Bags dont air up when cold below 30 degrees. I've put alcohol air brakes antifreeze in breather which sometimes helps. Is a new leveling valve going to help? Obviously theres moisture in air lines. Just put a new dryer on. I've drained the tanks but I'm not sure why they keep getting water back in them
Air bags not inflating when cold
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by firecatf7333, Dec 29, 2020.
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Where are you putting the alcohol into the system? If you're dumping it in ahead of the dryer it'll damage the dryer cartridge.
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Manually move the lever on the height valve to the fill direction by about 30 degrees and see if they fill.
If you don't have pressure at the height valve try tapping the pressure protection valve will sometimes help and it should be opening at 80psi.
Remember that metal shrinks when it gets cold. A pressure protection valve can be gummed up and not open when it is cold even without water being present. -
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