Hydraulic pump rebuild

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 19 Mar 2011, 12:45

As part of the planned maintenance/ rolling rebuild of the Xantia, i'm looking to refurbish the pump. I suspect output pressure is down and it leaks - not much but enough - which is probably the big o-ring behind the cover.

Anyone rebuilt a pump?

Anybody got a VSX pump I can have for rebuilding? I like to have spare bits so I don't have to take the car off the road, though my 2CV should be back on the road this month which takes the pressure off somewhat.

VSX sinker 1.9TD

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 19 Mar 2011, 13:30

Sinker pump?

I've never seen another going spare so rarer than an honest politician =
best of luck getting one - the pump design is predominatly the same with
the later ones although the drive pulley and main body/end bowl will need
to be carefully referenced. I'll try and find some pictures I've got of one I
took apart. Likely it's the o rings/seals but the main pump body should be
fine; the whole assembly has through bolts that can actually fatigue and snap
if the pump has been working for some time with poor accumulator sphere.

Andrew

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 19 Mar 2011, 16:15

I replaced the accumulator sphere about 14months/10000 miles ago, so should be OK.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 19 Mar 2011, 19:21

andmcit wrote:Sinker pump?

I've never seen another going spare so rarer than an honest politician =
best of luck getting one

As you say Andrew, but they are rarer than that even. They are rarer than an easy, straightforward job on an Activa

Now I actually have one but it's in use and I'd be lost without it... It's the pump on my sphere tester..

Now, if I could replace it with a single outlet pump from a CX, BX or early XM then I'd be happy to part with it.

That's the best I can do...

davewithington · Unread post by **davewithington** » 19 Mar 2011, 20:14

I might just have a BX pump......

I'll let you know