Chinese Citroen ZX problem...

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Mon 12 Mar 2007 00:50
Chinese Citroen ZX problem... - BJM38
Hi all,

Greetings from China!

I'm here visiting a friend who has a Citroen Fukang - this is what was, in an earlier life, the ZX. It looks exactly like we remember the ZX, save for a couple of Chinese badges on the boot. Under the bonnet lurks a 16 valve 1.6 litre petrol engine.

Now, she's been having a recurring problem with something on the air intake on the engine. I'm not very technically minded where car engines are concerned, so please bear with me. On the air intake hose, between the air cleaner and the inlet manifold, there is what I suspect is an airflow meter with a mechanical air vane, am I right? I know there's something resembling one of these things on my Vauxhall diesel back home so I'm guessing it does the same job.

This device, whatever it is, has had to be cleaned twice in the past year. The car has suffered poor fuel economy, and when the dealer has connected up the diagnostic machine, this thing has been instantly pinpointed as the culprit. The solution has been to remove the device and clean it in solvent, after which it has worked fine until it clags up again.

Is this something which should have to be done frequently, and above all is it something which we in the UK, or in Europe for that matter, would have to pay for when the car is still under warranty? The dealer tells us that it needs doing every 5000 km.

TIA

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Mon 12 Mar 2007 09:45
Chinese Citroen ZX problem... - LeePower
Is this the same TU5J4 lump that we have in the rest of Europe?

Fly by wire throttle set up or the normal cable drive one?

I think I know what you mean but a picture would help a lot.
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