There was a piece hanging down there as my wife drove and it was bouncing about. When i took it off, it was sharp and the cuts are new. So i do think it was undertray.
I noticed the garage had tied it up with a ziptie after they changed the oil. The implication bring that it broke whenthey took it off. I guess it w
As a downhill slope from there. Just another one.
don't buy a C5 please. undertray now
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[quote="boristhespie"]There was a piece hanging down there as my wife drove and it was bouncing about. When i took it off, it was sharp and the cuts are new. So i do think it was undertray.
I noticed the garage had tied it up with a ziptie after they changed the oil. The implication bring that it broke whenthey took it off. I guess it w
As a downhill slope from there. Just another one.
GARAGE UPDATE:
They had a look under at pipe. Not on lift. Anyway they say it's the return pipe for the power steering.
That the oil is oil that's seeped into it over some time and the hole caused by the undertray is just this getting out frim beyween the pipe and the sponge covering.
I noticed the garage had tied it up with a ziptie after they changed the oil. The implication bring that it broke whenthey took it off. I guess it w
As a downhill slope from there. Just another one.
GARAGE UPDATE:
They had a look under at pipe. Not on lift. Anyway they say it's the return pipe for the power steering.
That the oil is oil that's seeped into it over some time and the hole caused by the undertray is just this getting out frim beyween the pipe and the sponge covering.
C'est pas possible!
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Would have thought a man of your calibre and profession should have a vacuum suction pump, saves all that grubing around underneath to change the oildieselnutjob wrote:had enough of taking the tray off my 607 every time I do an oil change
maybe I should cut a hole or flap under the sump drain plug
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Sorry but yes, they must have broken the undertray when they changed the oil. I did say that. However other faults can't be blaimed on the garage nor can I be blamed for neglecting the cars. They have been serviced when due.
I will say and have said that the garages have been fairly crappy. The dealers, the bosch, you can't say I have NOT tried numerous garages.
It took 3 years And 8 or so garage visits before I diagnosed through you guys that the rear trailing arm bearing was knackered. In that time the dealer saw it six times. They even changed the anti rollbar?????!!!!. A spexialist Citroen said I should just accept I needed a new car as did the dealer when I askes them to change it.
In the end i took 2 days off work to go to a garage miles away and in the middle of nowhere.
So yeah garages havr not proved great but having to go to the garage in the first place is not their fault and neither is it mine.
I will say and have said that the garages have been fairly crappy. The dealers, the bosch, you can't say I have NOT tried numerous garages.
It took 3 years And 8 or so garage visits before I diagnosed through you guys that the rear trailing arm bearing was knackered. In that time the dealer saw it six times. They even changed the anti rollbar?????!!!!. A spexialist Citroen said I should just accept I needed a new car as did the dealer when I askes them to change it.
In the end i took 2 days off work to go to a garage miles away and in the middle of nowhere.
So yeah garages havr not proved great but having to go to the garage in the first place is not their fault and neither is it mine.
C'est pas possible!
The other point is that "garages " aren't interested in Citreons the way that owner/ enthuisiasts are. As an owner/enthuisiast the trick is to find a garage that is. If you can't then you are in trouble unless you DIY.
Most garages will tell you that rightly or wrongly C5s are time consuming and a PITA to fix...........the same attitude to most Cits. The "garage"says this and says that means not much Boris.
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Most garages will tell you that rightly or wrongly C5s are time consuming and a PITA to fix...........the same attitude to most Cits. The "garage"says this and says that means not much Boris.
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