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nickyg
 
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   Member No: #100
Location: Tyrone |
Hello again guys! A word of warning here, whilst this slightly absurd pipe and it's coupling is certainly the chief culprit, the bulk of the hydraulic ancillaries are in the locality of the osf. Just so that doesn't get overlooked! This pipe is where draining of the bhi reservoir is accomplished and may also be there as an intended egress point incase of abuse of the system (eg-lifting car, wheels hanging, without lds reservoir cap removed). Therefore, too a tight coupling may nullify that function. That said, lds certainly shouldn't be leaking off in normal use, so would definitely go with this mod. Nick 
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mark28
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 Member No: #102
Location: Hampshire |
This is the sort of thing that is putting me off my purchase. I know all cars have little niggles. I have had two Avantime's and spent the best part of a few months during my years of ownership fixing little faults . I love my french cars so i am prepared to overlook the odd fault, for the sake of beauty. But a leak from the hydraulic system on a big Citroen, come on ! 40 years to get it right and its a fundamental part of the cars functionality and design. I sometime wonder if too much knowledge is a bad thing!!! I am still really tempted but should I go for good old boring German build quality ? |
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Trainman
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   Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham |
Mark, I don't want to influence ou, My car is now 6 years, done the best part of 85,000 miles and has never let me down. I understand that there are issues, but, overall I still think, I've got value for money. Yes this particular clip is a stupid error on Citroens part, but I personally don't think any German Marquee would have done it differently. Having had a variety of Hydraulic Citroens over the last 20 years, I just think that to be put off by this is being daft. ask any owner of a D, CX or XM if it's put them off driving a big Citroen, and the answer will be NO, there are people on here that are waiting for the prices to come down. - Click Here - There's a C6 on Ebay at the moment in probably the prettiest combination  there ever was for £5,000 Okay the mileage is high, but the history is to die for.........I don't know if you've driven a C6 yet, but if not go and do it.......please, then make up your mind...... PS, sorry but i do get a bit passionate 
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mark28
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Member No: #102
Location: Hampshire |
Passion is fine ! I have owned a CX prestige and a DS so I am not a citroen virgin. These however were cars for high days and holidays. The replacement for my Avantime will be doing 30k miles a year and I just a little concerned that on a car that prides itself on the ride which is "supported "by this system cold have such a fundamental error in it. My CX and DS were both really well put together and I knew that as long as I serviced them properly they would be unlikely to let me down ( the DS never did the CX did with a faulty alternator and fly wheel sensor both part were over a decade old when they failed ) I am just not so sure about the C6 ? However it is still stunning . |
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verycleverman
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 Member No: #65
Location: Northumberland |
mark28 wrote ... I sometime wonder if too much knowledge is a bad thing!!! I am still really tempted but should I go for good old boring German build quality ? As someone who owned a BX19 GTi and suffered several hydraulic episodes, including changing both front struts because they kept emptying the contents of the reservoir through the vent tubes, an Xm with no hydraulic problems and two C5s, similarly with no problems, I would not hesitate when it comes to the C6. The C6 hydraulics are powered by an electric pump rather than the older engine driven pump and are sealed against the elements so much that the hydraulic system is maintenance free for the first five years. On the other hand, I once owned an Audi 100 GL5S which had a vacuum system that was over complicated and troublesome and the cooling system would make you tear your hair out. It was far more complicated than any Citroen hydraulic system and was full of thermostatic switches that would constantly dissolve, dumping the coolant all over the floor. German engineering!! Pete. |
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Chevrons
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 Member No: #85
Location: N. Staffs |
Mine has the same symptoms of a small oil leak in the driver's side wheel-arch; clearly a very common fault - I'll get it under warranty. | ||
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JimC
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  Member No: #229
Location: Scotland |
Chevrons wrote ... Mine has the same symptoms of a small oil leak in the driver's side wheel-arch; clearly a very common fault - I'll get it under warranty. Chevrons, I'd ask if it's covered by your warranty before commiting as I'm going to pick mine up today after a "70p clip" was changed-out. The labour bill is over £70 and "is not covered by your warranty"! Does anyone know the best way to complain to Citroen warranty department??? 
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michaelb
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 Member No: #14
Location: London |
JimC wrote ... Does anyone know the best way to complain to Citroen warranty department??? Phone Slough. |
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tonyrome
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michaelb wrote ... What do you mean "without depressurising"? - Leave the engine running? I think there's some confusion on the part of the original poster, as you can't de-pressurize the system yourself on the C6. By dropping the suspension to the lowest setting on old Citroens, the system was automatically de-pressurized. With the newer system, as used on the C6, de-pressurized requires specialist equipment. By dropping the suspension, however, all the fluid is returned to the reservoir, hence the method of checking the fluid level. |
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gmerry
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 Member No: #21
Location: Scotland |
Actually there are two methods ofd depressurising suspension hydraulics:- With Lexia opening the control/actuated valves electronically Using the mannual bleed valves under car see relevant download Regards G |
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CitroSuède
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  Member No: #1582
Location: Gothenburg |
It stands for "Liquide Direction Syntetique". Thanks for pretty good info about how to dismantle the inner wheelarch et cetera. It looks wery similar to the C5 series one. My friends 2.7 HDI just started to leak so I'll give it a try to fix it. |
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