What's the name/ number of this LHM bit?

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What's the name/ number of this LHM bit?

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Hi guys, hope someone can help.

I checked the LHM last night and it was leaking, took it to the garage this morning first thing and there's a plastic 3 way connection box broken.

The garage couldn't fix it obviously, and I had to get 220kms to the airport, so I've had to hire one of their cars, an Astra! It's not as nice as my Fred, even with her little problems.

I took a photo on my phone, but as I'm not at home I can't upload it. The leaking box is directly underneath the LHM tank, 2 of the pipes which go into it are push fit and very small. I'm going to phone Citroen in the UK tomorrow as there's no hope in hell of me making myself understood if I phone Citroen Spain, and I can't get down there to wave my photo at them like I normally do.

Can anyone please give me a name for the bit, or if it's just called a connection box what could I say to better describe it?

Save me from the Astra!

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Post by CitroJim »

Hi Jaf,

I just can't think of it... Must be something specific to the MK2...

Get a picture of it up on here and one of us should be able to give you a part number...

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Jaf, if you are able to email or picture message the photo from your phone, I could post it up here for you so the experts can have a look. Let me know if you want to do this and I'll pm you my email/mobile number.

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Ainslie, thanks for that. If you could let me have your mobile number that'd be wonderful.
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Post by VertVega »

Does it look like this? I searched my "personal archive" :)
Unfortunately they are not just push in type. May be wrong item :?

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This is from a LHD Xantia.
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if you could also post the last 8 digits of your chassis/VIN No. i will look up the part No. and price on service citroen,


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Jaf wrote:Ainslie, thanks for that. If you could let me have your mobile number that'd be wonderful.
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Post by Jaf »

Right, think I've sent pic to Ainslie. Hope he can post it here.

VertVega, it's similar but my pipes are on opposite ends.

Malcolm, chassis ends 72142340.

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Jaf, I'm having severe trouble with the mobile reception tonight - could you email the pic to the address in my profile please? Obviously I'll bung the pic up if it manages to appear on my phone before then.
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Erm, think I might have managed something with the pic and photobucket (I'm not a computer nut). Sorry about the quality (it's from my phone) and if it's too big. The part in question has a green spot on it.
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Post by VertVega »

I see, I know this 3-way connection. I have another picture if it helps more others to identify it.
Close to the location where handbrake cables "disappear" under the car :)

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Right side, thin plastic pipes,
One of them goes to front height corrector, the other one goes to the security valve.
These are return lines, you would not have high pressure in them. Easy fix.
Plastic pipes are just pop in, as you have already guessed.
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VertVega, that is a better pic, thanks.

On mine the plastic has cracked where the left pipe pushes in. It's not high pressure but a very steady, scary drip. The guy at the garage wasn't sure if the fat pipe at the back would come away like the thin ones (ie do I need to buy the connection and fat pipe).

You can probably see some diesel pipe in my pic which has replaced part of another bit of LHM pipe. Seems like a lot of the LHM bits are rotting as I had to replace the common-fault seals in the LHM pump too.
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the only block/conector i can see with 4 pipes conecting to it for front suspension return is this one


Part Number Description Quantity Price excl. VAT Price incl. VAT Total incl. VAT Selection
00005270JK OIL BACK HARNES 30.71 GBP 36.85 GBP 36.85 GBP



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citronut wrote:the only block/conector i can see with 4 pipes conecting to it for front suspension return is this one ...
citronut, that must be the correct part what you have found because this is actually a 4 pipes unit :)
Thin pipes can be separated easily but the thick pipe reaches up to the LHM tank and it is combined
with the corner and head piece. This explains also the price 36.85 GBP :shock:

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You lovely people, thank you so much.
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