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Old 10-22-2007, 01:47 PM
Maxbumpo Maxbumpo is offline
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Originally Posted by JimmyL View Post
The valve is just flowing and restricting fluid. How would it be bad to be in a certain position??
The control valve has three different valves inside.
1) Base pressure valve, which maintains base pressure to set correct ride height when vehicle is unloaded.
2) Adjusting valve to increase beyond base pressure when loaded (this is the one connected to the arm/rod/torsion bar).
3) Overpressure valve (safety relief).

If you leave it in the 'Fill' position and keep a higher-than-normal pressure in the system, the base pressure valve WILL fail, and when you park the car the rear end will sag. Eventually, it will sag all the time.
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'87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted
'95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles
'73 Balboa 20 "Sanctification"
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