hydro-pneumatic suspension.

[Teesside saxo]

Hi
Could anyone recommend a good book or website to teach me how the Citroen hydro-pneumatic suspension systems work.

I don't need one fixing - just a bit of a car nut and am interested in what goes on and how they operate.

Cheers

[Stempy]

http://stempy.dnsdojo.net/~stempy/Citro ... ive_II.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Teesside saxo]

That's great cheers will work my way through it.

[addo]

A long-ish drive usually adds enthusiasm, too.

[myglaren]

^^That's a link, click it

[Teesside saxo]

Many thanks

[Mandrake]

The original question was how does hydro-pneumatic suspension work - Stempys link and the two videos concentrate on the Hydractive (or later) variants of these systems, without really explaining the original underlying hydro-pneumatic concept. (That first link is pretty heavy going as well for someone just learning about the system )

The following link gives a good overview of the basic hydro-pneumatic principle as well as the Hydractive variants that are built on top of it, and is a good place to start for someone wanting to familiarise their self with the system for the first time:

http://citroen.tramontana.co.hu/system/ ... nGuide.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It comes from this site:

http://citroen.tramontana.co.hu/technical-guide" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Myglarens bottom link looks good too, although I have not read through it.

I would add not all the articles various people have written that describe how the suspension works are entirely accurate (even the one I linked to!) and do contain the odd mistake, misunderstanding on the part of the author or over simplification, but overall they are a good guide.