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air leveling

Yahoo Message Number: 70295
Our coach stayed up for many days but now it is slowly leaking air and settles by the rear over a period of 2-3 days. Drops about 2 inches on our current site. (The coach has been in storage for 4 months). I don't leave the system turned on as the compressor makes too much noise for our liking.
I was wondering how everyone else finds the rate of leak from their systems.

What's acceptable?

Bruce

2001 Intrigue #11278

Re: air leveling

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 70297
My rig holds the air and stays level for a month at a time if I put the tag axle down(in the running position) several hundred feet before parking and shutting down. If I don't put the tag down until after I stop in the final resting position, the front bags will lose about 2" every 48 hrs.

Roy M. Simmons

2008 Intrigue #12234

Re: air leveling

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 70301
First thing I was taught by Country Coach was to drop all air once I am at my parking spot, then let the system re-level from there. USUALLY this does not inflate the air bags too much unless the pad site is really out of level. It also puts your front door at the lowest position it could be at. This puts less strain on keeping the air bags full. As for not liking the sound of the compressor, there's not really much to learn to live with. I experimented with a very quiet, very expensive dental air compressor system which I now use. Its quiet but it requires constant maintenence when in operation. Its a "wet" compressor which requires monitoring the oil level in the compressor and it does need to be drained of water vapor more frequently than the original compressor. And it was expensive, BUT it is quiet. When parked and air bags are deflated, I just leave the compressor off. When I'm on any slope I just turn on the compressor once a day to re-level it.

bill n barb, poconos of pa, 1998 cc prevost 40'xl #30365

Re: air leveling

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 70302
Bruce

When we have leveled we hit emergency stop and coach will maintain it level for several days without the compressor running.

Dan 2006 Allure 31348