Citroën Xantia

since 1993 release

Repair and operation of the car

Care of components of a body and bottom of the car

It is necessary to remember that the main factor determining the selling cost of the used car is the condition of its body. Procedures of care of body panels are extremely simple, but have to be carried out on a regular basis. Negligence to the most minor mechanical defects and damages of a paint and varnish covering can lead to bystry development of corrosion and need of performance of expensive body repair. It is also regularly important to check a condition of the surfaces and details hidden from a look, such as arches of wheels, lower part of partitions of a motive compartment, etc.

The main procedure for care of a body is its sink, preferably plentiful amount of water, given under pressure from a hose. Rather powerful stream easily forces down and softens the dried-up dirt and that is important, allows to avoid damage of a paint and varnish covering at friction about it separate grains of sand and other abrasive particles. Do not forget to wash out a stream also arches of wheels and the bearing car bottom elements. As it is paradoxical, the best time for performance of a sink of elements of a suspension bracket and the bottom of the car is damp rainy weather when the most part of the accumulated deposits is washed away automatically during the movement. Try not to miss opportunities and, taking an opportunity, always you make external survey of the components located under the car.

From time to time it is necessary to make check of a condition of an anticorrosive covering of the bottom of the car. Previously it is necessary to subject the bottom, including a motive compartment, to steam cleaning during which multilayered oil deposits, sticky slime and dense dirt especially well are removed. If the possibility of application of steam cleaning is absent, it is necessary to process by means of a brush surfaces one of a set of the solvents produced now which is subject to cleaning of components.

Having completely washed away dirt from a paint and varnish covering, wipe the surfaces of body panels with soft suede, returning initial gloss to polishing. Processing of surfaces the polish containing wax provides additional protection of a paint and varnish covering against atmospheric actions and allows to restore locally lost polishing. Remember that tarnishing of a paint and varnish covering is most often connected with negligence to a regular wash of the car. Paint and varnish "metallic" coverings need special leaving with application of the special not containing abrasives of polishes. Try to check regularly passability of drainage and air vents of body panels. Do not forget to wipe glasses from time to time, by means of the special cleaning structures deleting a road film from their surface. Do not use the polishes containing wax for processing of glasses and the chromeplated finishing elements at all.

It is not necessary to use when cleaning vinyl panels cleaners, the caustic soda, or cleaners on an oil basis. Warm soap solution perfectly is suitable for this purpose. The eaten dirt well is removed by means of a soft brush and soap. Cleaning of vinyl panels has to be made with the same frequency, as a car body sink. Upon completion of cleaning of the panel can be processed by one of high-quality protective structures for the rubbers and plastics which are widely presented at the markets the automobile markets. The same means suit for processing of tires, sealing strips of body panels, vacuum hoses and other rubber and plastic components.