Xantia suspension unit

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 31 Aug 2016, 13:42

Is there anyone rebuilding Xantia suspension struts?

My left hand front is showing a bit of oil on the outside, and I reckon this is a precursor to a leak

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 31 Aug 2016, 14:12

Dave,

No, sadly, the Xantia front struts are seen as being irreparable. I believe the last to be refurbishable were BX ones...

Martin at Pleiades may be able to offer more information but generally they last very well and you should be OK finding a replacement from a scrapper...

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 31 Aug 2016, 15:19

Funny thing is the left front was starting to leak on my white VSX, at a similar mileage

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 31 Aug 2016, 18:50

Must be some special killer potholes up your way Dave...

Mandrake · Unread post by **Mandrake** » 31 Aug 2016, 20:43

Are you sure its leaking ? Where is the oil appearing ?

If it appears to be leaking where the shaft goes in at the top, it's more likely that the leak is one of the o-rings in the strut top where the top of the shaft attaches - the oil will run down the shaft and pool on the top of the strut.

Unread post by **aerodynamica** » 31 Aug 2016, 21:55

Wouldn't simply be a leak from the old strut return pipes? I had to replace mine recently due to a little split in the old ones, but my it leaked an alarming amount!

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 31 Aug 2016, 22:05

No, I replaced the returns with new boots when I bought the car four years ago. It's only misting on the outside as yet but I much prefer planned maintenance to firefighting
I'll have a look at the strut top O ring, I have a couple of new tops in my garage

c.morewood · Unread post by **c.morewood** » 01 Sep 2016, 08:58

Let me know if you need a strut..there are two where the hook came from.

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 01 Sep 2016, 09:35

VSX Chris?

c.morewood · Unread post by **c.morewood** » 01 Sep 2016, 11:58

No its a w 1.8 petrol.. But aren't all the front struts the same?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 01 Sep 2016, 12:08

c.morewood wrote:No its a w 1.8 petrol.. But aren't all the front struts the same?

To all intents and purposes yes, barring V6 and Activa...

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 01 Sep 2016, 13:14

That's interesting Jim, I've seen the odd new unit about with non VSX specific part numbers.

I'd prefer to fit new if I can, there's no rush

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 01 Sep 2016, 13:18

I don't doubt there's small differences warranting a different part number but to be honest Dave, I think, under the circumstances, any differences are going to be so minor you won't even notice...

Note that V6 ones are a bigger diameter... You could use them but you'd need the matching strut tops too...

c.morewood · Unread post by **c.morewood** » 01 Sep 2016, 13:56

I'm sure they'll be there for a while dave. Out of interest its one of those with the c5 fittings.

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