ID this please?

lexi · Post by **lexi** » 14 Jan 2010, 20:05

This was lying underneath V6 Xantia. Any ideas on function/location?

Post by **CitroJim** » 14 Jan 2010, 20:14

Oh Gawd, That's serious lexi. That's the "V" that makes it a V6..

You now have a Xantia 6

Seriously, not a scoobs

It looks like a hydraulic leakage return pipe joint from a distance but I cannot recall having seen one like that on the scrapper, Now the snow has more or less gone. I can look again.

Was it lying under the back or the front of the car?

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 15 Jan 2010, 07:37

If everything is still working I would suspect it's off another car.
Guess it depends where on the ground it was found; sainsbury's or
your front driveway! I've dismantled over half a dozen Xantiae now
and don't recall a pointless return Vee in this material, size or shape.

If it IS off your car it is specific to the V6 and as Jim says most
appropriately resembles the signature Vee... :?

Andrew

lexi · Post by **lexi** » 15 Jan 2010, 10:52

Oh Gawd, That's serious lexi. That's the "V" that makes it a V6

Thank s guys. Sure it`s off the V6. Was under the front /bulkhead area in spot where I was working. No other cars in this workspot for a month, I thought washer/wipe system but can see nothing amiss.

Without being geeky (I did) it`s a well made extrusion.

It may have been a fashion detail on some of those lovely designer cardys I wear while under cars

spider · Post by **spider** » 15 Jan 2010, 12:12

Water drain tube possibly ? (I can't make it out) , the kind of rubber tube you would get attached to somewhere on the body to allow rainwater to come out (think along the lines of the sunroof drain tubing)

Trainman · Post by **Trainman** » 15 Jan 2010, 13:55

It looks to me that it was attached to someting if you look at the point of the "V" (bit like a piece of an airfix kit)

lexi · Post by **lexi** » 15 Jan 2010, 14:13

Ok water drain tube sounds good. The little bump at the V? That will be the injection moulding process ? All this geek talk.......let it be a secret

miked · Post by **miked** » 15 Jan 2010, 20:24

lexi wrote:This was lying underneath V6 Xantia. Any ideas on function/location?

It's called a tape measure. 10 foot Stanley by the look of it.

Sorry, I'll get my coat

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 15 Jan 2010, 20:43

I very nearly said the same but didn't and decided on the sensible
if ultimately hopeless reply!

Andrew

Post by **CitroJim** » 15 Jan 2010, 20:44

miked wrote: It's called a tape measure. 10 foot Stanley by the look of it.

Oh dear, that did make me laugh!!!

Good on 'yer Mike. I needed a good giggle

No need to get your coat....

lexi · Post by **lexi** » 15 Jan 2010, 22:32

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10 foot Stanley by the look of it

Don`t bother about location..........I`ve thought of a really good place for it.

exect · Post by **exect** » 15 Jan 2010, 23:38

I dont think its anything to do with a car, I think its a joiner for the sicks of a kite or something like.
Exect

DickieG · Post by **DickieG** » 15 Jan 2010, 23:56

exect wrote:I dont think its anything to do with a car, I think its a joiner for the sicks of a kite or something like.
Exect

I reckon you're about right, the angle is too acute for a drain pipe.

addo · Post by **addo** » 15 Jan 2010, 23:59

It's a pretty good suggestion, eh? Very plausible as the kind of junk that might get wedged under a car (preferably without kid attached).

Our own Sherlock, perhaps?

LHM-try, my dear Watson.

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 16 Jan 2010, 00:08

Without trying to make a pun, the shape is ultimately a pointless angle to be performing a job on a Xantia even allowing for the vagaries of Citroens design engineers! Why have anything jointed or flowing in such a indecisive
manner with such a u (or even quicker!) turn!

Andrew

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