VIDEO: Helpful French people teach you how to change your Citroen's oil
Citroen SM Oil Change How To - click above image to watch the video
Assuming most of you are Citroen owners, we're confident you'll find the following video extremely helpful. Even if you just own a DS or CX and not a full blown SM, it's useful. Heck, even you 2CV owners might learn a thing or two. For the tiny minority of you out there that don't own Citroens, we will admit that yes, compared to
In fact, after consuming two bottles of Bordeaux and half a pack of Gallouses you'll be able to repeat the following (from the maintenance section of an SM website): "The backspacing of the crankshaft bore accepting the oil pump shaft is not controlled adequately. The oil pump drive shaft commonly falls into the crank and runs on a small area of its splines thus wearing rapidly. A simple fix is to add a compliant spacer (so as not to end-load the oil pump) in the splined hole in the crankshaft timing sprocket." And hey, so what if the AC compressor is driven by the timing chain and
Note: If you work in a brothel, mens' prison or the San Fernando Valley, the video after the jump is totally safe for work. Otherwise, consider it NSFW. And yeah, we wish the clip featured a European SM, and not the compromised, non-hydraulic headlight US version. Still, NSFW!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
DKB_SATX 8:27PM (10/16/2009)
With a working SM, you'd just need the jackstands... the car will jack itself up with the hydraulics. It might be a little tight underneath to change the oil with only that amount of lift, I don't know how high it'll actually hike up its skirts but it's certainly enough to get the wheels off the ground after you put the tire-changing stand under it and turn down the hydraulics.
If I win the lotto I'll have one... and a house in the south of France with a garage to park it in, somewhere near an experience SM/DS mechanic.
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Blackstar 9:09AM (10/17/2009)
I'd like to have an experience with these french mechanics. Several in fact.
Sofa King Fast! 8:34PM (10/16/2009)
The french have an affinity for beauty and an aversion to hard work. As a result, anything made in france is beautiful but unreliable. Wine is the exception, because the longer you do nothing the better it gets.
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Frank 8:41PM (10/16/2009)
"Sofa King Fast! 8:34PM (10/16/2009)
The french have an affinity for beauty and an aversion to hard work. As a result, anything made in france is beautiful but unreliable. Wine is the exception, because the longer you do nothing the better it gets."
LOL! Someone's been brainwashed by American tv networks. France is one of the world's most powerful industrial nation, and their cars don't suck more than some of the cars available on this side of the pond.
Redline 8:56PM (10/16/2009)
I have to agree with Frank. Watched WRC lately Sofa King Fast?
Visnick 8:57PM (10/16/2009)
Sofa King you couldn't be more correct
Seriously Frank?
Matthew 11:54PM (10/16/2009)
It's true that the Frogs don't like working hard, but the fact they waste less time inventing cliches about every people on this planet make them more efficient at work.
Time for education, kids: http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS
Source: OECD
So according to this document, anything made by a Brit or an Italian should be more reliable than something made by a German?
Bwahahahahahahah!
naturalyshocked 7:01AM (10/17/2009)
another potential patriot that thinks the end of his county is the end of da world.
:P
henry 10:07AM (10/17/2009)
As for WRC, it is notable that 3 of the top 5 teams are fords (and yes the other 2 are Citreon. and yes they took the manufacturer title).
Not that the reliability/performance of these cars has ANYTHING to do with the car you buy at a dealer, but it looks good that your car may resemble a hand tweaked, specialized version of a race car accompanied by a team of factory team mechanics (and of course the car only has to last a short while).
Shiftright 1:34PM (10/17/2009)
True, just as all Americans are fat and ignorant, prone to violent outburst with guns because everyone has an AK-47, joining cults, becoming serial killers and /or molesting children. See how misinformed stereotypes work? No more Freedom Fries for you...
KazO 8:40PM (10/16/2009)
Well, that ruined my fantasies about Citroens. I always thought you could get under one using just the onboard Hydropnuematique system.
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Matthew 9:00PM (10/16/2009)
No, the "M" stands for Masochism.
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Von Pinto 9:03PM (10/16/2009)
Jonny-
Please tell me that you've composed entire books. These posts are great and all, but a little short winded for your wordsmithery.
In this post, you've combined my three true loves. Youtube. Complex Frenchness. Good Writing.
Air high-five.
Please keep it up hombre. I one day hope to bribe you in front of a Mk.I Geo Prism hatchback with Keystone Light and empty promises at a LeMons Event.
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Azael 9:08PM (10/16/2009)
I don't know why but I suddenly want to get a Citroen...
At the risk of offending my republican friends, I will say a brief statement en français...
J'adore le sexy filles françaises. Si je dois devenir un socialiste de mieux se connaître avec ces filles alors passe-moi le pain français!
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Sandok 6:49AM (10/17/2009)
I wouldn't mind the Citroën they were working on ;)
And for your comment, ben qui n'aime pas les filles françaises? Tellement belles! Le socialisme a ces avantages!!!
HotRodzNKustoms 9:15PM (10/16/2009)
Good thing I work at a brothel! I don't think I could have waited to make it home to watch this!
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izorro 9:21PM (10/16/2009)
I love this lol
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Venom 9:59PM (10/16/2009)
Always loved the Citroens.
When I was younger I went to school with Billy Ocean's kids and he would come pick them up in an all white Citroen and would wear all white suits.
I always loved how the car could raise and lower itself.
Never saw that again until I got my Mercedes.
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gluckens 10:08PM (10/16/2009)
For those who know nothing about the amazing SM, a little history lesson. The last 45 seconds are indeed, inspiring :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNa-M6lx2n0
nickds7 12:00PM (10/17/2009)
I don't like fram filters.
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