Car Wont Raise After Replacing A Hydro Pipe :((

[brummie3LV6xantia]

evening folks,

 

i am seeking advice from the activa guru's on my none raising xantia, this is what i have done

 

depressurised the system, replaced a leaky hose, i had to remove the hoses from the reservoir to get to it (a concern of mine is that i put the hoses back in the wrong order doh, but i'm not sure) put it all back together then my most obvious mistake i forgot to retighten the pressure release valve and fluid spewed out between 1.5 and 2 litres at a guess, so there is air in the system now i assume, so i follow the proceedure in haynes as well as i can understand it , that is running the car to what i assume is get the air into the area of the pressure release screw and switch off engine, open the release valve, fluid comes out, but not under significant pressure, no hissing sound. this is at whatever height i select max or min or inbetween, i also notice in the reservoire while the engine is running if i take of the top most of the time the fluid is quite disturbed then sometimes it is calm, there is no froth. in the car the brake pedal feels spongy, but i can't get the car raised to confirm what that is, the power steering however feels normal, there are no obvious leaks in the system, that is nothing under the car, so far i have used 1/4 tank of fuel trying that method so i think i am doing something wrong, i hope this post makes some sense as i am close to tearing my hair out :P i will take on board advice of what people think they would do next in my situation , thank you everybody

 

brummiev6xantia

[kfk]

I will assume from your comments, and correct me if i'm wrong.....but you unscrewed the 12mm head bleed screw fully from the pressure regulator and fluid came out of the hole.....correct?

 

So........have you found the ball bearing yet?......the bolt you removed holds a bearing in place and thats what blanks off the bleed hole.......no bearing & it wont blank off & the suspension wont rise.

 

 

The bearing part no is 0217.10, (or at a guess i believe you will find its 7mm in diameter)

[brummie3LV6xantia]

I will assume from your comments, and correct me if i'm wrong.....but you unscrewed the 12mm head bleed screw fully from the pressure regulator and fluid came out of the hole.....correct?

 

So........have you found the ball bearing yet?......the bolt you removed holds a bearing in place and thats what blanks off the bleed hole.......no bearing & it wont blank off & the suspension wont rise.

The bearing part no is 0217.10, (or at a guess i believe you will find its 7mm in diameter)

 

ahhhh!!! yes thats what happened! i think i have seen that bearing thank you, i'm going to try that right now :P

[kfk]

ahhhh!!! yes thats what happened! i think i have seen that bearing thank you, i'm going to try that right now :P

 

I wish you luck

[brummie3LV6xantia]

I wish you luck

 

 

thank you it immediately sucked the reservoir dry after installing the ball bearing so i can take it that it is being compressed, tomorrow i will get some LHM to try

 

my only other concern is now that i have installed the 3 medium size pipes in the wrong places doh , is there anyway to check and make sure like some should be outlet and other inlet pumping while the motor is running?

 

thanks for your help again and future help :P

 

brummiev6xantia