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Philip Member Since: 05 Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2516 ![]() ![]() |
Opening doors, putting hazard lights on etc. does nothing - hence why it’s not mentioned in the handbook. |
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MikeO Member Since: 02 Jan 2018 Location: The Cotswolds Posts: 508 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That's not true. Opening a door interrupts a suspension height change for safety reasons. It may not prevent adjustments but it stops a change between access / standard / exetended height. It even shows up on the info display when it happens. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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Joe90 Member Since: 29 Apr 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 6399 ![]() ![]() |
It used to be the tailgate as well as any doors on the P38A - I believe the hazard warning lights were simply that:
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MikeO Member Since: 02 Jan 2018 Location: The Cotswolds Posts: 508 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maybe not for just changing a wheel. But anytime a part of me is going to go between a sprung piece of the FF and an unsprung piece (or anything else that's fixed), I do it. Anything that easy to do that might prevent a height change seems worthwhile to me. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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Fraynizzle Member Since: 27 Apr 2015 Location: Essex Posts: 111 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
the manual only mentions jacking to lift the body, using jacking points and subframes not suspension arms.
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Fraynizzle Member Since: 27 Apr 2015 Location: Essex Posts: 111 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
from the workshop manual regarding air suspension inhibit modes, make of it what you will.
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jakebullet64 Member Since: 28 May 2014 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 259 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Believe me. Being under the fatty and forgetting to leave a door open, then hearing the eas valves start to adjust the height is a code brown moment!!! 2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 on Gas
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Strider Member Since: 08 Jun 2015 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 498 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Been there, done it, never moved so fast, a very unsettling sound |
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Fraynizzle Member Since: 27 Apr 2015 Location: Essex Posts: 111 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
can you explain what state the car was in when the adjustment started?
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Strider Member Since: 08 Jun 2015 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 498 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Done when I was replacing all brake pipes,
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philip1972 Member Since: 16 Jun 2017 Location: Marval 87440 Posts: 509 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maybe not the same, but I jacked my Disco 4 up at the weekend.
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34918 ![]() ![]() |
this extract from the WM explains how to jack up the FF,
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