Rear Suspenion...weird thing....DISCO 2000

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amvauto

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Here is my story, my drivers side air shock was leaking and it was sunk in the back for about 3 weeks until I changed it with a replacement....easy as hell..10 min..anyway after I changed it it went back to normal (rasied up)...I parked it in the garage for 2 days...no problems...then I parked it outside overnight, I am in Winnipeg, CAD. so it was stupid cold...I think it was -40 Celsius (-40 Farenheit) with the windchill...so when I came out in the morn it sank again...I was ******...but as soon as I started the car, it raised and was fine....then I went to work it was again real cold and it sank it did this for 2 days, sank and raised...then it got warmer and it stopped sinking...it was like 3 weeks and no problems...then just last night the temp again hit -40 C (-40 F)and it sank...started the truck and raised...??
Right before I changed the air shock I brought it in for a Diagnostic and there were no errors with the Compressor, suspension, engine...nothing....again Rovers are not made for this type of Cold weather so I do think that the weather has an effect on this...becuase otherwise it works perfectly fine...anybody else experience this type of unexplained phenemonon????

Damn this is a long story....:)
 
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joey

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Sounds like something is freezing which is then expanding and causing a leak, as far as rovers and cold weather that isn't the issue, it is Air suspension and cold weather.
 

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General opinion is to keep it real, ditch the air suspension completely and replace with an actual spring/shock setup. You'll find it cheaper in the long run. (ie: no more failures) Fortunately my truck wasn't equipped with the SLS - it would just be something else to fix/replace/burn/trash and cause un-needed headache.

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amvauto

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It is the air....becuase of the extreme weather the air condenses which lowers the back...when the car is on its ok....
I love MY ROVER!!!
but I have decided to sell it...it has been a hard decision but it is time to go...
Thanks to all the Rover people...I will check in once in a while to see what;s up....
 

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