Citroen ZX injection pump leak

Russellf97 · Post by **Russellf97** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:43 am

I have the same problem as 'village idiot' posted on 06/04/2008; fuel weeping from the throttle spindle on a Lucas/CAV injection pump.

On 07/04/2008 'village idiot' posted;

"it's the lucas, have taken top cover off & removed the 2 "O" rings off shaft
will get a couple of new ones tomorrow & hopefully job's a goodun"

If he reads this, where did you source the o-rings: Were they from Citroen, or a diesel workshop, or where..., and was it a straightforward job - and more importantly, did it cure the leak?

I'm in the process of matriculating the car in France and have the French CT (MOT) tomorrow; hopefully it won't be a fail point.

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:59 pm

Unless its a very serious leak, i doubt it would be an issue, not for an MOT here anyway.

village idiot · Post by **village idiot** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:20 pm

just used standard o rings, we have the usual selection boxes at work so found a couple that fitted & used them

Russellf97 · Post by **Russellf97** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:37 pm

Ah, righto; thanks for that. I'll give it a whirl.

village idiot · Post by **village idiot** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:53 pm

it was an easy enough job though fiddly, just had to make sure nothing fell into the pump

Russellf97 · Post by **Russellf97** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:18 pm

Yep, job done. Many thanks for your help

A pack of variously-sized o rings was 3.27euros from my local BricoMarche - and I'm sure I can find a use for all the others...

And yes, a fuel leak is a reason they will fail a car over here - guess how I know...