Disco 2 - Air springs related questions

[harrray]

Hi all,

The air springs have been removed from my Disco 2 and replaced with coils.

I keep hearing a clicking sound coming from the air springs control box / air compressor (?) under the left hand side of the vehicle when the car is not running?

I think its a relay or solenoid in that box???

Im worried if I dont drive the car for a few days, this may affect my battery charge.

Can someone tell me how I can disable this box? I didnt see a fuse specifically for this unit in the fuse panel?

Thanks

[listerdiesel]

I think that you need to disable the air suspension in the Body Control ECU, it seems to be trying to run the suspension still.

Peter

[tokkolosh]

take the fuse out under the bonnet, also the relay if you want to

[23skidoo]

Put the Air Springs back in :p

[tokkolosh]

why would i want to do that?

[23skidoo]

Well it was a slightly tongue in cheek response (although I sort of thought poster had inherited this conversion and may be open to that as a solution ;) ) .

I know there is a big following from the replace air with coils route whereas my own personal preference is the opposite. Unless I was considering an extreme lift , I think Air offers more comfort and ride quality on *and* more functionality off road , more than compensating for well documented maintenance and other negatives ...

and dont laugh .. its the only thing that allows me to get my Discovery with Roof bars into a certain local multi storey car park under there height barriers :D

[harrray]

Gents,

Thankyou all for your advice. Having never experienced air springs I cannot comment on the pro's and cons, however I am very happy with the performance the coils are providing.

As per listerdiesels response I believe the best solution for me would be to take it to a Land Rover service centre and disable the settings in the ECU. That procedure will cost me about $40 australian.

cheers!:cool: