ATTABOY! I wonder if the Classic Center has a help line for tech support to assist with diagnoses on older MBs
On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 10:26 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah I gotta dig into it more > > --FY > Sent from iPhone > > > On Mar 21, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Just because the pump ran does not mean it is good. The Das tests will > usually tell you exactly what the issue is. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Mar 21, 2020, at 7:25 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I decided today to go spend some time trying to figure out why this > $500E500 is all squatted down. I took off the air pump to check it out > (which I need not have done, but I wanted to see if it was banged up from > the off-road excursion. It was fine. > >> > >> Turns out it was getting no electrons. FUSE was fine. A bit of research > showed there is a relay in the electrical box. Pulled that and tested it, > seemed to be kaput (0 ohms) across the actuation contacts. So I jumpered > the 12V contacts and it ran!!! So the relay is bad. > >> > >> I had the car off the ground, wheels dangling but it didn’t seem to > pump up any struts. There was air coming out of the intake side. This might > indicate blown o-rings maybe so it might need a rebuild. > >> > >> I put the computer on and did a diagnostic on the airmatic after I > dropped it back down. It had a bunch of codes, one being the solenoid which > I guess controls air going out? A couple of the struts which are not > totally collapsed were showing 5+bar pressure which is about a third of > what they are supposed to be. The other two were much lower. I tried to run > pressurization on each strut but I think it needs to be off the ground, or > if the air is not actually being solenoided out I guess it won’t work. > >> > >> Got dark and late so I came in. I’ll have to dig into it a bit more. > >> > >> Oh, I disconnected the 2 rear air lines at the pump distribution block > and put compressed air in them while the car was off the ground but no > change. Maybe there’s some other logic or components in the system they > won’t allow that , I don’t know. I’ll research it all more. > >> > >> --R > >> Sent from iPhone > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
