problem with my xantia.sunspetion,breaks

argopanos · Post by **argopanos** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:04

hi to all of you.sorry about my english ,i m from greece.i tryied to put out the air from the system,but i did it as the motor was running in normal position(sunsp).a lot of lhm came out and by that time i have no breaks no suspention.nothing happens if i put it to hight or low,the car is not movig at all.please help.thank you for reading this.

Post by **xantia_v6** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:18

We will try to help you but we need a little more information.

How did you try to bleed the air? What did you loosen?

Is the LHM tank now empty?

argopanos · Post by **argopanos** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:24

in the frond central sfhear is a 12' bolt.this bolt i unscrew it. now the lhm level is good possition,not full but there is some.

Post by **RichardW** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:33

Did you take the bolt right out? Have you now refitted the bolt, and still got no suspension pressure?

Don't worry about your english - I'm sure we can figure it out!

argopanos · Post by **argopanos** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:39

yes.all now its in place.the front car is in normal hight and the rear is in low hight. i want to thank you for your time,bythe way

Post by **myglaren** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:40

argopanos wrote:in the frond central sfhear is a 12' bolt.this bolt i unscrew it. now the lhm level is good possition,not full but there is some.

Did you completely remove the bleed screw (bolt)?

You only need to open it about ¼-½ a turn.
If it was completely removed then you may have lost the tiny ball bearing that is the seal. This would leave the bleed bypass open and your system will not pressurise.

You will need to hunt around for the ball and replace it on the end of the spring then re-tighten the bleed screw (bolt). Take care not to over tighten it as you will damage the brass seat that the ball sits in and again it won't seal.
If you haven't lost the ball then you may have overtightened it and the seal is already damaged.

argopanos · Post by **argopanos** » 31 Jul 2010, 21:47

thank you for your time ,you were very helpfull.first thing in the morning,i look.

argopanos · Post by **argopanos** » 02 Aug 2010, 09:58

i found the ball under my car next morning.now its ok and have no problems.once again thank you very mutch for your help and time.

Post by **CitroJim** » 02 Aug 2010, 16:26

argopanos wrote:i found the ball under my car next morning.now its ok and have no problems.once again thank you very mutch for your help and time.

Excellent

You were lucky! Those balls usually disappear, or at least in the UK they do

wotwot · Post by **wotwot** » 03 Aug 2010, 20:43

Dont mean to make light of our greek friend love the greek islands. but
must be a big car with that 12 foot bolt sticking out the front (12'!!!!),
and the ball bearing would have been easy to find it would have been about 10 foot tall

wotwot · Post by **wotwot** » 03 Aug 2010, 20:45

Christ think how big his toolbox must be.

Post by **CitroJim** » 03 Aug 2010, 20:54

Post by **myglaren** » 03 Aug 2010, 21:08

I think it will be a keyboard mapping error

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