Well nearly a month without an update and both cars had been behaving themselves quite well
Got the news on Wednesday that a move North of the border is now not going to happen so both Xantias are going to be kept as it looks lke they will be in daily use
Due to form,knowing that we were keeping it, the 2.1 decided that coming home from work on Thursday night it would drop the exhaust from the rear box
Had a quick look that night and to my dismay it had broken just in front of the rear box flange so a new middle section was going to be needed,not the back box
Sourced a new Bosal section from Southern Exhaust Systems inc both clamps for £58(think gaffer gets a discount

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Spent yesterday fitting replacement exhaust and whilst i had the toolbox open she had a new oil filter,oil change,air filter,fuel filter and LHM change for Hydraflush including cleaning the filters and bleeding the brakes.All the above was done with some splendid help and enthusiasm from the boy who never stopped asking questions.I thought SWMBO never shutup but hes much worse
Only thing left to do is replace the o/s/f drop link and i think its sorted for its MOT
An odd thing i have noticed is that now the excess fluid has been removed and changed the front doesnt sink like a stone within 30mins of switching off.In fact 4 hours after getting home tonight its still at normal height.I have not touched anything else on the car so guess it could have been muck stopping the anti sink valve from shutting at the front
Colin