2010 BMW 550i GT REAR AIR SUSPENSION SPRING SHOCK $25 FIX
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- So wife’s car broke again but this time I decided to loan her the navigator and fix it myself. I jumped on amazon and ordered a new air bag for the the air suspension for only $25 (link below). It took maybe an hour total time to swap out and can be done with only a few tools. Don’t let BMW Charge you 4hrs labor and $300 for parts.
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I have a gt..not a bad car for the money. I've had issues with same symptoms however mine turned out to be a wear hole the size of a pin hole in the feed to the proportional valve (bit with blue and red pipes) the black pipe from the compressor to valve was rubbing on the compressor mount metal chassis. I'd say it's a bit of a flaw. Check this first guys as it only lowed one back depending on where it was when car switched off.
Excellent video though well done I just thought I'd add something to check before. 6mm pvc pipe works great as a fix if you save the olives/flare rings from the threaded sections on compressor and valve end. Also lube the little arms both sides on the lower rear arms so no false height measurements. 🙄
Thanks for the DIY video...My wife's 2013 535i GT is going through the same issue. The BMW dealership where we live wants to charge $1500.00 for this job.
Awesome glad it helped. Let me know if you need any help
Thank you man! this really helped me out of a jam.
Nice video, thanks now a couple years later how did the air spring performed in time and distance?
Spring held up great no issues. In fact the other side went about 2 years later and I replaced the other side the same way and both are perfect.
Thanks Pete!
nice work very useful thank you. by the way, the air bag is now $79.00
Thanks for feedback. I actually went to order another one last month and saw they adjusted price. Heads up I found one on eBay for $35 shipped from maxpeedingrods and quality was great
DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHHHH GREAT INFO
That’s awesome Pete, my passenger side just went out and of course I was freaking out prior to watching your video. Hopefully I can do it myself w/o going to a mechanic.
It's honestly very easy. Just be careful removing the hose lines they can brake if you pull to hard. Also i realized they raised the price way up on my link. I found another great one on eBay. I had to change other side recently. The seller and brand on eBay we maxpeedingrods. I think he has a website too
Thank you Pete, I appreciate the info and the video. However, I'm now wondering if my GT has a different issue that caused the passenger side air suspension bag to leak last night. After I noticed that my vehicle was low on the passenger side, I parked her on a level parking lot and waited about and hour or two while I researched the issue on Google/ youtube etc....it's when I came across your video amongst few others. Of course this happened after 1 o'clock in the morning, and I was about an hour plus away from my home. So naturally I was originally thinking tow the vehicle to a shop, but all the shops are closed, so I figured I'd drive her home. After almost 2 hours when I finally mustered up the courage to take a chance and slowly started driving, I noticed that she was starting to feel smooth and look level once again. Got to a well lit gas station, parked, got out checked from all sides and noticed that the suspension had leveled itself. I wanted to jump in joy and kiss my baby. I immediately went on the system menu to check vehicle status and found that my Brake fluid is low. As puzzling as this was, I drove home, parked her in the driveway. Now, my next plan of action is to add Brake fluid and see if she agrees to behave.
So my vehicle, she is a 2013 535i xdrive GT/ F07 GT. She is under 5yrs old and has about 35K. Well, I'll let you know what happens. In the meantime I'm gonna go ahead and order the part, better to have and be ready then not. Thanks again for reaching out.
@@JournyOfaPeacefulRuller honestly what it sounds like is you have a slow leak in airbag (aka what I changed). This runs off a stand alone pump in rear. This pump can go bad to or burn out if you have leak. So basically pump will keep attempting to fill until bag is all the way up. With slow leak like I had you will notice when car is on it will fill but your pump may fail if you continue. With Mercedes brake fluid runs the hydraulic shocks like in my w140 but in these cars it's all air into airbags. Let me know if you need more help or have any questions. I would love to help in anyway possible
@@JournyOfaPeacefulRuller also I know a way you can test this without much effort
It would be great if I could test it somehow is what I was thinking about 20 mins ago. (maybe spray some soap water mixture) Would love to here your idea Pete...
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I hate this problem. I need the good old technic!
I have the same problem on 2016 535 GT, I live in Miami how can I reach you out?
Prolly didn't have to do that. Like absolutely nothing. Sometimes u jus need to clear any vehicle check through the dash and in about 2 days or so the car will go back to its norm.. but if not then diagnose the problem, usually it's the motor itself, on the housing valve or solenoid that holds the air calibrated due corrosion it can be weak.
Thanks for great info. Clear and simple instructions. How long did this Oem part last?
So the original part only had 50 thousand miles on it but was from 2010. the replacement part that I showed him the video is still on the car and working perfect. It looks like the other side on my wife's car is starting to sink a little so I may be changing out the other side. I actually ordered in the part already from eBay from maxpeedingrods. I hope this helps and have a great day
Where is the link for air suspension for Bme
Thanks for the video really helpful just a quick question when doing rear brake pads do you need the software for the park brake or as the GT works from motor to cable can the cable be clipped off and are the callipers wind or push back thanks 👍
Is the car a sport+? I was reading and it looks to me as the regular models and sport+ how slightly different bag systems
Dude it's amazing you sit there and tell people all with all that rust on there just wiggle it back and forth until it comes off instead of getting a damn rust off and doing it properly same thing with your disc brakes you're sitting there doing an airbag replacement what about those discs you're probably not even going to touch him they've been like that for a while you can tell 😩🤣😂😂😭👎
What in the world are you talking about. In Florida there’s no rust. That’s merely surface rust and car had 50k miles on it at time. Also you obviously don’t watch the channel because I did a full brake replacement on the car as well.
good job pete
Thanks. Hope it helped
Thanks!
Hope it helped
Great video!
Thanks. Hope it helped
What if the entire rear is dropped? Can they both go at the same time?
Yes but there is also a regulator or pump that goes out. It connects to both and keeps them filled. It's an easy swap yoo
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I still hear the compressor running. How can I tell what’s gone bad?
@@fireman480 you can take off the hose lines either from the compressor to see if air is actually going out of it or take line off the actual air shock. You may have a break in the lines or ironically both shocks went at same time. You have to test each system. If you start by removing the shock hose line you should get air to come out of the line when you turn on car. If not there may be a break on line or bad compressor. Then test at compressor. If you get air at the shock inlet then bad shock
Hey Pete, the box around the compressor motor, what is it held in with? Are the 10mm nuts plastic? I am missing the box and trying to figure out what to order
I wish I could give you the answer but I'm on vacation and that car is back home. I'm sure it won't be that hard to figure out. Maybe try and call local BMW dealership and ask for parts department. If you still need info when I get back next week I can check for you.
I have a 2011 550i xdrive GT. Is the procedure the same and how can you tell if its the shock or the air ride?
It should be the same procedure although you want to check by cross referencing the part online. You can usually do a search and it will let you know. Best way to tell if it's air ride is if car is tilting to one side. This was very easy to install.
Hi Pete, I drive a 2012 520 GT The other day I was driving on a little bit of a bumpy road. A Light came on my dash saying Chassis- Drive moderately. I then noticed the rear left side of my car going down and feeling very rough. I went home and parked it and just after several hours, I had noticed the right rear sitting down too. I noticed leaks on the shocks and drove it to the mechanic. He mentioned that the Compressor had gone and needed a new one with a Relay. However, I had tested the Pump on a battery pack and it worked normal, good flow/pressure of air foming out and sounded normal. Does this mean that the pump wont do anything at all if there are leaks on the air spring? Could the air just be leaking out excessively from the air springs or is it that The pump is finished? Mechanic said we need to fit a new pump and then see if the air springs are leaking. Is it worth me buying a new one when I know theres leaks. Shall I take my car elswhere? This mechanic is not willing to invest some time looking into it carefully. Look forward to hearing from you.
I can't be 100% but I am pretty sure pump will shut down if it detects a constant leak. There is even a chance you broke a hose line or one came loose. I would remove the bags, since they are very easy and investigate lines. My guess is pump is fine since you tested it exactly how I would have. Most of the time it's not the pump and that can be a costly mistake replacing. Good luck and keep me updated
@@petescarport i have decided to buy the pump as i am able to return it if its not that. Will update you on what happens. Many thanks Pete
@@petescarport Hi Pete, we tried the new Pump, came all in one package including the Relay. We fitted it but only one side of the car was up. We took out the air springs manually put air in and put it under the tap for any air leaks but none. We fitted the original pump to the car, it pumps up both of the air springs whilst on the ramp in the air but once we dropped the car down they would deflate again and car would go straight down. We check qll the pipes to see if there are any leaks, disconnections. What do you think is causing the air springs to go straight down when we drop the car?
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Thanks man! Ive noticed with my wifes 535 that same pass side issue and i was sure its a bag leak, but... at times it would sit in a garage for 2-3 days and its perfectly leveled and at times its down in an hour. Any ideas? Im about to order level valve on top of bags im expecting. Are those red/blue hoses controlled by same level valve aka pass thru?
So it's ironically I am dealing with same issue you have now with other side. Some days it's crooked but other days good and my wife doesn't drive all the time. With the side in this video it went way down overnight and we couldn't drive at all. I'm guessing now I have a level issue as well but I picked up the other side bag just in case. These are all pretty easy fixes but if you go to dealership you will pay a fortune.
Did you solve it eventually? Had a mechanic to a quick check on the system, driver side sometimes sagging, especially on a tilted parking spot, airbag seems to be ok, pump is ok. Some kind of level faulty sensor?
I believe you can reset them. Maybe empty out the air from pump and the. Start engine. There is also something else needed to do for reset but I can't remember
Same shit here.. does someone know the reason? Bags are new, compressor works fine, everything up but when I shut down ignition 5 min and driver side drops low af
Why can't you just drill a 2mm hole in the defective air bag instead of tanking all the plastic off to get to the compressor it won't be under much pressure that's whole point of replacing it
That would work but I would make sure negative battery is taken off before doing since it may attempt to fill even if car is off.
Hey guys my cars is 2012 5series 2.0d estate , I have the same problem, how do you think this bags from GT class is the same on simple 5 series f11 ?
Best way to make sure is go to fcpeuro.com or another site that sells BMW parts. Type in your model and see if it cross reference to other models.
Okay thanks for info sharing Pete :)