25-06-2020, 08:50 AM
Well how about that, just searching for citroen zx related stuff and have happened across my own thread. Can't believe I've had this car for nearly six years now, by far the longest I've ever had a car, and it's still in daily service, kept outside in all weathers.
It's still in pretty good condition and runs faultlessly even though the mileage is creeping up towards 180k. Its not been without it's share of work though:
Aside from servicing, tyres etc,
New radiator about 4 years ago
New (IM) axle, 1 rear caliper, discs, pads, 2 rear wheel bearings 2018
Nearside rear arch rotted out, needed cutting out, and a replacement from a breaker welded in 2018
New mid section exhaust 2018
Front discs, pads, small weld repair os inner wing summer 19
Timing belt, tensioners, pump Jan 20.
Stuff still to do:
Find a replacement passenger front door, it's starting to rot out at the bottom, it's been subjected to a low rent paint job in the past
Oil leak, I know xuds have some sort of reputation for this, but it's leaking a fair bit from the back side of the engine, enough to drip from various places on the subframe.
Engine oil never needs topping up though, I could be overfilling it possibly. There is also a slow pas fluid leak that could be contributing to this.
All the dash lights have slowly extinguished themselves over the last half decade or so, even the ones in the heater panel. I'm aware that the entire dash has to come out to get to the bulbs, a near 30 French plastic dash is sure to suffer during that procedure I'd say and I keep putting it off.
P bushes and drop links are really worn, resulting in slightly wooly irregular handling and a machine gun like rattle respectively. Have the parts and am building up a couple of wishbones to swap out before it's mot in a couple of weeks time.
Toying with the idea of a front mounted intercooler, but am not interested in tuning the pump so it would be purely for efficiency and driveability in hot weather urban driving, but not sure if it's worth the hassle and messing up the engine bay
Not going to lie, the rear beam was tired, the rust repairs, the knackered brakes and exhaust, a few years back were a dark time where I did consider scrapping it, but I liked it and it still ran really well so persevered with the repairs at a cost of about 1000 quid overall, and haven't regretted it
Might give her a wash and wax and stick some pictures up for you all if you're lucky! (or interested)
It's still in pretty good condition and runs faultlessly even though the mileage is creeping up towards 180k. Its not been without it's share of work though:
Aside from servicing, tyres etc,
New radiator about 4 years ago
New (IM) axle, 1 rear caliper, discs, pads, 2 rear wheel bearings 2018
Nearside rear arch rotted out, needed cutting out, and a replacement from a breaker welded in 2018
New mid section exhaust 2018
Front discs, pads, small weld repair os inner wing summer 19
Timing belt, tensioners, pump Jan 20.
Stuff still to do:
Find a replacement passenger front door, it's starting to rot out at the bottom, it's been subjected to a low rent paint job in the past
Oil leak, I know xuds have some sort of reputation for this, but it's leaking a fair bit from the back side of the engine, enough to drip from various places on the subframe.
Engine oil never needs topping up though, I could be overfilling it possibly. There is also a slow pas fluid leak that could be contributing to this.
All the dash lights have slowly extinguished themselves over the last half decade or so, even the ones in the heater panel. I'm aware that the entire dash has to come out to get to the bulbs, a near 30 French plastic dash is sure to suffer during that procedure I'd say and I keep putting it off.
P bushes and drop links are really worn, resulting in slightly wooly irregular handling and a machine gun like rattle respectively. Have the parts and am building up a couple of wishbones to swap out before it's mot in a couple of weeks time.
Toying with the idea of a front mounted intercooler, but am not interested in tuning the pump so it would be purely for efficiency and driveability in hot weather urban driving, but not sure if it's worth the hassle and messing up the engine bay
Not going to lie, the rear beam was tired, the rust repairs, the knackered brakes and exhaust, a few years back were a dark time where I did consider scrapping it, but I liked it and it still ran really well so persevered with the repairs at a cost of about 1000 quid overall, and haven't regretted it
Might give her a wash and wax and stick some pictures up for you all if you're lucky! (or interested)