1:51pm

mrblonde

Member Since: 24 Jan 2012
Location: Cambs
Posts: 728

Cheers nice, makes sense now

One worry to cross off my 'to do' list

22nd Dec 2012 5:42pm

47p2

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru
Posts: 8048

My MOT tester has never played about with my air suspension

22nd Dec 2012 5:43pm

mrblonde

Member Since: 24 Jan 2012
Location: Cambs
Posts: 728

Hi 47
I thought it a bit strange, been to that garage the last 2 times for mots on my FF and they've never asked before? Was wondering if he was making small talk or letting me know he knows about FFRR's as well as the 6 white vans he had in his garage maybe?

22nd Dec 2012 8:43pm

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