Xantia sphere change query

drd · 2005-01-22T14:58:33+00:00

Afternoon All,I tried to change the front spheres on my 99 Xantia estate earlier but spent an hour mopping up hydraulic fluid instead ... what did I do wrong?1. Set the suspension height to low2. Undo pressure relief screw on front regulator unit 1 turn (according to Haynes)3. UNscrew suspension sphere4. Watch hydraulic fluid pi$$ everywhere at high pressure soaking the entire engine bay, me, my drive etc etc ...Most of the fluid seemed to come from the sphere itself as I unscrewed it but the suspension unit continued to ooze fluid until I screwed the shere back on.Second problem (?) was the replacement spheres from EuroParts - the valve arrangement wasn't the same as the old unit. It looked sufficiently different that I want to check to out before swapping them (and risking further LHM floods ...).Does anyone have experience of the pattern units sold by Europarts? mine is a 99 HDi estate and I have Pt No 620 54 5410 (XZ 70 FR) from them which doesnt seem to have the right valve. Rather annoying the picture on the box shows the correct valve type!Any help much appreciated.Steve