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magicands
 
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   Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire |
Hi all, my car goes in on Weds for a wheel check which includes wishbones, bushes, ball joints, bearings, etc. The garage have a new hydraulic lift which will leave all 4 wheels dangling with no support. My question(s) - Do they remove the cap on the LDS tank beforehand and should the suspension be raised to its full height or would this be ok left as is. And any other advise would be welcome? Thanks in advance. Gary |
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C6Dave
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   Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland |
Raise the suspension to it's full height and Remove the LDS tank cap to be safe. Newer ones are vented but..... is it worth the risk? |
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gmerry
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 Member No: #21
Location: Scotland |
Gary, I have a cap with attached 5mm tube. Screw this in position before handing it over to the garage. The cap with tube is part of the tool used for bleeding the hydraulics. regards G |
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magicands
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Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire |
gmerry wrote ... Gary, I have a cap with attached 5mm tube. Screw this in position before handing it over to the garage. The cap with tube is part of the tool used for bleeding the hydraulics. regards G I don't have this cap & tube so I am left with Dave's option of removing the LDS cap beforehand. Thanks for the confirmation info though, both of you. |
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rogerandoutman
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  Member No: #466
Location: London |
Raise the suspension to full hight, unscrew lds cap but leave resting in place - dont wand dirt falling into tank, it only has a course filter. Remove ignition key also | ||
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Ped
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 Member No: #82
Location: Maidenhead |
Guys Can you explain to an idiot how to remove the LDS cap, plus show me where it is? I'm having new boots on Thurs and presume they'll lift it. Cheers ped |
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magicands
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Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire |
Ped wrote ... Guys Can you explain to an idiot how to remove the LDS cap, plus show me where it is? I'm having new boots on Thurs and presume they'll lift it. Cheers ped Hi Ped, here is the LDS tank cap (arrowed) unless somebody tells me that's not it of course?  |
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dsharples
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  Member No: #119
Location: Woodbridge |
Off topic, but a) your car is much cleaner under-bonnet than mine  and b) I have what looks to be an air-con pipe that loops close to the washer filler (blue) that comes up from under the water pipe... you don't seem to have that arrangement. |
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Ped
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Member No: #82
Location: Maidenhead |
Thanks for that. So I simply unscrew it after putting the car in high mode? I've never done that before and presume nobody who's carried out an MOT has done either. Cheers ped |
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magicands
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Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire |
Yep, that's it. I assume that at an MOT your C6 is driven over a pit rather than lifted on a ramp that allows the wheels to dangle in mid air, I assume this because you would probably blow the LDS tank if the latter were the case and the cap was not taken off. Unless you have a later model which has a vented/bleeder type system on the LDS tank? |
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C6Dave
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Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland |
magicands wrote ... Yep, that's it. I assume that at an MOT your C6 is driven over a pit rather than lifted on a ramp that allows the wheels to dangle in mid air, MOT's are carried out on a 4 post lift where the wheels don't dangle
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josok
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  Member No: #1222
Location: Ukonjärventie 141 99800 Ivalo |
A MOT without lifting the car from it's wheels to check for suspension- and bearing issues? Not possible in this country. And yes, the MOT staff knows to select the high setting first and cap loose first. Although there are only 90 C6's in the whole country
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C6Dave
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Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland |
josok wrote ... A MOT without lifting the car from it's wheels to check for suspension- and bearing issues? Not possible in this country. They lift on a 4 post lift and then jack an axle at a time from it just enough for the wheels to clear the platform so it doesn't have 4 wheels hanging at once
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magicands
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Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire |
Ah correction folks, my garage now have a lift that only supports the middle section of the vehicle leaving as I said "All 4 wheels dangling" in effect its a giant jack. My cars have also never been lifted in the air during an MOT as the garage always used a pit and had a rolling road. Jacking up wheels only if necessary. |
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magicands
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Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire |
This is the lift that my garage uses. New brake discs, pads and front near side ball joint. With labour £443.00 
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