My Christmas present to the FCF - Citroen Video Guide no1
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My Christmas present to the FCF - Citroen Video Guide no1
I talked about making a Citroen Video Guide here -
http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=25427
Well I finally got around to doing the first one a few days ago and just uploaded it to You Tube
Editing took a lot longer than I expected
I did film topping up the LHM and Citrobics and was going to put it all in one video but then decided against it. We can then have an entire video dedicated to each section. I'll get around to editing the last two after Christmas
So, go on, put me out of my misery, what do you all think of it?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ywvLaWTr9yw
http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=25427
Well I finally got around to doing the first one a few days ago and just uploaded it to You Tube
Editing took a lot longer than I expected
I did film topping up the LHM and Citrobics and was going to put it all in one video but then decided against it. We can then have an entire video dedicated to each section. I'll get around to editing the last two after Christmas
So, go on, put me out of my misery, what do you all think of it?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ywvLaWTr9yw
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Excellent Kev
Well done! That is a very good guide indeed
Your STOP light takes an age to go out between low and normal Have you cleaned your filters?
Still, it shows your spheres are all pretty healthy, taking that time to pump up...
Well done! That is a very good guide indeed
Your STOP light takes an age to go out between low and normal Have you cleaned your filters?
Still, it shows your spheres are all pretty healthy, taking that time to pump up...
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Cheers Jim
I will have a look at the filters at some point.
When coming down from high to normal, a bit of lever trickery was involved as I still havn't had chance to properly WD40 my front HC, must get around to that soon.
I thought that was normalcitrojim wrote: Your STOP light takes an age to go out between low and normal Have you cleaned your filters?
I will have a look at the filters at some point.
When coming down from high to normal, a bit of lever trickery was involved as I still havn't had chance to properly WD40 my front HC, must get around to that soon.
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It's not unusual to see a brief appearance of the STOP light Kev, but yours does seem a bit lengthy to me. Mind you, thinking about it, you started up on low, waited for the light to go out and then to normal so under that circumstance, only the accumularor would have been pressurised and moving to normal, all the pressure in the accumulator would rush out to start filling the rest of the spheres. I still would not have expected it to stay on that long though. My activa does briefly on occasions but I cannot recall the 2.1TD doing it at all.
Does the STOP light come on if you drop from high to low and then back up to normal after the car has assumed it's lowest position.
You're right about the early "sinkers" in your video Kev, The pump has a heck of an output. STOP light off in about five seconds and the suspension rises and falls incredibly quickly on the lever. So much so that when I had my first Anti-Sink I thought there was a problem because the suspension took so long to rise from low...
Does the STOP light come on if you drop from high to low and then back up to normal after the car has assumed it's lowest position.
You're right about the early "sinkers" in your video Kev, The pump has a heck of an output. STOP light off in about five seconds and the suspension rises and falls incredibly quickly on the lever. So much so that when I had my first Anti-Sink I thought there was a problem because the suspension took so long to rise from low...
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This makes me curious...Would it be possible to fit an early pump to an Anti-sink? Would it cause problems and would it be beneficial in anyway?citrojim wrote:...The pump has a heck of an output. STOP light off in about five seconds and the suspension rises and falls incredibly quickly on the lever....
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Sadly not Toby There are too many other differences in the hydraulic circuits to make it practical to do so. The steering racks are different and you'd have to add an FDV amongst other things.
Also, 7 piston pumps are very rare and not easy to source now. They also have a substantially bigger drive pulley.
There was a thread where this was discussed in detail a long while ago. I'll see if I can dig it out; it may take a time as it was in one of those threads that drifted a bit off-topic and the off-topic bit was why was the 7 piston pump not used on anti-sinks...
Also, 7 piston pumps are very rare and not easy to source now. They also have a substantially bigger drive pulley.
There was a thread where this was discussed in detail a long while ago. I'll see if I can dig it out; it may take a time as it was in one of those threads that drifted a bit off-topic and the off-topic bit was why was the 7 piston pump not used on anti-sinks...
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I know if this was done the FDV would have to be reintroduced, would anything else have to be transferred across?Toby_HDi wrote: This makes me curious...Would it be possible to fit an early pump to an Anti-sink? Would it cause problems and would it be beneficial in anyway?
I presume the only reason it was changed to 6+2 was cost saving and possibly if there was partial failure to the pump you would at least have something working, either the steering or suspension?
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Nice vid mate. How often do you do the citrobics? You said on the vid that it's a good idea to leave the suspension on low when parked for longer than few hours... is this really necessary if you do the citrobics regurally?
BTW, loved the soft sound of an idling diesel engine as a soundtrack.
BTW, loved the soft sound of an idling diesel engine as a soundtrack.
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Cheers!
I tend to do Citrobics every couple of weeks.
Theres a couple of bits I think I might change on the voiceovers such as the long time my stop light takes to go out and the fact my filters probably need cleaning because of this, also might admit the bit about it not being necessary to rev the engine to get it to rise up quicker as it does help a bit
I'd like to get these videos as accurate as possible so if anyone does have any more suggestions, let me know
EDIT: Looks like we posted at the same time earlier on Jim and answered my question too
I wouldn't say its necessary if Citrobics are done regularly, but its certainly a good habit if you don't.Koukku wrote:You said on the vid that it's a good idea to leave the suspension on low when parked for longer than few hours... is this really necessary if you do the citrobics regurally?
I tend to do Citrobics every couple of weeks.
Theres a couple of bits I think I might change on the voiceovers such as the long time my stop light takes to go out and the fact my filters probably need cleaning because of this, also might admit the bit about it not being necessary to rev the engine to get it to rise up quicker as it does help a bit
I'd like to get these videos as accurate as possible so if anyone does have any more suggestions, let me know
EDIT: Looks like we posted at the same time earlier on Jim and answered my question too
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It generally does run on the cooking oil but its running on near as 90% derv at the moment, interesting insight, I thought they were all a little clattery? Milage would have something to do with it?citronut wrote:i thought your engine sounded a bit clatery, maybe got air in the fuel system, or your running on cooking oil,
Cheers Malcolm I'll change that in the final editcitronut wrote:also all hydraulic citroens dont have the lever featured in your vid, as some have a slide switch
regards malcolm
What is it that the C5s and C6's have? Buttons of some sort I presume?
Anything else I should change/add for the final edit?
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It's an old-school diesel Kev so they will sound a tad clattery on idle! Also, the sound recording of a diesel always seems to accentuate the clatteriness in my experience. Something to do with a camcorders poor ability to record the deep bass and emphasis on the treble.red_dwarfers wrote:I thought they were all a little clattery?
Last time I heard your engine running Kev, it sounded as sweet as a nut
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I would like to add in your video you mention Siezed Height correctors.. well as in fact its NEVER useually the height correctors the sieze but the stupid complex control unit that controls the height corrector itself.. theres two swinging levers which one is attached to the Plastic clip you mention and the other to the height corrector... and its actually these arms that seize NOT the height corrector itself...
A very good professional looking video.. what sort / type of camera did you use??
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A very good professional looking video.. what sort / type of camera did you use??
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