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Work required after 75k service - advice

AstraVanMan ( snipped-for-privacy@Whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Indeed it *could*. In an absolute worst-case scenario. Long after you've started to wonder what the hell is wrong with the steering, and whether that front wheel is actually attached to the car any more, and what the hell is all that noise on anything but a billiard-table smooth surface.

Likewise, weeping rear cylinders *could* cause brake failure. Quite a while after the fluid warning light has come on, and after you've been wondering why there's always oily marks wherever you park.

In the real world, treat them as something that should be done soon, but don't lose sleep or get ripped off because you're in a rush to get 'em done.

Conor is scaremongering.

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Adrian
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You're lucky. I've not had one for a bit but then I've not had anything with cylinders for a bit.

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Duncanwood

That sounds reasonable until the first time you've had one go without any warning (brothers Metro). Fortunately it was staionary at the time

They don't get any cheaper with time

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Duncanwood

I tried them a little while ago and they had gotten expensive. They now accept fleet cars and are Citroen service dealers. This seems to have bumped up prices. See

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Doctor D

I was gonna say - I briefly had a BX GTi a while back and it needed the clutch doing, and I remembered a housemate of mine using them for a small job on her ZX and them only charging £25/hour for labour, so I called them up. Found out it was nearly £40/hour (which isn't all that bad), but they wanted to charge 8 hours' labour to do a BX clutch, and from reading the Haynes manual, I couldn't see any way in the world why it should have been any more than a 3 hour job.

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AstraVanMan

It's an 8 hour job - all the standard books have it down as taking that long, and I think it actually means it. (just had mine done).

cheers, clive

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Clive George

Well Douglas Payne's now got it, and did the job himself, thanks to the DIY garage up in Aberdeen. I'm sure it didn't take him more than about 6 hours all in all, including a few things going wrong (bolts snapping/shearing off IIRC), and him having to come back the next day to finish the job. And that's for someone who's never done one before.

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AstraVanMan

Heh, you rang?

A BX 8v GTi clutch is a lot like any other PSA XU engined car of the era as far as I can tell, and according to some of the people that poked their heads under my car and gave me support.

I can't remember how long it took, but it was over 2 days, for various reasons including Unipart supplying me with the wrong clutch kit after taking my registration number and assuring me it would be the correct part and me only discovering it was wrong at 6pm on the 1st day, too late to get it swapped.

All I had to go on was the Haynes BOL which wasn't very specific, there are about 7 zillion engine variations and several generations of gearbox on the BX. I'm not a very experienced mechanic, but I got it all back together and it has worked for several thousand miles since.

I reckon I could do it again in about 6 hours with some equipment that I don't own, like a 4 post lift (c:

I found a retired specialist who said that back in the day he could do it in 3 or 4 hours.

Last big job I did before the BX clutch was swapping out an autobox on a Carlton. It took me 6 days. I've since spoken to a chap who reckons its easily doable in under 2 hours with experience.

Sadly the DIY garage in Aberdeen seems to now be closed. Pity really, it was such a good idea.

Douglas

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Douglas Payne

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