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Cold weather and ride height problem/question??????

Yahoo Message Number: 55829
I posted this question a couple of days ago with a different subject line and got no responses. Thought I would change the subject line and try again.
This past weekend I started my coach to take it to the gas station and fill the fuel tank. The coach has been sitting idle iin my garage at 40-50 degrees in the garage for about three months. The coach started right away (I turned on the block heater for a couple of hours) after a couple of minutes the check engine light came on and then the engine died. I restarted and it did it again. On the third attempt it continued to run but would not come up to ride height. I drove, very slowly, for about a mile and then while sitting at a red light I heard a noise and all of a sudden the coach came up to ride height.
Has anybody had this experience and do you have any ideas what caused this situation?

Thanks for your help.

Re: Cold weather and ride height problem/question??????

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 55832
Jim, I have a recollection for past posts that the system managing the ride height needs to be warmed up. So if my memory is right, you likely needed the time for that to occur, and your experience may be normal.

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Lee Zaborowski
07 Intrigue 12153
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Re: Cold weather and ride height problem/question??????

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 55835
Hi Jim,

This is just an educated guess on my part. I think your "Check Engine Light" came on because your engine coolant was down in your surge tank below the coolant sensor. You did not shut the engine down, so it shut itself down. You restarted, and the same thing occurred. On the third try, the coolant was warm enough to cover the sensor so the light did not come on. Your air tanks were probably at "0" because you evacuated your air bags when you leveled?? Or you have an air leak?? That noise you heard was possibly the spitter valve opening on your air dryer, meaning your compressor has cut out and filled all your air tanks. Now your air bags are going to fill and the coach is going to ride height. I do not think you let the coach sit long enough before you drove it. Alot of strange things could happen when your coach sits idle for that period of time.
On a side note, I would keep your diesel tank full when your coach is going to be sitting that long.

Fred Sage '01 Magna #5983

Re: Cold weather and ride height problem/question??????

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 55837
Hello Jim,

I have Affinity 5865. My first guess would be electrical. The ride height compressor sounds like it wasn't running at first.
Question;

When you turn on your block heater for that long of a time do you turn on your interior heat exchangers or not. I don't know what the right way is but would seam to me that that would cause less localized heating which I wonder if could have caused your check engine light to come on for some odd reason or Maybe it was just throwing a baby fit because you left it in the garage for so long.
Kevin Burns

00 Affinity 5865
 

Re: Cold weather and ride height problem/question??????

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 55845
Kevin,

No I did not turn on the heat exchangers. I think maybe as Fred suggested in the answer prior to yours is a viable answer. Maybe the coolant level was registering low until the engine warmed up some and the expansion from the temp. finally brought it up above the sensors.