Airbag busted

YoungLowRider · 02-21-2003, 07:53 PM

i know i haven`t posted at all on this forum or layitlow but i decided to ask this since i can`t find the answer anywhere else.
My dad has a 88 lincoln contental with a stock air bag suspension (not the kind you can control) and since we had it the back air bags deflate when the car is off and the front bags seem to inflate. After the car is started is feels liek theres no suspension in teh back but the back bags inflate and the car evens out after maybe 2-5 min and everything is fine. Yesterday my dad was replacing the powersteering pump and the front right bag poped. A guy he knows is offering to fix it for 400 (the busted bag only i think) i wana know if thats an ok price, how easy is it to replace a bag and if i could buy one from liek show time for it....also what could be causing the back to deflate?
Thanks

DRLOWZ · 02-22-2003, 04:18 PM

Is that price including the price of the parts or just the labor. Guy at work has same probelm. Damn lincoln, what the hell was they thinking..

02-22-2003, 04:34 PM

that sounds like a good price to me

the back bags are probably leaking around the line seal thats where mine was leaking

i took em out and stuck caddy springs in there
had em layinh around so

but the crown vic springs are direct replacment

YoungLowRider · 02-22-2003, 04:54 PM

that price is including the price of the bag and the labor for putting the bag in. I don`t think hes going to fix the bck bag problem....but if the back was leaking wouldn`t the bags just stay deflated?

02-22-2003, 05:29 PM

400's a good price for the front bag replacement...

my bags would air up and slowly leak down..

u can try replacing the o rings in the seal... good luck .. i replaced mine and it still leaked..

YoungLowRider · 02-23-2003, 03:20 AM

thanks for th replies it helped and i'm gonna tell him about the o rings.. the back bags, once the car is started, don`t leak.

02-23-2003, 02:49 PM

its probably still leaking but the compressor runs and keep it level which will eventually burn the compressor out

Unity_Jon · 02-24-2003, 10:00 AM

smear some washing up liquid around all the fittings and start the car up, then check for 'bubbles' as this will be where the leak is (if there is one)

Should all the bags deflate when the engine is turned off ? if so check for a siezed valve to the front or a blockage, as the air is getting in but sounds like its not being released which will put more and more pressure on the bags until something gives (or the bag pops !).

Disconnect the lines from the bags and start the car up so the compressor blows any crap out of the lines

YoungLowRider · 02-24-2003, 04:59 PM

it ended up costing 480 for the airbag it self that seems liek to much for me on prohopper they sell airbags for 80and we haven`t checked the back airbags yet or anything leik that theres snow all over the ground so theres not much we can do.

02-24-2003, 05:17 PM

its not the same kind of bag...

factory bags are alot more expensive

02-21-2003, 07:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
YoungLowRider Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New bedford Mass Posts: 6	Airbag busted i know i haven`t posted at all on this forum or layitlow but i decided to ask this since i can`t find the answer anywhere else. My dad has a 88 lincoln contental with a stock air bag suspension (not the kind you can control) and since we had it the back air bags deflate when the car is off and the front bags seem to inflate. After the car is started is feels liek theres no suspension in teh back but the back bags inflate and the car evens out after maybe 2-5 min and everything is fine. Yesterday my dad was replacing the powersteering pump and the front right bag poped. A guy he knows is offering to fix it for 400 (the busted bag only i think) i wana know if thats an ok price, how easy is it to replace a bag and if i could buy one from liek show time for it....also what could be causing the back to deflate? Thanks

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02-22-2003, 04:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
DRLOWZ Administrator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bardstown,Kentucky Posts: 5,126	Is that price including the price of the parts or just the labor. Guy at work has same probelm. Damn lincoln, what the hell was they thinking..

02-22-2003, 04:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
UnitedRidaZ Guest Posts: n/a	that sounds like a good price to me the back bags are probably leaking around the line seal thats where mine was leaking i took em out and stuck caddy springs in there had em layinh around so but the crown vic springs are direct replacment

02-22-2003, 04:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
YoungLowRider Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New bedford Mass Posts: 6	that price is including the price of the bag and the labor for putting the bag in. I don`t think hes going to fix the bck bag problem....but if the back was leaking wouldn`t the bags just stay deflated?

02-22-2003, 05:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
UnitedRidaZ Guest Posts: n/a	400's a good price for the front bag replacement... my bags would air up and slowly leak down.. u can try replacing the o rings in the seal... good luck .. i replaced mine and it still leaked..

02-23-2003, 03:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
YoungLowRider Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New bedford Mass Posts: 6	thanks for th replies it helped and i'm gonna tell him about the o rings.. the back bags, once the car is started, don`t leak.

02-23-2003, 02:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
UnitedRidaZ Guest Posts: n/a	its probably still leaking but the compressor runs and keep it level which will eventually burn the compressor out

02-24-2003, 10:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
Unity_Jon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 240	smear some washing up liquid around all the fittings and start the car up, then check for 'bubbles' as this will be where the leak is (if there is one) Should all the bags deflate when the engine is turned off ? if so check for a siezed valve to the front or a blockage, as the air is getting in but sounds like its not being released which will put more and more pressure on the bags until something gives (or the bag pops !). Disconnect the lines from the bags and start the car up so the compressor blows any crap out of the lines

02-24-2003, 04:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
YoungLowRider Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New bedford Mass Posts: 6	it ended up costing 480 for the airbag it self that seems liek to much for me on prohopper they sell airbags for 80and we haven`t checked the back airbags yet or anything leik that theres snow all over the ground so theres not much we can do.

02-24-2003, 05:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
UnitedRidaZ Guest Posts: n/a	its not the same kind of bag... factory bags are alot more expensive