just a update on this one, its been a couple of weeks now since i changed the hydraulic tank ( thanks Marc for the help with part numbers much appreciated ) changing the tank was surprisingly easy and the area was cleaned with de-greaser all re connected, filled tank with new LDS fluid, applied 0.50 bar of pressure with the old cap which i modified.
cycled suspension up and down several times, steering lock to lock, returned to low position and topped up LDS to bottom of basket and the suspension has improved slightly, 4 weeks on and all the joints are dry with no signs of any leaking but I am still experiencing intermittent issues with ride quality, Tyre pressures are correct the car is running on Avon ZV5 they have 7mm on both rear and 5mm on both front so cant see any issues there, thing is I still experiencing sudden bangs and crashes whilst driving, stationary the suspension is soft and fluid bounce test on each corner is as it should be. at maneuvering speed on and off the drive the car behaves as you would expect soaking up the bump up or down the curb, now once moving you can feel the car moving up and down as you travel along the road buy you feel every bump and join in the road as if the tyres were made of solid rubber or were flat, this does not improve at motorway speeds though you can feel the can floating up and down as you are driving down the road hit anything other than smooth and boom you feel everything even cats eyes when changing lane or joints it the tarmac same sensation as lower speeds where you would think the tyres were made of solid rubber, seems to be no give over lumps and bumps but fine on smooth roads,i have the car to a second main dealer who has said the suspension checks out and that no faults were present, so am back to trying to locate the issue, height correctors have been lubricated and the car does cycle through each setting as it should now as in one of my previous posts i mentioned that there is a rattling coming from the engine bay roughly from where the pump and reservoir is located, I know it is there as cant be heard from passenger side now this may be compete coincidence but the noise only became apparent at the same time the suspension began to misbehave and is generally heard at speeds of 50mph+ could there still be air in the system also the as the steering sometimes going hard when pulling away now i know they are seperate systems but if air is getting into the steering system some how could this be returning air into the hydralic resivour and subsecquently being drawn into the suspension system? Im not a expert on these things but just thinking outside the box . so this has gone from a intermittant issue to pretty much present at all times, argghhh I just want the suspension to be like it used to be but we shall see, Would be interested to see if anyone is experiencing similar problems or could have ideas to why this is happening, Thanks
