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| Andy K Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: GL Posts: 5143      | maybe time for one of these, as the lids crack.
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|  Sat Mar 18 2017 3:36pm | 
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| bossman115 Member Since: 27 Aug 2016 Location: essex Posts: 8      | It might be,  but I'm pretty sure its just the pipe that's leaking and not the blue collared socket itself.
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|  Sat Mar 18 2017 6:19pm | 
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| Andy K Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: GL Posts: 5143      | Sorry I didn't think you wanted the pipe. | ||
|  Sat Mar 18 2017 6:50pm | 
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| Disco_Mikey Member Since: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 4532      | It will be the cap, or o-ring inside the collar
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|  Sat Mar 18 2017 8:22pm | 
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| bossman115 Member Since: 27 Aug 2016 Location: essex Posts: 8      | The full story is that a few weeks ago I hit a pot hole and in a moment of madness at the side of the road I jacked the car up inserting the jack in the hole on the compressor cover rather than the chassis. This in turn broke the compressor bracket. I managed to change the bracket without removing the compressor but for a while the car was used with the compressor hanging from the pipes only as the bracket was snapped in two. This caused stress on the pipes which is why I assume it is the pipe that is damaged and not the collar. Can you buy just the pipe from anywhere. | ||
|  Sun Mar 19 2017 9:09am | 
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| DrRob Member Since: 23 Feb 2011 Location: Hampshire Posts: 2025    | ???
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|  Sun Mar 19 2017 9:49am | 
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| Andy K Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: GL Posts: 5143      | That pipe is quite robust. | ||
|  Sun Mar 19 2017 10:08am | 
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| bossman115 Member Since: 27 Aug 2016 Location: essex Posts: 8      | Thanks everybody for your appreciated advice. I shall further investigate this coming weekend. | ||
|  Mon Mar 20 2017 10:07am | 
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| bossman115 Member Since: 27 Aug 2016 Location: essex Posts: 8      | OK I am now lost. I have fitted two new plastic pipes to the pump, the metal drier end cover as recommended earlier ion this thread and still after a week my RRS looks like a low rider. All 4  corners lower fully within a week. I can no longer find any leaks but obviously there is still one somewhere.
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|  Tue Jun 27 2017 4:03pm | 
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| DrRob Member Since: 23 Feb 2011 Location: Hampshire Posts: 2025    | Leaking air tank? They do rot   | ||
|  Tue Jun 27 2017 7:00pm | 
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| Disco_Mikey Member Since: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 4532      | Air tank wouldn't cause the car to lower overnight. You have a leaking air bag   | ||
|  Tue Jun 27 2017 7:46pm | 
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| bossman115 Member Since: 27 Aug 2016 Location: essex Posts: 8      | It all started when I jacked the car up and broke the compressor bracket. The pump hung loose for a week or so by the plastic pipes. It is too much of a coincidence to not be related to this incident. It doesn't go down overnight it takes about a week of no use before it settles to low rider stance.
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|  Thu Jun 29 2017 8:18am | 
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| Andy K Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: GL Posts: 5143      | What about the valve next to the compressor | ||
|  Thu Jun 29 2017 8:41am | 
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| bossman115 Member Since: 27 Aug 2016 Location: essex Posts: 8      | Is that where the other end of the plastic pipes go. If so I have sprayed them with leak detector but it is hard to see the complete 360 degrees. Certainly worth a closer inspection.
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|  Thu Jun 29 2017 8:58am | 
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