borklazer

I own an '05 c4 1.4 petrol sx. When I bought it, it had an "oil leak" on the MOT adviseries but was told it was a very small leak and nothing serious. Since i've had it there has been what I assume is oil on the floor underneath the car every day, it's more towards the drivers side where I find the oil on the floor. EVERY time I have checked the oil it has been full, i've checked it every day for the past 3-4 weeks and the oil has still been full but from what I see underneath the car that would say otherwise. Something that has thrown me off though, the engine coolant resevoir seems to be leaking? I fill it up, check it say for 3-4 days straight and it's full and in the same position it was in the day before, i'll check it again after a day and it will be COMPLETELY bone dry empty. A family member has looked at the car and taken this into considering and said the water pump gasket could be gone which when it leaks it splashes onto the oil which would make it seem as if there's an oil leak coming from underneath the car as oppose to water from the engine coolant? Any ideas? I've put cardboard underneath the engine tonight and will check it tomorrow, that way I can check to confirm the colour etc of whatever is spilling underneath but does anyone have any suggestions for what this could be given the information i've provided? Thanks

Thanks for the reply! Short, simple and easy to understand!! Will take all of this info in and do what I can with it, read into the microswitch a bit aswell and it doesn't seem too bad of a fix, hopefully I can sort that one out myself!

First off, I have little to no mechanical knowledge apart from knowing how to change a tyre....However!! I have Just bought a citroen c4 05 plate. Great car, drives lovely, 5 doors which is a godsend! Massive amount of room internally and it even has AC!! it's an SX 1.4 petrol for those interested. Basically I have a few (what I imagine to be small) problems with it. Seems like my air conditioning isn't cold? Is this just a simple case of regassing it? My front windows passenger side and drivers side buttons are a bit....temperemental if you will....sometimes the front drivers side will go down when pushing the up button? Anyone know anything of this? the car has done 85k on the clock, has had no cambelt change and there is a slight oil leak in it, can't tell where it is coming from but if I go underneath the car there is a lot of oil and grime on the underneath of it, every time I've checked the oil since i've last bought it it's not changed and has remained the same level so I assume it's not a massive leak? don't have the money right now in regards to changing the cambelt but am looking at getting it done in the next couple of months which I will cover 2k miles at most, would anybody suggest changing it sooner or should this be okay for now? The front brakes are squeaky, have been for the last 1.5 weeks in which i've owned it, they're very responsive and sharp but are squeaky, any idea how I can stop the squeaking? The boot is very intermittent, sometimes it will open sometimes it won't, have put freeing fluid in it and it opened and closed about 25 times in a row after testing it over and over, when I got home about 20 minutes later I was about to show my family it's been fixed and it stopped opening again, it doesn't make the electronic clicking noise to open it just makes no noise and doesn't open, is this a problem with the boot mech or something else? Lastly but definitely not least, a very small issue BUT those damn cupholders are ridiculously shallow!!! The amount of times i've had a drink fall out of them is beyond me, any fixes or cupholder mods if you will to sort this issue out? Also I don't think this is anything at-all but whenver I dip the clutch and am about the change gear the gear stick moves slightly, it's barely ANYTHING, i just feel it move about a millimetre it's that small, but i've only ever had one car before so I have nothing to judge it on, is this anything to be concerned of? Sorry for all the questions, just guess i'm a bit concerned and want to make sure my new car is in top shape as it's a beautiful car! http://c4owners.org/images/emotes/sebe/smile.gif