hi all
hope you chaps can help i have a xantia vsx td ,my problem is i took my beloved for a mot today the nice man could,nt find any problems all good so far, but as he backed my car out of the garage his foot went to the floor and on further inspection found brake fluid leaking out from behind the peddle (it failed) i took it home when i got home the mat is now covered in fluid any ideas
kind regards
brake fluid
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brake fluid
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Remember ! Your Xantia does NOT use brake fluid. But the special hydraulic fluid LHM or LHMplus.
IMHO it could be a mix of 2 problems :
1) the dreaded spring device between pedal and brake valve has jumped out allowing the pedal to go down
2) the rubber bulb on the brake valve has ruptured allowing for LHM fluid (on the system's low pressure side) to flow out and soak your mat
The rubber bulb can be replaced from inside the car. Its located exactly at end of the spring device. Its got a steel ring to locate inside the end of the brake valve. Once its replaced you re-fit the spriong device as it reside exactly on the rubber bulb.
Me thinks its not too bad letting your trusted garage do the job.
IMHO it could be a mix of 2 problems :
1) the dreaded spring device between pedal and brake valve has jumped out allowing the pedal to go down
2) the rubber bulb on the brake valve has ruptured allowing for LHM fluid (on the system's low pressure side) to flow out and soak your mat
The rubber bulb can be replaced from inside the car. Its located exactly at end of the spring device. Its got a steel ring to locate inside the end of the brake valve. Once its replaced you re-fit the spriong device as it reside exactly on the rubber bulb.
Me thinks its not too bad letting your trusted garage do the job.
Anders (DK) - '90 BX16Image
CLOGZZ is right.
Parts are common at your dealer. If he wont help you - try another dealer - or make some member here help you with their own local dealer and post it for you. Thats what this forum community is here for !
You may need a new retainer ring for the rubber protector. This is Item 5 in the drawing above kindly submitted by CLOGZZ. The rubber bulb (protector) is Item 6.
Donno what has caused your pedal going low, but you can see the pedal lock rod and its retainer clip above as Item 3 & Item 11.
It might simply be the retainer clip which has snapped off and the lock rod is then messing around down on/between your carpets & mats.
These parts are so cheap that you dont even have to think about it :
Item 11 - 2438.05 - RETAINING CLIP - 10,15
Item 3 - 4533.14 - BRAKE PEDAL PUSH-ROD PIN - 6,80
Item 5 - 5.424.455 BRAKE CONTROL-UNIT RING - 65,35
Item 6 - 95.640.067 BRAKE CONTROL UNIT PROTECTOR - 84,35
Prices in Dkr ex vat. Divide by 11 and you get the UK£ price ex vat.
As you can see its close to UK£15 +vat.
Not even close to a £300 meal on you
Parts are common at your dealer. If he wont help you - try another dealer - or make some member here help you with their own local dealer and post it for you. Thats what this forum community is here for !
You may need a new retainer ring for the rubber protector. This is Item 5 in the drawing above kindly submitted by CLOGZZ. The rubber bulb (protector) is Item 6.
Donno what has caused your pedal going low, but you can see the pedal lock rod and its retainer clip above as Item 3 & Item 11.
It might simply be the retainer clip which has snapped off and the lock rod is then messing around down on/between your carpets & mats.
These parts are so cheap that you dont even have to think about it :
Item 11 - 2438.05 - RETAINING CLIP - 10,15
Item 3 - 4533.14 - BRAKE PEDAL PUSH-ROD PIN - 6,80
Item 5 - 5.424.455 BRAKE CONTROL-UNIT RING - 65,35
Item 6 - 95.640.067 BRAKE CONTROL UNIT PROTECTOR - 84,35
Prices in Dkr ex vat. Divide by 11 and you get the UK£ price ex vat.
As you can see its close to UK£15 +vat.
Not even close to a £300 meal on you
Anders (DK) - '90 BX16Image
the drawing is exactly what came up on his computer i even pointed out the item i wanted but he claimed they only sell the unit whole nice eh ,
anyway i went over to the local scrapie this afternoon he had a xantia just come in asked for a price and he said a tenner if i take it off sweet eh the car had only 21,000 on the clock so i figured must be ok all seems well now just got to test it the wifes nipped out for some fluid for me, might leave some work for tomorrow what a pig they are to fit though dont think i will be going back to the dealer again though
thank you all for the help and i will keep you posted
kind regards kevin
anyway i went over to the local scrapie this afternoon he had a xantia just come in asked for a price and he said a tenner if i take it off sweet eh the car had only 21,000 on the clock so i figured must be ok all seems well now just got to test it the wifes nipped out for some fluid for me, might leave some work for tomorrow what a pig they are to fit though dont think i will be going back to the dealer again though
thank you all for the help and i will keep you posted
kind regards kevin
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Your dealer is a Lieing lieing lieing liar.copetown wrote:the drawing is exactly what came up on his computer i even pointed out the item i wanted but he claimed they only sell the unit whole nice eh
I've bought parts for a dosieur valve before, and other people on here have bought parts for them. If it has a citroen part number, then it can be bought on it's own.
Most likely that your dealer only had a complete valve in stock, and would have had to order in the parts, and couldn't be bothered for the tenner it would cost.
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