S65 AMG W220
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S65 AMG W220
Hello everybody,
My pressure line let go in April so I let the car sit until I could gather all the information and parts.
Now the suspension has bottomed out. I purchased wheel dollies and tried to move it, only my son and l so I think there wasn’t enough man power there. Has anybody tried this?
Is there any other way to move this car?
Trying to get it into the garage and there is a slight lip in front of the entrance too.
Thank in advance
My pressure line let go in April so I let the car sit until I could gather all the information and parts.
Now the suspension has bottomed out. I purchased wheel dollies and tried to move it, only my son and l so I think there wasn’t enough man power there. Has anybody tried this?
Is there any other way to move this car?
Trying to get it into the garage and there is a slight lip in front of the entrance too.
Thank in advance
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From: Panama City, FL
2007 Jaguar XJ8L, 1999 Miata, 2003 Yamaha FJR1300
It's a heavy car!!!
As for repairs, a blown line is a symptom of failed accumulators. Don't just replace the line or you'll get it blown again, or blown in another line.
The accumulators are pressure tanks in the system which store and absorb momentary pressure needs in the system, and a blown line indicates a failed accumulator which is unable to absorb a spike in the fluid pressure. That spike, instead of going into the diaphragm of the accumulator, blows out the wall of a line somewhere. A failed accumulator can also be misread as a failed pump, simply because the system doesn't receive enough pressure somewhere to handle extending a strut. They're not very expensive and fairly easy to replace. The one for the front axle is very accessible through the left front wheel well, and the one for the rear end is worked from under the car. When I got my car it would drive 15 minutes without sagging to the bottom. When the system cooled, it would lift right up when started. New accumulators, no more sagging.
If the nitrogen behind the accumulator's diaphram (which sits at rest at 1500psi) escapes by a faulty diaphragm then the accumulator may as well not even be there; it just fills up with fluid instead of holding fluid at pressure when the pump compresses the nitrogen.
As for repairs, a blown line is a symptom of failed accumulators. Don't just replace the line or you'll get it blown again, or blown in another line.
The accumulators are pressure tanks in the system which store and absorb momentary pressure needs in the system, and a blown line indicates a failed accumulator which is unable to absorb a spike in the fluid pressure. That spike, instead of going into the diaphragm of the accumulator, blows out the wall of a line somewhere. A failed accumulator can also be misread as a failed pump, simply because the system doesn't receive enough pressure somewhere to handle extending a strut. They're not very expensive and fairly easy to replace. The one for the front axle is very accessible through the left front wheel well, and the one for the rear end is worked from under the car. When I got my car it would drive 15 minutes without sagging to the bottom. When the system cooled, it would lift right up when started. New accumulators, no more sagging.
If the nitrogen behind the accumulator's diaphram (which sits at rest at 1500psi) escapes by a faulty diaphragm then the accumulator may as well not even be there; it just fills up with fluid instead of holding fluid at pressure when the pump compresses the nitrogen.
