Traction oil service – how simple

The Traction Avant is the easiest car I own to do a basic service. There is no oil filter, so the oil is simply drained and topped up. The transmission is right up front, and not obscured by the ducting of the DS, so it can be done while sitting in front of the car. The downside of course is that since there is no oil filter, you need to do it more often, and there are a lot of grease points to consider.

I wasn’t sure when the last service had been performed on the Traction, so I wanted […]

DS Oil Service

It was time again for another service for the DS. Last time, the gear oil in the transmission was quite dirty so even though it didn’t need to be done again, I thought it would make sense to change the oil in there too. I also had a tip from the forum that using Castrol VMX with the Nulon gearbox additive makes for very good shift in the D. There is some truth to it as the shifts were better than the previous gear oil I used (also with the Nulon).

Last time, I also ended up with more gear […]

General Maintenance on the DS

Today did more maintenance on the Citroen DS, including:

Oil and filter change Rotate tyres Cleaned all the dirt out of the space behind the rear wings Changed the small ID style hubcaps on the rear for the correct DS type

Still a bit of work to get this car where I want it, but getting there slowly.

For future reference on the oil change:

Sump plug: 22mm Oil filter housing: 11mm Oil filter: 12mm

easiest when you use an extension on the ratchet.