1990 BMW 530I TOURING fuel filter

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Level Control Systems
All control operations in advance / overrun mode are executed as long as pressure is avail-
able in the accumulator. When the accumulator is empty and the engine is turned off, con-
trol operations are directly driven by the compressor. User-activated changes of ride level
and filling of the accumulator are not possible.
Terminal 15
As soon as the ignition is turned on (terminal 15), the user is allowed to lower the ride level
as required.
However, it is still not possible to raise the ride level or fill the accumulator.
Ride level is compensated outside a narrow tolerance range of 10 mm upwards and 10 mm
downwards.
Engine "on"
Ride level compensation, raising and lowering the vehicle's ride height as well as filling the
accumulator are permitted when the engine is running. The compressor also starts up dur-
ing every control operation.
Ride level is still compensated outside the narrow tolerance range of ±10 mm.
As long as the vehicle is stationary, high speed filtered ride level signals are used to detect
a change of load. This allows the system to react immediately to changes in ride level.
As soon as the vehicle is travelling, it changes over to low speed filtered ride-level signals.
The system no longer reacts to bump movements caused by road surface unevenness. A
mean value is formed over a prolonged period of time, i.e. payload is only altered by the
progressive emptying of the fuel tank.
The high speed filter is not used until the vehicle is stationary again and a lid is opened. If
no lid is opened, the vehicle logically cannot be loaded or unloaded.
SleepWake-Up
Power Down
Watch Dog
Ignition “ON”Advance/
Overrun
VA = Load Cutout Signal
Sleep = Temporary Power Down of Control Unit
Wake-up = Activating the Control Unit
Watch Dog = Monitoring
Engine Off
Engine On
Engine Running
Terminal 15 “ON” VA up
VA Down
Terminal 15 “OFF”

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Level Control Systems
Normal
The normal mode is the starting point for the vehicle’s normal operating state. It is obtained
by way of the engine running signal.
Ride level compensation, changing the vehicle’s ride height and filling the accumulator are
possible. The compressor starts up as required.
A narrower tolerance band than that in Pre-mode cab be used because the battery capac-
ity does not have to be protected. The fast filter is used with a narrow tolerance band of
+/- 10mm. In this way, ride level compensation takes place outside a narrow band of 10+/-
10mm. The faster filter allows the system to respond immediately to changes in ride level.
Evaluation and control are performed separately for each wheel.
When a speed signal is recognized, the control unit switches into Drive mode. When the
vehicle is stopped, the control unit remains in Drive mode. The system switches back into
Normal mode when a door or the boot (trunk) lid is also opened. If none of the doors or
the boot lid is opened, the vehicle cannot be loaded or unloaded.
This prevents a control operation happening when the vehicle (for example) is stopped at
traffic lights and the ride height is above the mean axle due to the pitching motion on the
rear axle.
Drive
The Drive mode is activated for E39/E53 single axle air suspension when a speed signal of
>4km/h is recognized. The Drive mode is recognized from >1km/h for the E65/E66 single
axle air suspension and for the E53 twin-axle air suspension system.
Low pass filters are used. In this way, only changes in ride height over a prolonged period
of time (1000 seconds) are corrected. These are merely the changes in ride height, caused
by vehicle compression and a reduction in vehicle mass due to fuel consumption. The high
pass (fast) filter is used during the control operation. The slow filters are recognized at the
end of the control operation. The slow filters are re-initialized at the end of the control oper-
ation. The markedly dynamic height signals caused by uneven road surfaces are filtered
out.