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Hey all
Welcome to 2026, happy NY

Brenda's MOT is due and following inspection, i'm looking at £1200-1500 this time round, nearly all on welding. Both rear sills are shot again, after being patched up a few years ago.

How do you all deal with your corrosion issues? A mechanic friend of mine has pointed out that patching up these vans can be a problem because the new steel reacts with the galvanising and causes new rust to appear.

Both rear corners under the bumper are quite far gone, although not an MOT failure yet (marginal). The garage i am using have also agreed to weld up some weak spots on the rear axle.

Brenda as you know has been my van for 15 years now, she contains many new parts and still runs well. I am inevitably going to go for it and spend the dosh (luckily we had a refund on a holiday we had to cancel due to illness) but even with new sills and extensive patching, will the rot come back around the repaired areas, and is there a permanent solution?
Cheers all x

Hello Eurovan land.
It's been several years since I've been here.
Having ditched Facebook, thought I'd check in.
Incredibly, i still have Brenda, the '04 Dispatch HDi I bought in 2011. Mileage is now 217, 338 and it's been five and a half years since I fitted the replacement engine at 187k.
Fourteen years of being my daily hack. Can anyone beat that i wonder ?
So anyway, yo everyone nice to be back.

Well done to Brenda who has reached the magic 200k!

2004 Dispatch 2.0HDi RHZ

Brenda has started dripping diesel on the road when cranking over.  It looks like diesel is oozing out of a hose joint on top of the pump.

Does anyone know if these pumps can be resealed or overhauled in any way, or realistically am i looking at a new pump? They are really not cheap!

Slowly, the rolling restoration of my Mk1 is coming together. The cab floor lining, though, is a dud and beyond saving.

I could just patch the holes and slap a tailored floor mat down, but i'd really like to replace the lining itself. You have to remove the seats and disconnect the gear linkage cables to do this properly. It's a big plastic pan backed with foam in my mk1 facelift van; the earlier mk1s had a rubber item similarly backed with thick foam.

It's a long shot, but does anyone know the part number for this item or maybe where i could get hold of a good one?

Will be visiting the Exeter Citroen dealership tomorrow. They're always really helpful but dealer support for the dear old Mk1 is fading as time moves on ( the holy grail is a NOS item from Citroen but not holding my breath)