Tim wrote:
Clive George wrote:
They're all 18+ years old. Tin worm will have taken care of most. The XUD
engines are actually pretty sturdy, but that's diesel and not a GTi 4x4.

The suspension won't sag like on a car with metal springs - if the bits
work, that's one area it'll do well on.

Only because they can "hide" any loss of pressure in their spheres by self
levelling. An old one will almost certainly need new spheres.

If the suspension has gone hard, (In other words, if you can really
*feel* a speed bump when you go over one, or you have trouble persuading
the car to go down and then back up again quickly by leaning hard on a
corner), go to your local backstreet Citroen specialist, not the main
dealer. All the spheres can often be regassed without dismantling the
suspension for a lot less than replacement, but the main dealer won't
admit to knowing how. Also, a clicking pressure regulator with the
associated rear end droop after being parked for a while can be cured
nine times out of ten by changing or re-gassing the accumulator sphere,
which on a BX or GSA is a five minute job.

When the spheres finally give up, you can often get second hand spheres
which have been regassed. The expensive problem on the brakes and
suspension on all the cars that use the Citroen hydraulic suspension is
when the pipes start to get rusty. I counted eleven of them running
across the front cross member on my BX, they're not easy to get out or
in, and they hold well over 80 Bar when the engine's running.


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Tciao for Now!

John.