Hi all after putting a shout out for info on this system for my own problems i come across this
Hope it helps some of you out there
As im still at it myself

Scrinja

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...19147-0001.pdf

 

interesting, do you have links to more documents like this for bentley?

 

I had similar issue with my 06 GT and the right rear. I raised the car to high and put the car in jack mode. The right rear dropped over several days. I did the soap test and found a leak at the base of the residual pressure valve where it connects to the shock. I removed the valve and found that the o-ring on the valve had split causing the leak. I replaced the o-ring and it has been solid ever since. The soap testing helped narrow down were the leak was. Setting the car to high and putting it in Jack mode isolates the struts and the lines running to that strut from the rest of the system. If the car does not drop in jack mode, the leak is likely from the lines in the system before the valve block and not the strut.

Good luck

 

@Bigdog63 Thanks Bigdog for the heads up
This is my next job on my list bro...I just had the car for about 3weeks now and the first day i had it woke up to both fronts buried into the arches
So glad i parked it straight ...I was well had over on it but its my problem now
Im hoping to get it on a mates ramp soon where i can investigate more with my sqeezy bottle
the backs are fine so thats something less to worry about
When started the car rises up to normal and after approx 4/5 hours starts the drop
Im awaiting the IETES workshop manual to help me out but im abit nervous about it all ..the ride height sensors and all that but i will get it done eventualy thanks Bro for your help

scrinja

 

I'm in the same position. Bought a 2012 GT, on drive home from collecting it suspension light came on.

Scan showed air leak and front sensor fault. Replaced front sensor, but continued to detect leak.

Car wouldn't even raise the front until I'd deleted fault codes everytime I wanted to drive it.

Took it to a specialist. Requires 2 new front struts.

£2200 + Vat each and 4 hours labour.

If you're lucky it may just be seals, just be prepared for a possible large bill.

If you've bought from a dealer then make it their problem to solve.

Good luck.

 

@N44SRX
Yer bro £2200 +vat ... What a rip off
Managed to obtain frt n/s for £70 delivered that a guy had had on his car for 11 months its an ali express product that ive been assured worked just fine for him
I missed the right side front that one sold for £100
I refuse to pay silly money for a Bentley one its just madness
Im getting on a ramp soon to just have alook about and sort this issue out once and for all
Im doing all my work in the street at the moment ... so a workshop will be a bonus ...I do like the car even though i would have walked away if i had known ...there are sum right *******s out there
But i got it cheap enough and it will all be sorted for less than a Grand so come summer someone else will have a half decent mota
Good luck with your own problems Bro

scrinja

 

Thanks mate.

When you have the wheels off. Pull the little rods off the level sensors and grease the round head and pop rods back on. should only take a few seconds per corner. Otherwise the rod snaps causing further problems.

I bought mine from a non-franchised dealer, therefore going for new original parts as we've come to an agreement I'm happy with where I'm paying a very small percentage towards the labour as I'm having it fixed at a garage of my choice.

You not planning on keeping it?

 

@N44SRX
Thanks for the heads up on trying to help sort this lemon of mine out ...
My daughters like it to stick on there social media platform for there followers ...they are both models sigh the younger generation eh but i love them
I may keep it till the summer time but its not for me im afraid ...I just like working on motors ..as im retired and do abit of trading to boost the pension up
This is my other baby ..after 4 years of graft
Just out of the paint shop