What is this and is it worth €150?

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:59 am

I should know. I thoughtat first it was a doseur but it ain't. Height corrector? Regulator? Realise I haven't done enough hydraulic jobs yet ( not that I want to)

Mystery bit

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:31 am

Its a Flow divider Valve aka FDV for power steering.

As for the price

erm yea thats a bit high if you have to do an FDV anytime soon theres a good guide on here on doing a refurb for less than new.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:56 am

Thanks Kiwi. Yes, does seem a bit steep but the new price - so the seller claims - is pushing €600!

I don't think I need one. If a series 1 doseur boxed came up I think I would find the €€€s

Aerodynamica · Post by **Aerodynamica** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:41 am

I wonder what the advantage to buying a new one is if we knw you can fairly easily overhaul it?

I did wonder about the 2 springs in my recent FDV project - how would you know if they'd gone weak? maybe it doesn't matter.

I, perhaps would replace this with a new one if I had the wedge for it but of course, I'd have to repaint it in the PROPER green paint for an early days BX

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:51 am

Do Citroen still stock the refurb kit or bits?

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:00 pm

I'd have to repaint it in the PROPER green paint for an early days BX

A bit OT, I know, but does anyone know the correct paint code for the hydraulics green??

cauchoiskev · Post by **cauchoiskev** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:37 pm

DLM wrote:Do Citroen still stock the refurb kit or bits?

Yes, still available 95 669 034, 63.95 Swiss Francs (don't ask).

Job well worth doing, I've never known one to be irremediably shafted - a bit like radius arms.

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:25 am

Many thanks for the info, cauchoiskev. So that's about £36 or 42 Euros?

Job well worth doing, I've never known one to be irremediably shafted - a bit like radius arms.

That's a bit of a sweeping statement - about radius arms.... from the point or view of opportunity and availability.

I know in theory that even the most horribly mangled bearing housing can be bored-out and a suitably-machined insert pressed-in, but it does require access to a reasonably well-equipped engineering workshop, or someone willing to do it for you.

cauchoiskev · Post by **cauchoiskev** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:44 pm

Yep, 36 quid. Was only 20 a few years back.

As for the radius arms, I've never seen one damaged where the bearing sits. It's only at at seal end that the damage occurs (this is only my own experience, if anybody has seen different I would be interested to know...).

I just fill up the gap between the seal and the metal with joint compound, after careful degreasing. I've done this twice on my own cars, never had any problems since. Somebody posted recently about using body filler, nice idea too, maybe a bit more fiddly to get right than Loctite joint paste.