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ah ha! the air tank is situated under the body about where the rear passenger door is.
Leave the vehicle on jack stands and check the nylon air line connection into the tank for leaks...use soapy water. If it is leaking, you will need to trim the end of the airline and replace the o-rings. Check around the screw in plug in the tank for leaks also.
If there's a leak... then: CAREFUL! :hand:
Open the the screw in plug slowly about 2 turns, no more.
There is a channel machined at right angles to the thread which allows you to bleed pressure out. Once the tank is FULLY exhausted, remove the screw plug, check for residual water, dry any that's there with a rag and clean the threads. Put some thread sealer on and replace the plug. do it up snugly, don't over-tighten.
Remove the airline from the tank and trim the end (just a couple of mm), replace the o-rings in the tank connector, push the airline back into place ...you'll feel it push past the initial resistance of the o-rings and see if you can reinflate the tank. check for leaks.
It IS frustrating... but worth the effort once you get it working. :thumb:
From the "different cultures separated by a common language" department: :shock: :wink:
By ' gas tank' I presume you mean petrol/gasoline tank as distinct from lpg tank?
In no case is hissing sound normal. Have you tried the soap suds on all piping/tubing in that area?
Just occurred to me however that you may have a cracked/ chaffed air line....
The air line supplying the rear rhs airbag IIRC routes down the LH side of the car and then makes a LH turn and passes across to the other side between the top of the fuel tank and the body...devilishly difficult to get to .... it is prone to chaffing...I had the same problem 2 yrs ago so bought about 20 feet of 6mm tubing, duplicated the line attaching to old line with plastic zip ties. I encased the last 4' in some 1/2" ID plastic tubing I had spare to protect it from rubbing through.. never did find out where the old line was leaking from exactly but the new line solved the problem
hope this helps
By ' gas tank' I presume you mean petrol/gasoline tank as distinct from lpg tank?
In no case is hissing sound normal. Have you tried the soap suds on all piping/tubing in that area?
Just occurred to me however that you may have a cracked/ chaffed air line....
The air line supplying the rear rhs airbag IIRC routes down the LH side of the car and then makes a LH turn and passes across to the other side between the top of the fuel tank and the body...devilishly difficult to get to .... it is prone to chaffing...I had the same problem 2 yrs ago so bought about 20 feet of 6mm tubing, duplicated the line attaching to old line with plastic zip ties. I encased the last 4' in some 1/2" ID plastic tubing I had spare to protect it from rubbing through.. never did find out where the old line was leaking from exactly but the new line solved the problem
hope this helps
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