It's been quite a productive weekend of car related goings on... The C6 has been slow filling with Diesel since I've had it, very slow to the point where it'd take 5 minutes to get less then a tenner in it.
On Thursday I took the lift pump out of the tank to see if I could find anything untoward and found a spring sitting on the bottom of the tank...
Due to being short of time I sent it to Citroen Glasgow with the spring so that they could take a look at it for me. They told me that it needs a new tank and lift pump and then 5 hours labour to fit it bringing the bill to nearly £1500.
I decided that I'd strip the tank out on Friday evening. An hour and a half later it was sitting on the floor...
I put the inspection camera into the tank and found this...
That picture is taken where the bottom of the filler neck enters the tank. On the back of the plastic frame opposite where you can see the hole is a spigot that sticks out. I am pretty sure that the spring sits on the back of the spigot, it certainly seems to be the right size anyway. The only unfortunate thing is I can't get my arm in far enough to try and reseat the spring.
Anybody got arms like Mr. Tickle and fancy getting covered in Diesel?
A new tank before discount from Citroen is £644 but I've been offered a discount of about £130 on it if I need to order one.
Inside the filler neck, just where it enters the tank is a check valve that stops diesel coming back up the filler when filling and stops diesel leaving the tank if you ever roll the car. When the car was at the auction it was pictured with 3/4 of a tank of diesel, when it arrived it was running on fumes. I'm guessing someone has stuck a hose down the filler to siphon the diesel out and damaged the valve.
Unfortunately the entire tank assembly from Citroen is one piece, none of it is available separately
Anyway, as I wasn't able to do anything with the C6 I spent yesterday and today washing cars. In January I decided to buy a Snow Foam gun and 90 degree lance for the pressure washer to do the cills and underside of the cars, but due to the weather I hadn't had a chance to use it. I used it this weekend and did 6 cars with it, am really pleased with the results.
The lambs wool washmit that I bought seems to be really soft on the paintwork which is great!
I did two Range Rovers and the Freelander yesterday as they were by far the dirtiest on the driveway. Most of the cars have been detailed and have a great coating of wax on them so washing them requires minimal effort, although I still like doing it properly, I use a 5 stage washing process.
1. Rinse the car with the pressure washer.
2. Cover the car from top to bottom with snow foam. I wash the roof and windows at this point with the wash mit. I also spray the wheels with a special spray that clings to the wheels and loosens all the iron filings stuck to them and agitate it with a toothbrush. If there's any iron filings stuck to the wheels they turn purple.
3. Rinse the car with the pressure washer again.
4. Wash the cars with PH neutral shampoo using a lambs wool wash mit, then use a separate mit to do the wheels again with just shampoo.
5. Rinse the car for a final time with the pressure washer and once dry dress the tyres.
This is the stuff I use on the wheels...
That was the front wheel on my old Range Rover when I'd had a binding caliper all the way home from North Wales. After a treatment of that the wheel was spotless. It's not necessary every time you wash them but handy if you've got stuck on brake dust.
Anyway, after a productive weekends car washing, they've all come up a treat
Just need to decide what I'm doing about a diesel tank for the C6 now. There's one on eBay in Denmark but it's for a 3.0 HDi which has a different part number to all the other models
David.
This from the man who refuses to drive one in case he likes it and buys one.......... 
)in a little courtesy Cactus, and - no offence to the Cactus - it's such a relief to be back in the '6..!! Even though I've just had to pay ££ for main dealer work, I'm so pleased to have it back I may get someone to do mine. I've been meaning to have the paintwork properly dealt with ever since I got it.
