hi guys
finally got round to putting my xantia into the garage,
4xspheres - £118+20.65 vat
fluid - £10+1.75 vat
labour - £78.00+13.65
total =£242.05
the suspension is great its like a floating carpet now, i think the spheres must have been on the way out when i bought it,what a difference.
only thing now is it seems to pitch sidewards now is this normal?and also could you tell me if you have too run the car gently for a while after the spheres are replaced to allow everything to settle down
cheers roy
just home from the garage
Moderator: RichardW
Strangely its not the spheres that settle down but the LHM. Give the car a week or 2 depending on your mileage and it will feel as it should. I think the LHM molecules mash up a bit and the stuff then gets to its normal running spec.
Doing Citroebics during this time won't do any harm and will expel any dissolved gas that comes out of the fluid.
Doing Citroebics during this time won't do any harm and will expel any dissolved gas that comes out of the fluid.
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Its possible, but they would have to be very wrong to make a noticable difference. It could be that your old spheres were so bad that you have forgotten what hydropnumatic suspension feels like!. You can check one side against the other by 'bouncing' the appropriate corner and comparing it with the other one.
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