C5 X7 rear hydraulic pipe-hose stainless substitute

[citroen since 1973]

Well done Martin (Svod) for fabricating these replacements, I wish that I'd known about them when my son needed pipes for his (my old) 2008 2.2 C5 Tourer. The indy garage we elected to use did manage to bodge up a flexible braided hose, a couple of years ago, but he had no previous Citroen suspension knowledge and the car has been on a downward slope ever since. We now cant find anyone in the Midlands area willing to repair the car for a realistic price and are about to offload it via "We Buy etc", or the scrap man. Such a pity as the rest of the car is amazing. Having owned Citroens continually since 1973, its very sad to see the lack of support offered by the manufacturer today, which certainly doesn't match my loyal support of the brand. That said, back in 1973 Citroen was a whole different and very exciting, ball game!

[Sloppysod]

……"We Buy etc", or the scrap man……

I have been close to the scrap man recently but have managed to avoid it using a hydraulic pipe repair method created by Jay Bruce, I will be adding a post soon explaining what I had to do, any willing mechanic can work on a Citroën, they just need to think a bit.
I don't think "we buy" will buy it and scrap value is about £200!

Good luck

[citroen since 1973]

Thanks Stu. Our car has a ruined pump, together with the suspension leaks. We're not competent to work on it and we've lost confidence in the adility of our local indy garage, I have found an excellent citroen specialist, 25 miles away, but he's just not interested in working on it, as he says getting parts etc makes this a nightmare. My son has taken it to another, so called specialist at Worcester, where he lives, but they've come back with a list of faults, many of which he didn't ask them to look into and the prices they're talking about are into the £1000's of pounds. I'm afraid that it's just totally uneconomic to continue with. Such a shame as the rest of the car is fantastic, particularly the 2.2 engine.

[Piotr Kurten]

Our car has a ruined pump, together with the suspension leaks. We're not competent to work on it and we've lost confidence in the adility of our local indy garage

OK but what about an authorized service partner for Citroën ?

[Stickyfinger]

Our car has a ruined pump, together with the suspension leaks. We're not competent to work on it and we've lost confidence in the adility of our local indy garage

OK but what about an authorized service partner for Citroën ?

That would cost more than the car is worth.........