I wonder if anyone can tell me if the roof aerial on a 98 Xsara can be removed by unscrewing . The owner just wanted to take the car to a car wash but was not sure if the aerial could be removed or not.
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Dunno (Ben will tell you in a minute!)
What I would say, though, is not to put the car near a carwash! Citroen paintwork is softish at the best of times and even one run through a carwash would leave micro scratches. Lots of TLC, soapy water, gentle chamoising and Autoglym resin followed by gloss protection is a better bet!
Graeme
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Thanks Graeme for sending another problem to me.
Although my Xsara or any other car I have owned has never seen a car wash, you can unscrew the aerial, it may be rather tight if it hasn't been undone recently.
The rubber outside does seem to twist seperately to the inside when it has seised. You can twist the rubber aside so that you can get a pair of pliers on the metal underneath.
Once you remove the aerial, give it a squirt of WD40 and a wipe of copper grease, it will be easier to remove next time.
The same applies to the C5 aerial, I have looked.
The copper grease does improve radio reception, also changing for the newer style shorter aerial. (£15)
Ben
On my 3rd Citroen. Saxo, Xsara, C5.
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