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Traction oil service – how simple

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:28:33 +0000

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 to do it and at least have a baseline. I’m glad I did, as the transmission oil level was quite low, and the engine oil rather dark. I also greased the front suspension (except for one point I could not get my grease gun to – I will need to get one with a flexible hose). The Traction oil service is so much easier than on the DS with the fiddly oil filter arrangement.

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DS Oil Service

admin — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:06:45 +0000

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 oil on the floor than in the transmission, so I used a different pump, which worked much better. No spillage other than the overflow to know the transmission was full. (2 liters).

The normal oil change is a bit messy on the D. The oil filter is hiding under a plate in the sump and must be aligned in the correct way to avoid oil starvation.

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General Maintenance on the DS

admin — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:36:40 +0000

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.

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