I had a couple of Diesel BX models. Very comfortable.
But they had an dangerous fault.. If the hydraulics suddenly failed, so did the brakes.
A bloke close to here was killed by one. He was using the hydraulic suspension lift to give enough space to enable him to work under it. And the engine stopped.
I still have a full set of front to rear hydraulic pipes in the shed. Brand new in their original wrappers should anyone be interested.
There is supposed to be a hydraulic accumulator attached to the regulator. These run down and need replacing , if done before they are totally flat they could often be recharged. This would give a reservoir of hydraulic pressure to enable a driver to stop. Sadly as these cars became cheap the maintainance was never done, so no reserve of braking/ suspension pressure
I'm afraid it is a myth that these cars come down if the engine stops. They do come down - albeit very slowly- usually the back drops to half height overnight. Later cars have an anti sink system, I have a Xantia parked up in the yard - the suspension is still on full lift after 6 years parked up...
