Author: Michiel

After the cilinder heads had been revised I started to replace the other parts of the engine. The cilinder bores were pretty scored and the compression was not meeting the prescribed values. What to to? I had an NOS set of pistons and cilinders in my stock from the time…

With the cilinder heads out, I decided on an inspection and soon found out that the valves were a bit worn in. Especially the inlet valves. Also the oil rings in the camshafts had become very hard. I made the choice to replace as much as needed now that the…

With the GS engine on the work bench, i first cleaned it a bit to prevent stuff getting into the main block. I removed the oil cooler and was not surprised that it was a very clogged and dirty because of dried out non sealing o-rings. The cooler is the…

Once the front is removed and all the parts that connect to the engine from out of the engine bay, you only have to unbolt the engine from the gearbox, lift the gearbox a bit en out it comes. With two people it is very doable. An engine hoist is…

When fixing the oil leakage on a Citroen GS or GSA, you have to watch this excellent series made by the Dutch GS club together with a group of Citroën DS enthousiasts called DS TT (DS Technical Team). Egbert Meeter, who was a Citroën mechanic in a workshop in the…

It was time to remove some parts from the front of the car in order to gain access to the engine. It’s not complicated; just remove the headlights and indicator lights, the grille and a lot – a lot! – m7 bolts and off everything goes. I made a small…

Or something like: “stop the environmental disaster of the engine dripping its oil onto the pavement”. I have started the project to get the engine out of my GS and make it stop leaking oil. It’s an infamous problem on Citroën’s flat fout air cooled boxer engines in the GS…