Air Ride Leak

[blue42]

My 96 MARK VIII has a leak in the front. It will raise up all the way. Sometimes it stays up overnight and sometimes it's almost on the ground. Any ideas?

 

[kustomizingkid]

Get out a spray bottle with soapy water and see if the bags are leaking.... Depending on where you park and how extended/compressed the bags are they can expose different cracks and leak quicker or slower.

 

[Frogman]

The MArk VIII trolls come to your house at night ad deflate the bags. Naturally, since there are only two of them and so many Mark VIII's out there, they can't deflate your cars bags every night.

 

[mespock]

Once up turn off the air ride switch located in the trunk and you can see if it's the bags or not. With the switch off if it doesn't come down your bags are fine. If it goes down then it's the bags for sure.

If it's the bags then do as the Kid says.

 

[mespock]

The MArk VIII trolls come to your house at night ad deflate the bags. Naturally, since there are only two of them and so many Mark VIII's out there, they can't deflate your cars bags every night.

Good one Frogman.. I love it...

 

[American Air-1]

The absolute best way to leak test an air ride system, is turn the switch off as Mespock recommended. The 2 things to remember is:
#1) Make sure the system vents down to curb height BEFORE turning the switch off.
#2) Make sure to DRIVE THE CAR.

Everything you need to know about this procedure can be found here: http://www.americanairsuspension.com/air-leak-test-1.htm