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New Rear Spheres, Fitting new old stock| bov783 |
Posted: March 31, 2009 03:58 pm
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Hi
Just wondering if anyone can advise me I need to fit two rear spheres to my xm I orderd them and although they have never been fitted they were made in 1998. Will they be ok after that length of time. Regards Phil |
 
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| kenhall1202 |
Posted: March 31, 2009 06:06 pm
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Hi Phil,
There has been a fair bit of forum discussion on this topic in the past. The general opinion seems to be that unused new spheres lose pressure very slowly over time and genuine Citroen spheres lose the least pressure of all. The rate of pressure loss increases once the sphere is in use due to nitrogen gas diffusing through the moving flexible diaphragm. Having said that, a 11 year old sphere is getting on a bit and to be sure it is still serviceable a pressure test would be advisable. As a matter of interest what make (eg Citroen, Amtex, etc) are your spheres and where did you buy them? There is a seller on ebay currently offering (apparently) genuine XM spheres at £15 a pair (front or rear) + £10 p+p which is a bargain price providing that the pressures are OK. I made myself a pressure tester along the lines of a design posted by Noz and find it very useful to have a confirmation of the actual sphere charge pressure. Regards Ken -------------------- 97R XM 2.1 TD VSX Saloon, RP 7249, Emerald Green
96P ZX 1.9TD Saloon (Alas no more, rear ended and written off!!) replaced by: '55 C4 2.0HDI Exclusive ('Alive with technology' or should it read 'Even more things to go wrong!') Location: West Cumbria, UK |
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| bov783 |
Posted: March 31, 2009 06:29 pm
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 59 Member No.: 1382 Joined: October 04, 2008 |
Hi ken
Thanks for your reply. I have bought them from the eBay seller you mention. I don't think they are origional all it has on it is xm 40 hr 27.05.98 It has TUV gepruft on the box but no mention of Citroen Regards Phil |
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