But wait, there is more. Some two months ago, maybe three, I decided to replace all of the Front Pressure Cells. They cost a packet (and a half), but I wanted to replace all three. Once the job was done, I turned the key to start and expected the car to raise - it did not, and no amount of fiddling (not too much) and grunting, produced the result I was hoping for. It should be pointed out to test the car requires the suspension to be under pressure - in other words, wheels on the ground but, if the system does not work, having the wheels on the ground will create many difficulties, including the fact that you cannot remove the floor jack, and also the back suspension will invariably drop unevenly, resulting in the car to actually want to move on its own accord. Quite scary. The only way to achieve a static suspension setting is to place solid jacks under each hub, and let them take the full weight of the car, whether in collapsed condition, or fully operational - with the system in p[roper working condition.
Anyway the suspension did not function, and we decided, after checking, that the problem had to be a faulty strut. With engine running and the Oil Pressure Pump working (you can hear it) continuously, the car did not raise - in fact, the pump did not stop pumping, and we felt that the fluid was being pumped into the strut and from there, presumably, straight back to the Oil Reservoir. It was all too much at the time, and I just walked away from Gleaming Beauty - she was parked in an awkward position, but I really couldn't care less at the time. Eventually, of course, it would have to get to me, and so it did earlier this week - after some months. Regards Styria
