Posts tagged Citroen
Fully Releasing The pressure on a Citroën Hydraulic System
One of the most common questions people ask about their high pressure Citroëns hydraulic systems is… How do I release the pressure on the hydraulic system to remove a sphere? More >
Checking the Bolts on the Citroën SM Gear Box
This is just a short reminder to all you Citroën SM lovers out there.
It is extremely important to get in the habit of checking and correcting, if necessary, the tightness of the bolts fastening the differential shaft extension housing to the Citroen SM gear box .
This should be checked after any repair involving removal of the motor, the gear box, the drive shafts or the front suspension units.
The tightening torque is 10.5 to 13.5 m.kg. (76 to 98 ft. lbs.)
Stay safe!
Denis
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So, You want to Flush out Your Citroen Hydraulic System?
So you want to flush out your Citroën hydraulic system?
OK, so one last hydraulic article and I will move on to other topics, but I couldn’t let you get away with out telling you about a hydraulic flushing product made by Total called Hydraurincage . We seem to call it Hydroflush over here, but Hydraurincage is the correct name for it from the mother land.
This is a good product that I personally have had some very good results with. More >
What Type of Brake Fluid Should I Use In My Citroën 2CV?
What type of brake fluid should I use in my Citroën 2CV ?
This question recently was sent in and here is my answer:
- If you have a pre 1980s Citroën 2CV (that is a Citroën 2CV with four wheel drum brakes), then you want to use a good quality DOT 3 or DOT 4 brake fluid . My own personal choice is a DOT 4 product made by Castrol called Castrol LMA . (the LMA stands for low moisture absorbing ). As we all know, this is a good quality for brake fluid to have since it is by nature hygroscopic, or has a tendency to absorb moisture.
Regardless, the other bit of info I can’t stress enough is to completely drain and flush out the system at least every 2 years in your Citroën 2CV . More problems and troubles with brakes seem to be caused by neglecting to do this fairly simple procedure, and moisture builds up in the system and corrosion occurs. - OK, second answer to the question: If you have a Citroën 2CV that is later then this date or has disc brakes on the front to be more accurate, then you want to be using LHM fluid . Yes, the same green stuff that you put in the hydraulic suspension cars of the same period.
Here again you want to practice my advice of changing the fluid at least every two years. Changing the fluid is such an inexpensive form of maintenance, next to rebuilding or changing out brake parts. The more I find, as these Citroëns get older and enter collector status, people have a tendency to use them less and less, and this is where periodic maintenance becomes even more important.
So take care of those Citroën 2CVs because they just don’t make them anymore!
Later,
Denis
So, You Want to Know What the Point Gap is on Your Citroën 2CV?
Do you want to know what the point gap is on your Citroen 2 CV ?
Here recently, someone wrote in and asked me what the point gap was on their 1975 Citroen 2 CV . The best way I figured to answer this would be to list the Ignition System Specs for the 2 CV-6 engines from 1970 thru 1990 . These have the engine code: AO6/634/5 More >
What Do You Do if Your Citroën has a Contaminated Hydraulic System?
What do you do if your Citroen has a contaminated Hydraulic System?
I know that I have harped on this subject for several articles now, but it is more of a problem than you might think. I found when I worked on Citroens , the cars either caught fire and burned or were abandoned because the hydraulic system had become contaminated and the owner found out that it was going to be mighty expensive to repair the car.
Well, the shop manuals and the dealer bulletins would tell you More >
Do you Think Your Citroen Has Contaminated Hydraulic Fluid?
Do you think your Citroën has contaminated hydraulic fluid ?
My little video yesterday showed you a simple test to do if the LHM system has a little brake fluid in it. Now I will tell you some of the tell tale signs to look out for when the system might be contaminated.
This may seem silly for a system that is marked properly on the hydraulic reservoir for what type of fluid it should take. But, many of these cars More >
Setting the Dwell on Your Citroen Engine…
Here is a quick tip when setting the dwell on your Citroen Traction Avant 11B, the 11BL, or the 15/6. It also works on your Citroen D Model, both 3 main and 5 main bearing models. You can use it for the Citroen GS and pre 1982 GSA or the Citroen SM as well. It even works for the Citroen CX. For that matter, it works for any Citroen model that you may have that is equipped with a distributor with points. More >
How To Tell if The Hydraulic System on Your Citroen is Contaminated
Over the years I found that often times a Citroen would come into the shop or a person would send in a set of spheres to rebuild from a car that had a contaminated hydraulic system .
Always bad news to any Citroen owner, this can prove to be one of the most expensive single problems an owner of a Citroen can have. This includes 2CV s because I have seen the wrong fluid put into their hydraulic brake system too.
Back in the old days, the reason for contamination could mostly be blamed on confusion, for there was a period of time from 1966 to 1969 1/2 that cars being sold over here in the U.S. had LHS2 (Brake Fluid Based ) from the factory, while cars being sold in other parts of the world had LHM or (Mineral Based) fluid in them.
Over the years one thing led to another with many owners and people who really should not have been working on the cars putting in the wrong type of fluid.
What I am going to explain is the method I always used to tell if a system is contaminated with either Mineral fluid or Brake fluid. With this test we are talking about a Citroen with a complete hydraulic system , ie: brakes, steering, suspension etc.
Here’s a little video to show you how…
The video should have shown you the steps, but if you like to read them as well, here ya go. More >