I follow this fairly precisely: http://www.rwbsmith.plus.com/citroen2/Engine/16vhead.pdf page 12 just about sums it up but it mentions something I think most people miss and that is that some components should be lightly "greased" upon reassembly. Not enough to block oil circulation, but g...

If this has the low compression engine in it (105 BHP) the easiest way might be to go shopping for a 122 BHP version as found in the TZi. I've got an auto estate with the 122 engine in it and whilst it's no drag racer off the line, it goes like the clappers once it's rolling along. If it's blowing s...

If it's running too hot and losing coolant, first thing I'd be doing is getting a new radiator cap. Just had to do that for my Xantia which was doing exactly the same. I have my car set with an 82 degree engine thermostat and a diesel fan switch. Yesterday here it was supposedly 32 (in car thermo re...

This any use?

http://www.rwbsmith.plus.com/citroen2/Electrical/


Alan S

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Done a bit of research for you and come up with this: http://archive.greenpeace.org/ozone/greenfreeze/ It seems it may be more common over there than you might imagine, but as ICI/CIG apparently don't have the exclusive rights to manufacture as they do with other gases, it might be the best kept sec...

Did a 16Trs over here yesterday using the same stuff. Found leaks at the same spot as I did on my 16V as well as a couple of others, did a sump drain & refill with oil, new "O" rings and regassed and the guy reckons the same; never felt an air/con as cold. It was 32 C here at the time....

As they say "Aye down't belieeeve it!!!!!!!!" guess who had a harmonic balance throw the towel in a couple of days ago? :shock: :oops: :oops: Self inflicted woulnds in all probability due to an overtight belt when I did the air con. It totally stripped out the rubber, so clean that it's im...

Here's a posting I made on another forum. Long winded admittedly, but has some info that might save someone the frustrations I've had in recent years with a mystery long term problem. I feel it may be more applicable to 16Vs than to a lot of other models due to the type of hose fitting used. Any que...

I'm not good on currency conversions but I have been told that rebuilt ones that use a synthetic material instead of the rubber are around A$140 and new ones about A$100 more than that. As our currency is affectionately known as Pacifc Pesos due to it's volatility, I may have been out on the convers...

There are places that rebuild them. Technical parts name is "harmonic balance" if that makes it easier for you to source one. To my knowledge, the BX16V/Mi16 are the only ones this particular one will fit. Shouldn't be all that hard to find. It is expensive for what it is but not expensive...

I am almost positive there is a safety issue involved along the lines of it being capable of causing an explosion which is why we were not allowed to compete with a car with copper in the fuel system. As a fridge/air-con mechanic by trade, I've used a lot of it and there is a knack to routing it in ...

I can't remember the reasons for it, but I have heard in the past that copper is not recommended for fuel lines, which is supposedly one reason that in cars later than about 1928 they were never used. I remember years ago we had to make up a swirl pot for a car that was to be used for high performan...

As I understand it, this car doesn't get driven much, so what's the chance of the fuel in the tank just being stale? I have heard it said that certain brands of fuel can last as little as a few days before they start to go down, depending on the additives the company has mixed into it at the refiner...

The old method of dripping LHM down the hole at the top of the leg ended up in tears when someone took a car in for a MOT and got failed because the goose doing the MOT wouldn't believe it was anything but leaky struts; as a result a few of us put our heads together and came up with another system. ...