Hello again, may not have a BX yet but i have taken the plunge into citroen ownership ready for our charity run in July.
After coming within a wisker of buying the silver bx from grenwich but having a bus rearrange the bodywork 48 hours before collection!!! we then a few weeks later became the owners of a 93 AX 1.0. Decision was mainly down to cost and running costs but i do still have a hankering for a bx, it will happen!
Anyways this little Ax has the little TU9 engine and only has a temperature warning light but no gauge, something i want to fit as the last horror story involved our old horrid ford ka which successfully melted its internals and still no light came on!!!!,,,,,
On the Tu, which i'm guessing is the same block design as the one in say a 1.4 BX is there anywhere to mount a capillary temp guage. I have been gifted a new guage but the only visable signs i can see is a nut on the thermohousing which is perfect but the probe fills the gap completely including the screwthreads! or there are 2 connectors on the side immedialtely below one green and one blue.
If anyone can shed any light on this i would be very grateful.
Not a BX (YET!) But,,,,,,
Not a BX (YET!) But,,,,,,
Not an owner yet !!!!!!
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my bx 14 has the the spare temp sensor fitted, its just fitted and not connected to anything, so if yours is the same it will be easy.
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93 BX TZD Estate
90 BX 14TE St Tropez
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To slightly mis-quote Kitch ... "BX 14. They're just brilliant!"
93 BX TZD Estate
90 BX 14TE St Tropez
93 BX 19 TXD Estate
92 BX 16TXi
77 Ami 8 Break
79 Acadiane
81 Dyane6
84 2CV6
85 GSA saloon rally car
To slightly mis-quote Kitch ... "BX 14. They're just brilliant!"
The temp sender on the AX GT is in mounted in the top of the thermostat housing. I had to find a new housing for mine, and walking round the scrap yard, it looked like every TU engined Pug and Citroen had the capacity for the sender. The yellow plug below is where it lives:
This was off a Xsara and was identical!
This was off a Xsara and was identical!
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Ahhh handy picture,
what i meant by my BX has the sender, well, where the yellow spade terminal is in the pic. Thats where i have the sender unit but no wiring or gauge.
So, in theory all i need is to connect it up, hey presto.
If citroen fitted the sender but not the rest of the kit to mine, they possibly did to a lot of other vehicles too.
what i meant by my BX has the sender, well, where the yellow spade terminal is in the pic. Thats where i have the sender unit but no wiring or gauge.
So, in theory all i need is to connect it up, hey presto.
If citroen fitted the sender but not the rest of the kit to mine, they possibly did to a lot of other vehicles too.
Doctor Of Gonzo Journalism!!!
93 BX TZD Estate
90 BX 14TE St Tropez
93 BX 19 TXD Estate
92 BX 16TXi
77 Ami 8 Break
79 Acadiane
81 Dyane6
84 2CV6
85 GSA saloon rally car
To slightly mis-quote Kitch ... "BX 14. They're just brilliant!"
93 BX TZD Estate
90 BX 14TE St Tropez
93 BX 19 TXD Estate
92 BX 16TXi
77 Ami 8 Break
79 Acadiane
81 Dyane6
84 2CV6
85 GSA saloon rally car
To slightly mis-quote Kitch ... "BX 14. They're just brilliant!"