Long shot: Activa 2.0 TCT fuel rail

[djadams]

Morning all,
Whilst disconnecting the hoses from the heater matrix stubs coming through the bulkhead of my Activa, the mate who was helping me/loaning me his workshop leant on the top of the engine, with predictable results. The central inlet stub has snapped of the plastic fuel rail, rendering the car a non-runner/improvised flame thrower...

The rest of the heater matrix job has been going reasonably smoothly though, so I really can't complain.

I've scoured eBay looking for fuel rails, (and injectors/manifolds in case any are sold with other bits) for everything I could think of that shared the TCT motor to no avail...

Before I resign myself to having to make a new fuel rail, I don't suppose anyone still has one kicking about in their shed they'd be willing to sell?

Any other suggestions for repair or replacement gratefully received, too!

[RichardW]

Appears to be unique to that engine, and unsurprisingly not available anymore! You could drop a message to Paul (citroenxm) as he has a stash of parts, and might be able to find one - it was also used in the XM 2.0T.

[djadams]

Yes indeed, I did check on service.Citroën.com only to discover they don't have any left... Quelle surprise! Loads of the later style plastic ones must've been snapped by heavy handed tinkerers, and there can't be many TCT lumps left on the road in anything.

I'll drop Paul a message on the off chance, thanks for the lead!

[citroenxm]

Think we have this sorted! Thanks richard

[RichardW]

[djadams]

It's looking promising! Thanks gents!

[djadams]

This stricken activa now back up and running thanks to the parts stock of Paul (Citroënxm) and the eagle eyes/swift recommendation of Richard W.

Many thanks gentlemen, between you you've saved me the hassle of making a fuel rail from scratch, and I really appreciate your help!

Once again in case it's of use to anyone else in the future:
The older style steel fuel rail can be fitted in place of the later plastic rail, onto the later plastic inlet inlet manifold. The injector spacing and size is the same, but you'll need the injector clips from the car that donated the steel rail as they differ between the two. The only tricky bit is that the fuel hose connections are different in style and orientation. The plastic rail has quick connects facing rearward towards the bulkhead, the steel rail has hose barbs facing sideways towards the right hand wing. The hose sizes are the same for both rails (the feed to the rail is slightly larger than the return from the regulator), so it is simple enough to adapt the fuel hoses to fit.