My wife's car, 208500 miles, runs well - used regularly for 100+ mile runs until last month, good tyres, new starter 2000 miles ago (while on holiday in Anglesey). Has given superb service for 6+ years.
But MOT fail on:
Rear suspension units leaking (both sides)
Suspension fluid leaking (somewhere at the front - just started)
Corrosion on offside outer rear suspension mount - otherwise none.
Metered smoke level a bit high (but advised that should clean up with a fuel additive)
It really needs to go, but feel it is too good to scrap, and I haven't the time to sort it for daily travel to work.
i was assured by the MOT man that it is the suspension units leaking (struts?), not a problem with the spheres. At the front. it is a steady drip when running, and certainly has left a damp patch on the drive!!
The octopus leak at the front may be an easy fix, without the need to replace the whole octopus. But the rear cylinders leaking
I've never come across these with a slight leak before, it usually gushes out when they leak due to the high pressure involved.
You've not mentioned a price for your car but to be brutally honest, you'll be lucky to find someone to take it on, unless it's VERY cheap or free. Scrap value is about £60 these days so I'm afraid that's probably all it's worth especially with the high mileage.
My advise would be to offer it free to someone who would be willing to repair it (assuming you'd prefer not to see it go in the crusher) or find time and repair it yourself. With a couple of new rear cylinders or even secondhand ones it could give many more years service.
Good point Ken. There'll always be one person who'll take a free car. However that is, of course, entirely your call Ian. Be nice to find someone willing to give you at least something for it and take it on. Tom, any good to you? Assuming the price is right it must be better than that rough red estate advertised or spotted on here?
cavmad wrote:Tom, any good to you? Assuming the price is right it must be better than that rough red estate advertised or spotted on here?
Don't think Tom's comfortable with the BX Image any more Cav Seem to recall that he's selling what he's got and moving to an upmarket marque. No doubt he could renovate it though as the one he's selling has loads of new bits on it as described on his posting info.
Any nearer Ian and I really would have had that (at a fair price too) but alas distance is against me, plus I should have another Citroen here tomorrow and space at a premium I'm afraid.
Good luck with the sale though, someone should snap that up.
I take it the cars in Gloucester?
I'll have a look at it, and if it's tidy enough looking, I'll give you £60 for it, and promise not to scrap it, if it's a hatch not an estate.
But it will become a 19TD.
Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!
Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
Don't think Tom's comfortable with the BX Image any more Cav 
Seem to recall that he's selling what he's got and moving to an upmarket marque. No doubt he could renovate it though as the one he's selling has loads of new bits on it as described on his posting info.
good man
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