front end stays down

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Kees
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Re: front end stays down

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Yes, this fuse is inside, but listen, this fuse is oke, because if it's blown, the hole suspension is not working!
You have to stay about this problem with the high sensor, because in the past you removed the subframe and disengage the high sensor from the anti-roll bar.
Before you look for other reasons about the problem you must convince yourself that the position of the arm on the high sensor is in the low position!!
You can do this just to disengage the arm from the anti rollbar then see the movement you can do with it to the front and rear of the car, then pull it gently to the front of the car and feel with your finger as close as possible with the high sensor if you can push this point up/down.
Then keep it in the down position and engage the arm with the clamp on the rollbar.
Now you are sure that this part of the system is ok.
From this point you can try with small adjustments of the clamp if you can find the right position that the front end will rise. I think the best way to do this is to put the car in the normal position with the switch inside the car.
Greetings,
Kees.
thom0385
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Re: front end stays down

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Hi Kees
I will concentrate on the high sensor then. I dident remove the subframe for the removal of the center spfere i took the driveshaft out and ended up removing a lot in the engine bay to gain acces from there also, so the whole solenoid with sphere came out from engine bay. But you are right: i did loosen the clamp to try out severeal positions to see if it could make the front end raise (which it couldent), so its certainly out of adjustment. I will try out your method to recover a basic setting for it, thanks again for the help.
Best greetings and merry christmas
Thomas
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Re: front end stays down

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Oke, good luck and hope to keep informed.
Greetings,
Kees.
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Re: front end stays down

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Here you can see the difference between the position and readout.
Because i used the yellow one it's possible that the blue one has opposite readout.
This is why you get the error message from the diagbox.
Because when the position is wrong, the value is out of range.
Greetings,
Kees.
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thom0385
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Re: front end stays down

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@Kees
So now its back on track, it was the hight position sensor that was faulty. Probably damaged. It is now replaced and i used the settings you gave in this post, now its up in normal driving position.

Thanks again for all the help along the way and for keep trying new ways.
Best greetings Thomas
Kees
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Re: front end stays down

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Good to hear, the problem is solved.
Greetings,
Kees.