Think I've got a leaking strut

[erubus]

thanks for the heads up. I had a look on their website but couldn't find the struts.

I had a bit of a read up through the suspension section on here and have done some measuring. All measurements are from the ground to the bottom of the wheel arch in th centre.

NSF 660mm (this is the one I suspect has a leak)
OSF 698mm
NSR 706mm
OSR 708mm

Then I started the car. The orange warning light was lit on the dash again. It seemed to take ages to go off but the car did eventually lift. After it had settled the measurements were:

NSF 684mm
OSF 724mm
NSR 694mm
OSR 696mm

Then I put it into lift and set it to jacking mode:

NSF 720mm
OSF 760mm
NSR 739mm
OSR 740mm

So, the rear wheels are within a mm or so of eachother in any mode, the front ones differ by 40mm in every mode (40mm lower on the NS) The NS tyre looks to be pretty soft and the drive isn't exactly level so this could easily account for the difference side to side. Now that it is set to jacking mode I should be able to narrow down any leak to an airbag and pipework up to the valve block and should know more. I really need to get someone with VCDS to have some time on this car. I can get the compressor output checked and have a look at the engine as well on startup and hopefully get a better idea of the hot start problem.

gill