Just put in another 5 litres of diesel from a can and fired it up. Whats next...yes a bit of citrobics just to give the old motor a bit of exercise. Selected the high setting, bit of a flash from the stop light, bit of sickening hissing, and clouds of spray emerging from under the car.
Of course shoved it back down onto the lowest setting in a vain attempt to avoid LHM at the rate of £6.99/litre pouring out of the "burst" whatever it was.
Its a job for another day but when a citroen is flat to the floor.... its really flat to the floor. Peering in the 2" gap between ground and car I think the burst appeared to be soaking the back of the subframe looking forward. (nearest to the front of the vehicle) I guess a suspension pipe has corroded and burst.
The other point about a 2" gap and a hole in the suspension pipework...... how do you raise the car ?
On my old Xantia, which I scrapped, I used a long metal pole and levered against whatever bit of solidness I could access to lever up the vehicle from the floor and put a trolley jack or scissor jack underneath.
I think with this car the towbar is going to come to my rescue, but there is always the danger of causing further damage.
.......sometimes its theraputic to share the misery
regards
Neil
PS just spotted this thread hydraulic pipe started by allanmc which has good info on rear pipe anatomy which will help when I get the car jacked up and investigate exactly where my burst is.
