xantia hydraulic leak

[jgra1]

well leak seems to have stopped.. although on high there is so little fluid in that the steering doesnt work anyway.. but down, lock to lock and back up and all seems ok.
halfords is my only hope for lhm now.. they may only have lhm plus.. will that be ok? or is that c5 etc?

[CitroJim]

halfords is my only hope for lhm now.. they may only have lhm plus.. will that be ok? or is that c5 etc?

That's good news John...

LHM Plus will be absolutely fine....

[jgra1]

great stuff Jim.. will throw some in and see what happens , probably wont drive her tonight but will go to work tomorrow and see..

phew..

[jgra1]

all holding

thanks for all help.. made a drama out of this really..

overfilled LHM somehow but all looking good..

[citronut]

overfilled LHM somehow but all looking good..

thats ok John it the tank level will reduce next time she springs a leak somewhere , just hope its not the same place for some time

regards malcolm

[jgra1]

spoke too soon


there are omens about..

more tomorrow

[CitroJim]

there are omens about..

They're buggers, them omens

[citronut]

sorry John me and my big gobb

you did say you had over filled the tank she's just adjusting the level


regards malcolm

[jgra1]

collapsed aux tensioner.. managed to get to friends and left car there..

what worries me is that the car sounded like a bag of nails for the last 2 miles..(and I had some EM light)..
I didn't run it with the belt off, which was silly as it would have confirmed the noise.. the noise was only on throttle really.. either I am hugely unlucky and the IP has gone wrong at the same time.. or a bit of belt has got into the crank pulley.. or the noise is just part of the tensioner failing..
anyway, belt and tensioner first and will see.. but will run it for a bit with belt cut before fitting tensioner..

grr

[citronut]

dont run it again till you have checked inside the cam belt cover for any stray aux belt slithers,
if it has got in there and has not caused the cam belt to jump to many teeth, it could still do so if you start the engine again before checking,

regards malcolm

[jgra1]

ok update.. returned to car and removed cambelt covers, starter etc and looks like the injection pump only, was a tooth out.. lucky!
fitted new cambelt by side of road.. and now waiting to get another aux and sort the tensioner out.. part of the collapsed one is shown in the pic.. steel inner is pretty gone..

this tensioner was a cheapish ebay job fitted about 1 year ago.. nuff said I think..

or.... am I overtightening something? ..

J

[jgra1]

hk2018 bearings x 2 will get all back on the road.. but getting them tomorrow a challenge and a half..


calling in a lot of favours here but if anyone is within walking distance of a bearing supplier i would be very grateful car is stuck 30 miles away on a road, and i need to get it running sat ;(

[jgra1]

thanks to all..

I now have a good car again, after possibly the longest unplanned holiday from it.. 2 weeks..
Put a new aux on today, (and secondhand tensioner) fitted everything back on, all fine

phew is not the word..

[KennyW]

John pray to the xantia gods and let me know when the parcel arrives hopefully without any broken bits.

Kenny

[CitroJim]

John, that's excellent news

She'll be OK now. The Xantia gods have had their feed!