CITROEN DS 19 - Petrol tank

DS 19 OPERATION No. DS DS 175-1: Work on the petrol tank. Op. DS 175-1 124
PARTICULAR POINTS
Replacement of a petrol tank. in order to avoid leakage from the rubber pipe between the feed pipe to the pump and the petrol tank, fit two
Ligarex clips as indicated in Pl. 29 fig. 3. Tighten the clips moderately in order to avoid deformation of the nylon pipe.
TOOLS
REPLACEMENT OF A PETROL TANK
Removal.
1 Drain the tank by the right and left-hand plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21 mm box spanners
2 Lift and remove the rear squab. Remove the rear seat. Remove the petrol tank cover plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 mm box spanner
3 Disconnect the flexible air vent hose from the tank. Close the orifices of the hose and tank.
4 Remove the rear closing panel under the right-hand sidemember.
Remove the fixing strap of the rear flexible pipe of the feed pipe from the tank. Close the orifices of the pipe
and tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 mm box spanner
5 Remove the right-hand rear wing. Remove the right-hand rear side protection panel. Carefully clean the area
where work is to be carried out round the flexible pipe between the filler pipe and the tank.
Remove the front collar from the flexible pipe between the filler pipe and the tank.
Disconnect the flexible pipe from the tank. Close the orifice of the tank and the pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mm spanner
8 mm box spanner
14 mm box spanner
6 Disconnect the battery negative cable. Disconnect the leads from the petrol gauge tank unit.
7 Turn back the clips securing the transverse packings of the tank and remove the packings.
8 Unscrew the fixing screws of the tank fixing straps and disengage the straps and the rear rubber packings.
Remove the tank.
9 To strip the tank :
Remove the petrol gauge tank unit.
Remove the rubber sound deadening blocks.
Remove the tank protection packings.