01-05-2014, 02:07 PM
And a tip of the hat to good service at the Milton Keynes main dealer.
Mrs Daviddb had to call out the RAC as after a 3 mile run to the supermarket as the engine on our MkIII 110 xtr on a 10 plate 'sounded throaty' and then smoke started to "waft" from under the bonnet.
RAC guy diagnosed loose injector bolts and said he's had 'loads of them'. He tightened them up there and then but advised a visit to the main dealer who would have the 'special tool'.
Mrs Daviddb walks in cold to the Milton Keynes dealer at 8am this morning who retightened the bolts with a requisite tool there and then , no charge, and away she toodles.
Hurrah for them but a but scary that this potentially catastrophic failure has happened at under 35,000 miles with the car always serviced well within the service intervals.
I see that this is a 'known' fault but haven't heard of any recall - should the bolts be replaced at Mr Citroën's expense with a main dealer service? We've used a Cit specialist local to wherever we happen to be as each service becomes due up until now.
Anyone got any recommendations of a reliable garage while we are up in Cumbria until the end of June.
yrs with beads of perspiration on the brow,
David
Mrs Daviddb had to call out the RAC as after a 3 mile run to the supermarket as the engine on our MkIII 110 xtr on a 10 plate 'sounded throaty' and then smoke started to "waft" from under the bonnet.
RAC guy diagnosed loose injector bolts and said he's had 'loads of them'. He tightened them up there and then but advised a visit to the main dealer who would have the 'special tool'.
Mrs Daviddb walks in cold to the Milton Keynes dealer at 8am this morning who retightened the bolts with a requisite tool there and then , no charge, and away she toodles.
Hurrah for them but a but scary that this potentially catastrophic failure has happened at under 35,000 miles with the car always serviced well within the service intervals.
I see that this is a 'known' fault but haven't heard of any recall - should the bolts be replaced at Mr Citroën's expense with a main dealer service? We've used a Cit specialist local to wherever we happen to be as each service becomes due up until now.
Anyone got any recommendations of a reliable garage while we are up in Cumbria until the end of June.
yrs with beads of perspiration on the brow,
David