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PaulY   
Mon May 12 2014, 06:14pm
Joined: Jun 05 2010
Member No: #142
Location: Surrey
 I feel very embarrassed letting you all know this. My only defence is that I am not the first person ever to have made this mistake, but maybe the first on a C6?. Despite the embarrassment, I just have to say something, as I would hate this to happen to anyone else. So here goes. Wanting to make my car look its best,

I bought some shiny metal dust caps for my wheels from eBay with the Citroen logo on them. When I got to the garage to pump up my tyres some weeks later, I could not get the dustcaps off.

Worse still, in forcing one, I broke the wheel valve on the garage forecourt and had to put on the spare tyre, there and then. The bottom line is that in turned out that the dust caps had corroded fast on ALL wheels, and that they could not be removed without breaking the valves.

So I had to get all the valves replaced, and at £80 each excluding labour, from my Citroen Dealer, that's one hell of a costly mistake!
e3steve   
Mon May 12 2014, 07:15pm
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 Same happened to me, about six months ago. Not with aftermarket gimmicaps but with the nickelled brass type. Thankfully only one -- the rest were plastic -- but still a lesson learned.

They can be used but not without some non-degrading lube to offset dissimilar metal corrosion!
C6Dave   
Mon May 12 2014, 07:56pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 It's been well posted before, don't use metal dust caps on the pressure sensing valves. The metal reacts together and they seize solid

Use plastic ones only and lubricate them with something like Ferrosol

Even if the plastic caps stick, you can split with a stanley knife and get them off without damaging the valves
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Trainman   
Mon May 12 2014, 09:32pm

Joined: Apr 12 2010
Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham
 And just to make you feel better, it happen to the old editor of a certain publication who did know better...... I won't mention any names......but he knows who he is.....
Dan595   
Tue May 13 2014, 09:58am
Joined: Nov 26 2010
Member No: #299
Location: Wiltshire
 I use Boeshield on the tyre valves - if it's good enough for Boeing, it's good enough for me. 7.5 years and 135,000 miles, no problems as yet.
Chris Burmajster   
Wed May 14 2014, 06:49pm
Joined: Apr 03 2010
Member No: #81
Location: South East
Trainman wrote ...

And just to make you feel better, it happen to the old editor of a certain publication who did know better...... I won't mention any names......but he knows who he is.....


Thanks, Steve! Guilty as charged!
magicands   
Fri May 16 2014, 03:45pm
Joined: Sep 13 2012
Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire
 I purchased the exact same item when i first got my car but fortunately they were pinched within a week by some dead head who actually did me a favour..
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Trainman   
Sat May 17 2014, 12:27am

Joined: Apr 12 2010
Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham
Chris Burmajster wrote ...

Trainman wrote ...

And just to make you feel better, it happen to the old editor of a certain publication who did know better...... I won't mention any names......but he knows who he is.....


Thanks, Steve! Guilty as charged!



I didn't say anything.......
Dave Mc   
Sat May 17 2014, 07:01pm
Joined: Mar 02 2010
Member No: #64
Location: Weston-super-Mare
 I've used these on my C6, C5 and my wife's C2. Always used a small amount of Vaseline before fitting and have never had a problem for quite a few years.
verycleverman   
Sat May 17 2014, 10:09pm
Joined: Mar 08 2010
Member No: #65
Location: Northumberland
 I highlighted this problem about four years ago: - Click Here -
The issue is dealt with on the Schraeder website; it would have been good if the same warning had been in the Owner's Handbook!

Pete
 

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