Hydraulics hissing

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Jshodgson
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Hydraulics hissing

Unread post by Jshodgson »

After looking at this forum I realise that the hissing my Xantia's hydraulic system makes is normal although mine hisses every 10 seconds when idling at the normal drive setting.
What do I need to check?
espzetec
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Unread post by espzetec »

accumulator sphere. a quick change should sort this?
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Kowalski
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Unread post by Kowalski »

A 10 second clicking rather than hissing sound means a new accumulator is needed, I don't think the car should really be hissing...
tudor
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Unread post by tudor »

My car hisses all the time.! Just the way it is....so my cit man tells me?
deisel xm est 95
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uhn113x
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My car hisses all the time.! Just the way it is....so my cit man tells me?
deisel xm est 95
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Deisel?? Rudolf will be turning in his watery grave...
<i>'Just the way it is'</i>, translated, means 'I don't know how this works, so how can I know what is wrong with it, let alone fix it'. [}:)]
Continuous hiss is usually caused by the PR never reaching cutout pressure, maybe because either the bleed ball valve or, if it never clicks, the non-return valve in the PR need reseating (hitting with a drift!)