Mercedes Self Leveling Suspension Diagram

Please see our article on understanding the self leveling suspension to give you more information on the different components. Once you know the system it is not all that difficult to understand or work on.

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Mercedes self leveling suspension diagram. The self leveling rear suspension on some w123 models can seem like a bit of a dark art to those who have not had the chance to learn it. First part in a future series on theory troubleshooting and repair. Instead what i often found were weeping hydraulic hoses dirty hydraulic.

My 1990 has just over 100000 miles and the ride is rougher than id expect with loud thumps from the rear end over every bump and pothole. Mercedes benz with airmatic suspension tries to self level when parked but they end up completely lowering to the ground. Troubleshooting and repair of mercedes benz unique hydraulic rear suspension that levels itself automatically when.

Ive got an issue with my self leveling rear suspension and have investigated as follows. Has anyone replaced the 560sec self leveling rear hydraulic shocks accumulators pump and lines with conventional shock absorbers as i believe w126s without self leveling rear suspension have. In order to minimise aerodynamic drag the system lowers the ride height.

The pneumatic self levelling suspension fully automatically adapts the ride height independent of the load. Mercedes self leveling rear suspension sls part 9. W210 e320 wagon overview.

Mercedessource tech help if you have a mercedes station wagon and want to use it to haul loads best to fix it right in all my years of working on old mercedes diesels i have never come across a 300td wagon that i consider to have had proper and careful maintenance done on the hydraulic self leveling suspension system. The airmatic air suspension system in the new c class affords individual comfort with a high level of safety. The self leveling rear suspension on some w123 models can seem like a bit of a dark art to those who have not had the chance to learn it.

Once you know the system it is not all that difficult to understand or work on. The rear very slowly over about 3 weeks went down while the car was out of use and went down evenly which makes me think that the airbags are ok as the chances of both airbags getting a holed at exactly the same time is remote. Mercedes benz assumes the role of trailblazer.

There are many possible causes for this malfunction. Compare a 300td wagon 560sec and w140 s600. The airmatic suspension would normally work for the rest of the trip.

In our case the s class would raise to normal height when the car started.

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