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Anyone know what this pipe is that has snapped off and roughly how much a replacement is my car is an 2003 Citroen xsara picasso 1.8 petrol
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Looks like a crank breaker pipe to me....I would just put a joiner pipe into it
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I recall that Michel had a similar pipe fail on his 307. When he tried to remove it (to repair it) it snapped a couple of more times!
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and £74 from Citroen !
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Bl00dy Hellfire! Michel only paid around £40 for his, new from Peugeot.
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Check for brittleness, then do a joiner. Worth a try.
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This was the problem Michel had, and the pipes look like they are made of similar materials;

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Some black electrical flexi-conduit could turn out to be tougher, so long as it's not the stuff PSA use!
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I got away with a repair on my Xantia with the same issue. At 21 years old and with the V6 heat I reckon if I got away with it you have a decent chance. I filled the external grooves with silicon and sheathed it with suitably sized fuel hose.
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Before i repair the pipe would i have to give it a good clean cause it was covered in oil
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Yes if you use an adhesive or sealer like I did.
I sprayed mine a few times with contact cleaner.
Probably not the ideal solvent but I didn't want to brush or touch the pipe for fear of it disintegrating.
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If the pipe is that delicate, the affected section should be replaced,
The only way to find out is to handle/flex it.
You may be able to splice in just a new section of that lengthy pipe.
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white exec wrote: 28 Aug 2017, 20:32The only way to find out is to handle/flex it.
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Quite probably.
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white exec wrote: 27 Aug 2017, 16:46 Some black electrical flexi-conduit could turn out to be tougher, so long as it's not the stuff PSA use!


That's what I used, attached / reinforced with heatshrink.
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