I used the same kind of tube but with same diameter as the original junk and straight wiper hose connector. Worked perfect. Broke the same trim you did and all the clips all replaced but i will have to pull that trim piece again to repair it
Great, now I feel guilty for not warning you. You need to remove the whole trim of the door first, and THEN the trim around the glass. This helps to remove everything easier, without braking so many clips. I only managed to brake 3 or 4 clips, from both trims when I did that (twice: one for the tube, second time later for the brake light...😂😂😂). Although, my biggest mess was that big center clip. When that broke, I used Bison's Polymax glue, and lots of it, to put it back, and it still holds on pretty fine. That is a nice fix, I like it, but I'm worried about two things: First, the rest of that crappy tube. Let's hope it doesn't brake somewhere else. For that exact reason, I'm gonna replace mine from the water tank, all the way to the back, probably following a different route, with aquarium silicone tube, 4mm ID/6mm OD, to have a peace of nind. The second one I worry is the two inner screws for the spoiler. The ones that hold the spoiler onto the glass. They have seals around them because they are exposed to the elements, and if you don't replace them, I can't guarantee that water will not find it's way inside. I replaced them with ...how you call them??...."blind rubber valves"????....I'm not sure for the name, they are the kind of rubber valves used in toilet flushing cistern mechanisms, but any rubber sheet will do the job, as long as it doesn't get hard with water and the environment. A piece of bicycle inner tube will pretty much work fine. I put one on the outside and one on the inside too, so that the screw won't touch the glass. And because of that, (like you did), the screws don't need to be tightened too much. Apreciate the effort though. It's not easy to have a camera rolling and place it correctly while working on that. 👍👍👍
Citroen's method says to remove the lower first then the upper, but it is possible to just remove the upper trim even though it goes underneath, there's just enough flexibility to get it out & back in.
Lower = NOT the one around the glass? right? the one that is removed in the video? right? That's what I thought. Yes, you absolutely can, as is evidence from the video, however, I have to admit I haven't read the instructions mr. Nigel is reffering to, so I decided to go full monty...😂😂😂😂, besides, the lower part is removed by pulling it out of the upper part, that's probably why I thought it should be removed first. I also noticed that if the lower part is removed, the upper part doesn't have to bend that much as we see in the video, which is always a plus. Doesn't matter though, the result is the important part. And those two screws I mentioned, these are I think more important. I hope the old seal that was there still works and doesn't let water in. Replacing the tube from the tank is not as huge a task as it may seem. I only need to find the entry point into the cabin. The original tube will not be removed, so we don't realy care where it goes. We can blow in it to remove the water, and then plug it to keep any remaining water from comming out. It can stay there, (there's my caring face....😂😂😂😂). The roof lining doesn't need to be removed, since the new tube (similarly to the original), will run through the lower door trims. Uppon reaching the back of the rear seat, it can enter the plastic side panel of the boot, and from there, it can go up through the rear pillar. I already replaced the outer part with a 90° plastic gardening elbow and pure silicone tube, and I'm done with that, so I only need the middle part. Good thing I bought that 8m aquarium silicone tube from that Chinese store. It shut down 😂😂😂😂couldn't find it anymore. I do want to test it a bit further though, on the front sprinklers, although.....I don't think it'll have any problems. But heah, removing the roof lining has nothing to do with the water tube. If you ever want to do anything with that, don't remove the roof lining. I'll send you a diagram, since YT is weird about me posting links to images. It deletes my comments.
Just fixed the same issue, ended up buying the original tube (6439J4) for a tenner or so. Took off the entire boot lining, four T20 screws along the bottom covered by plastic, then removed the rear lamp access cover to see and reach the first clips, then you just yank until the cover pops off, making sure not to rip off the boot closing button. One benefit for you would be seeing the ends of the rear defroster, you can disconnect them from there, could be they're just disconnected from the previous botch of a repair on your car. Not sure how everyone else does it, but when I removed the rubber grommet passing into the interior, I could not reach the end of the tube on the inside, ended up having to undo part of the interior. First shopping hook in the boot can be removed to reveal a screw, then close to the parcel shelf there is another hidden T20 screw, undo those, unclip the plastic lining of the boot. That allows you to remove the D pillar cover and once you pull out a bit of the boot weather stripping you can pull down the corner of the roof liner to remove the one stupid tie down for the washer line. Then you can pull the end of the line a little closer to loosen the C-clip around the connector piece, replace the tube and Bob's your uncle. I did end up breaking some clips, do not attempt to do this repair without at least a 10 pack of the clips (9341PF), you're straight up guaranteed to break at least one.
Nice video, seems like the X7s all round are nice but maybe a little hard to care for!! Seeing this makes me feel glad I don't own a tourer!! I've had enough messing about with my front left wiper on my 2009 C5 Excl though. Local garage I bought it from f'ed up my electronics and Citroen want €420. Ended up fixing it on my driveway, and it would've been for free and a 5 min fix if it hadn't been for their inexperience and carelessness. Anyone having trouble with this I have a repair document and fix.
I recently did the same thing, but you didn't finish. To the right of the hose, there's a connector where you can attach a new hose, completely getting rid of the old one. The panel on the right comes off very easily, and after that, you can slightly bend the ceiling.
To permanently solve the problem of the trim clips breaking I read in a forum and did it on my car that you can drill two holes in the same position of the two screws hidden under the trim to remove the spoiler, it's very handy, you will always have the holes in sight but you forget about them when you close the trunk😂
Someone commented something along those lines today, on how citroen should have left holes in the trim from the factory. I'm doing that too, I have to buy the proper drill bits (cranials, I think? At least I think that's how they're called locally)
@@comcarclub they're called hole saw drill bits, also if you search online for something like "how to uninstall rear spoiler citroen c5 x7" a link to a forum should pop out with measurements for the holes 😄👍
Do any of you have an idea how to take out broken clips from inside of the flap? They're very annoying flying inside during opening and closing the trunk
I wish I knew. I had that problem in my previous tourer and it drove me nuts. What I was going to try was to nearly close the tailgate and then put a vacuum cleaner up against the drain holes to see if sucked out those bits. But I sold the car before I could try it
I used the same kind of tube but with same diameter as the original junk and straight wiper hose connector. Worked perfect. Broke the same trim you did and all the clips all replaced but i will have to pull that trim piece again to repair it
Great, now I feel guilty for not warning you. You need to remove the whole trim of the door first, and THEN the trim around the glass. This helps to remove everything easier, without braking so many clips. I only managed to brake 3 or 4 clips, from both trims when I did that (twice: one for the tube, second time later for the brake light...😂😂😂).
Although, my biggest mess was that big center clip. When that broke, I used Bison's Polymax glue, and lots of it, to put it back, and it still holds on pretty fine.
That is a nice fix, I like it, but I'm worried about two things:
First, the rest of that crappy tube. Let's hope it doesn't brake somewhere else.
For that exact reason, I'm gonna replace mine from the water tank, all the way to the back, probably following a different route, with aquarium silicone tube, 4mm ID/6mm OD, to have a peace of nind.
The second one I worry is the two inner screws for the spoiler. The ones that hold the spoiler onto the glass. They have seals around them because they are exposed to the elements, and if you don't replace them, I can't guarantee that water will not find it's way inside. I replaced them with ...how you call them??...."blind rubber valves"????....I'm not sure for the name, they are the kind of rubber valves used in toilet flushing cistern mechanisms, but any rubber sheet will do the job, as long as it doesn't get hard with water and the environment. A piece of bicycle inner tube will pretty much work fine. I put one on the outside and one on the inside too, so that the screw won't touch the glass. And because of that, (like you did), the screws don't need to be tightened too much.
Apreciate the effort though. It's not easy to have a camera rolling and place it correctly while working on that. 👍👍👍
To replace from the water tank, don't you have to remove the roof lining? That sounds like a huge task!
Citroen's method says to remove the lower first then the upper, but it is possible to just remove the upper trim even though it goes underneath, there's just enough flexibility to get it out & back in.
@@nigelnightmare4160 Exactly. I found this out the other time I took it off. There really is no need to remove the lower half of the boot trim
Lower = NOT the one around the glass? right? the one that is removed in the video? right? That's what I thought.
Yes, you absolutely can, as is evidence from the video, however, I have to admit I haven't read the instructions mr. Nigel is reffering to, so I decided to go full monty...😂😂😂😂, besides, the lower part is removed by pulling it out of the upper part, that's probably why I thought it should be removed first. I also noticed that if the lower part is removed, the upper part doesn't have to bend that much as we see in the video, which is always a plus. Doesn't matter though, the result is the important part. And those two screws I mentioned, these are I think more important. I hope the old seal that was there still works and doesn't let water in.
Replacing the tube from the tank is not as huge a task as it may seem. I only need to find the entry point into the cabin. The original tube will not be removed, so we don't realy care where it goes. We can blow in it to remove the water, and then plug it to keep any remaining water from comming out. It can stay there, (there's my caring face....😂😂😂😂).
The roof lining doesn't need to be removed, since the new tube (similarly to the original), will run through the lower door trims. Uppon reaching the back of the rear seat, it can enter the plastic side panel of the boot, and from there, it can go up through the rear pillar. I already replaced the outer part with a 90° plastic gardening elbow and pure silicone tube, and I'm done with that, so I only need the middle part.
Good thing I bought that 8m aquarium silicone tube from that Chinese store. It shut down 😂😂😂😂couldn't find it anymore.
I do want to test it a bit further though, on the front sprinklers, although.....I don't think it'll have any problems.
But heah, removing the roof lining has nothing to do with the water tube. If you ever want to do anything with that, don't remove the roof lining. I'll send you a diagram, since YT is weird about me posting links to images. It deletes my comments.
@@mr_nice. Yes, if you post links or images, it deletes them! Let us know how the job goes!
Just fixed the same issue, ended up buying the original tube (6439J4) for a tenner or so.
Took off the entire boot lining, four T20 screws along the bottom covered by plastic, then removed the rear lamp access cover to see and reach the first clips, then you just yank until the cover pops off, making sure not to rip off the boot closing button. One benefit for you would be seeing the ends of the rear defroster, you can disconnect them from there, could be they're just disconnected from the previous botch of a repair on your car.
Not sure how everyone else does it, but when I removed the rubber grommet passing into the interior, I could not reach the end of the tube on the inside, ended up having to undo part of the interior. First shopping hook in the boot can be removed to reveal a screw, then close to the parcel shelf there is another hidden T20 screw, undo those, unclip the plastic lining of the boot. That allows you to remove the D pillar cover and once you pull out a bit of the boot weather stripping you can pull down the corner of the roof liner to remove the one stupid tie down for the washer line. Then you can pull the end of the line a little closer to loosen the C-clip around the connector piece, replace the tube and Bob's your uncle.
I did end up breaking some clips, do not attempt to do this repair without at least a 10 pack of the clips (9341PF), you're straight up guaranteed to break at least one.
Nice video, seems like the X7s all round are nice but maybe a little hard to care for!! Seeing this makes me feel glad I don't own a tourer!! I've had enough messing about with my front left wiper on my 2009 C5 Excl though. Local garage I bought it from f'ed up my electronics and Citroen want €420. Ended up fixing it on my driveway, and it would've been for free and a 5 min fix if it hadn't been for their inexperience and carelessness. Anyone having trouble with this I have a repair document and fix.
I recently did the same thing, but you didn't finish. To the right of the hose, there's a connector where you can attach a new hose, completely getting rid of the old one. The panel on the right comes off very easily, and after that, you can slightly bend the ceiling.
Yeap, leaving the original pipe (especially were it bends more or less) is kinda dicey.
Hello and thanks for the video, where can I find the plastic tube?
I found it on aliexpress
To permanently solve the problem of the trim clips breaking I read in a forum and did it on my car that you can drill two holes in the same position of the two screws hidden under the trim to remove the spoiler, it's very handy, you will always have the holes in sight but you forget about them when you close the trunk😂
Someone commented something along those lines today, on how citroen should have left holes in the trim from the factory. I'm doing that too, I have to buy the proper drill bits (cranials, I think? At least I think that's how they're called locally)
@@comcarclub they're called hole saw drill bits, also if you search online for something like "how to uninstall rear spoiler citroen c5 x7" a link to a forum should pop out with measurements for the holes 😄👍
@@Zoltray thanks!
For me... very good job
Do any of you have an idea how to take out broken clips from inside of the flap? They're very annoying flying inside during opening and closing the trunk
I wish I knew. I had that problem in my previous tourer and it drove me nuts. What I was going to try was to nearly close the tailgate and then put a vacuum cleaner up against the drain holes to see if sucked out those bits. But I sold the car before I could try it
The pressure is probably too strong for an assembly with silicone on a corrugated tube. Perhaps with one (or two) O-rings
That tube can be bought in pet shops, they are used for aquariums and its really cheap there.
Now you tell me! 😂😂😂😂😂
Nice your T-shirt! Where can I order this?
Hi. I used to have them on sale but I had so few sales I shit it down. Maybe in the future
Was trying to fix that part the same way. Failed. Ended buying new original hose for 11 or 15 EUR...
Did it last?
@@comcarclub Over a year. All good so far.