Handy hint replacing anti sink sphere. Xant.

JohnT · Post by **JohnT** » 08 Jun 2005, 20:28

I could not see why the new replacement was leaking very slightly, causing the back end to drop on start up. I then looked at the sphere I took off and realised the short piece of sealing rubber that pushes over the end of the hydralic pipe was still stuck there. Once it was retreived and put in place the new sphere sealed OK.
It's easy to miss!

nick · Post by **nick** » 08 Jun 2005, 23:46

That's interesting, when I changed the anti-sink sphere on my Xantia a couple of years ago I could find no trace of it having a rubber seal at all. I checked the sphere I'd taken off, the end of the hydraulic pipe, the floor under the car, nothing. I thought it was odd at the time, and it looked like the union should certainly have some sort of seal on it. I think either the seal must have disintegrated and fallen inside the old sphere, or else the car originally left the factory minus its seal.
I did get the pipe to seal without it, but I had to tighten it very tight and I wouldn't fancy my chances of ever getting it undone again.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 09 Jun 2005, 03:41

all citroen pipe fittings that have a sweage aprox 3/8ths of an innch up the pipe do have a seal on,if you have over tihgtend pipe nut you have probaly rammed the end of pipe into the unit its fitted to regards malcolm

nick · Post by **nick** » 10 Jun 2005, 22:36

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by citronut

if you have over tihgtend pipe nut you have probaly rammed the end of pipe into the unit its fitted to
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Yes that's more than likely, I didn't have much choice at the time because I was working on the car on a farm in the middle of nowhere with no other transport, and I had to get it to seal somehow before I could drive it.
I'm not too concerned in the this case though as the anti-sink sphere will probably last the rest of the life of the car now, but if it does need to be changed I'll probably cut it off and have a new short length of pipe made up to fit.