1992 Olds 98 Regency air ride

[N3NAA]

1992 Olds 98 Regency –
3.8L - Digital dash – Air ride
(New to the group)

The problem that I’m having is I think the Air ride is wearing out, the rear end bounces around a lot and the air compressor runs a lot. What I’m looking for is where can I find replacement air shocks (?) for the rear end? Many people have told me that it is very costly to do any work on the air ride and I have put it off because of the cost. Does anyone have any experience with the air ride on this model and if so can you recommend a place to get the shocks.

On another note I’ve had problems with the Climate control unit, it seemed to work for a while and them it stopped turning the air compressor on. What would happen is the temp* would flash for about 2 minutes when starting the car, the heat would work but the AC was a no go. The fix that I found was to disconnect the battery for about 5 minutes and then reconnect. After that everything works again, until it goes below 50 degrees F and it starts all over again. I can get it to work its just a little inconvenient.

N3NAA
TheGapMan13@yahoo.com

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Originally Posted by N3NAA

1992 Olds 98 Regency –
3.8L - Digital dash – Air ride
(New to the group)

The problem that I’m having is I think the Air ride is wearing out, the rear end bounces around a lot and the air compressor runs a lot. What I’m looking for is where can I find replacement air shocks (?) for the rear end? Many people have told me that it is very costly to do any work on the air ride and I have put it off because of the cost. Does anyone have any experience with the air ride on this model and if so can you recommend a place to get the shocks.

On another note I’ve had problems with the Climate control unit, it seemed to work for a while and them it stopped turning the air compressor on. What would happen is the temp* would flash for about 2 minutes when starting the car, the heat would work but the AC was a no go. The fix that I found was to disconnect the battery for about 5 minutes and then reconnect. After that everything works again, until it goes below 50 degrees F and it starts all over again. I can get it to work its just a little inconvenient.

N3NAA
TheGapMan13@yahoo.com

Welcome to AF, only factory rear air shocks will connect to the exisiting lines, you could get am ones and run an air fill line to a spot under the bumper for manual fill, or I think they make compression unions to join the part of the line that goes to the pump to a section of line that will fit your am shocks, that way the level ride should still work. Is your outside temp reading on the comfort control panel reading accurately?

[N3NAA]

Yes, the outside temp is accurate, with a degree or to with the local radio station.