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Lee Trinder
 


Member Since: 12 Aug 2018
Location: Henley in arden
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2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Stornoway GreyDiscovery 3
Is I just me - suspension query

Is it advisable to raise and lower the suspension periodically to ensure its works correctly?
Or should I leave it alone?
It seems to work fine, but as we don’t go driving up mountains just felt it’s better to test it.
Hope that makes sense  
Post #199230116th Oct 2018 7:48 pm
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Grandadrob
 


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England 2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto BournvilleDiscovery 3

I can't begin to give you the technical answer. But I would have thought that periodic exercise of any part must save it from getting stuck........But that does come from years of owing Series Landys. 1955 SWB Series 1 86 inch
1960 SWB Series 2 88 inch
2009 Discovery 3 HSE Bournville Pearl  
Post #199230216th Oct 2018 7:50 pm
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kajtzu
 


Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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Finland 2005 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3
Re: Is I just me

Lee Trinder wrote:
Is it advisable to raise and lower the suspension periodically to ensure its works correctly? Or should I leave it alone?
It seems to work fine, but as we don’t go driving up mountains just felt it’s better to test it.
Hope that makes sense


Just like always using the EPB, using EAS every now and then does not hurt Whistle that being said it does every now and then self level when parked and engine turned off for example. But raising to off-road height and driving is just fine. It’ll lower itself automatically when you exceed 50 km/h, I think the bong happens in 40 km/h.  
Post #199230616th Oct 2018 7:54 pm
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Lee Trinder
 


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2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Stornoway GreyDiscovery 3

That’s what I was hoping for, if you don’t use it you’ll loose it.
Didn’t want neighbors thinking I was showing off Laughing
If I haven’t done it for a while she can sound like me getting up from a kneeling position.  
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kirkyworld
 


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On the other hand I lower mine every time I park it up and the first compressor lasted 2 years from new.  
Post #199231616th Oct 2018 8:08 pm
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kajtzu
 


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Finland 2005 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

YMMV. The original compressor lasted 8 years, this one has been on for ~5 Thumbs Up  
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lynalldiscovery
 


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kirkyworld wrote:
On the other hand I lower mine every time I park it up and the first compressor lasted 2 years from new.


I lower it every time I park it up and have done for the last 4 years and I dont know how old the compressor fitted is.  
Post #199233716th Oct 2018 8:55 pm
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Lee Trinder
 


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I did check my compressor and it’s an AMK date stamped 2013. The car is 2007, I’m sure there is more that can go wrong than. Just hope it doesn’t.  
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Hardware
 


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United Kingdom 2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Sumatra BlackDiscovery 4

suspension lowered most times I park . raised most weeks to make sure it still does. HDC/Low Ratio checked out almost weekly. Deffo need to keep things moving.  
Post #199234216th Oct 2018 9:37 pm
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Alan B
 


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lynalldiscovery wrote:
kirkyworld wrote:
On the other hand I lower mine every time I park it up and the first compressor lasted 2 years from new.


I lower it every time I park it up and have done for the last 4 years and I dont know how old the compressor fitted is.


Why does everyone lower it? I do when at work only so elderly spaniel can come and go as she pleases.

But if parking in supermarket car park I usually raise it to full height so the ba Censored s that squeeze in next to me dent their doors on the side tubes instead of denting my doors Whistle Thumbs Up D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
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kajtzu
 


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Last winter I got the dreaded suspension bong in -27 or so but once the car warmed up in the corporate garage (tm) everything was all right again. Seemed the compressor was slower in those temperatures, too, perhaps the elasticity of the bags is also impacted... there were some creaking sounds that don’t happen spring/summer/autumn. Thumbs Up

I’ve got it in normal mode or when driving on packed (unpaved) roads in off-road position. Access I use very rarely.  
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galwaygreen
 


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United Kingdom 2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Graphite LE Auto Loire BlueDiscovery 4

use access mode every time to get in/out  
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