Sunny morning, clouding later, a bit cooler. We went to Agen Sud to Feu Vert, as we had booked an appointment for them to investigate the knocking noise coming from the rear driver side of the ZX. Mike had suggested that perhaps the shock absorbers were the wrong ones and were too short which had been rejected by the garage boss. We waited in a queue at the desk, then another guy served us and said he would find someone to have a look at it, so we went and sat in the car to wait for a mechanic to become available. One passed in our direction at 11.45 a.m. (they closed for lunch for two hours at twelve) on his way to a car which had arrived well after us. Mike went back in the shop to have further words with the chef. Yes, some one would come and have a look at it. Eventually the guy who had originally booked the appointment, the garage chef, came and looked at it himself. Up on the hoist, he tried to waggle the wheels, no play in them; then he got a short pinch bar and tried levering the arms, again no play. He banged on the tyres. Strangely the noise appeared booming on the left no matter which tyre was banged! He and Mike carried on banging the tyres and trying to identify the source of the noise. The fuel tank! Unbelievably it was the left side of the tank vibrating. We thanked him and he seemed pleased and bemused that he’d found the source of the knocking noise. Mike thought it may have been caused by the garage in Valence when they did the welding, taking the tank off and not refitting it properly. He said he would call in at Citroën next day and ask if there should be any packing material between the tank and the bodywork. We gave up on the idea of going shopping and went home. Mike took more photos of the scenery and the seating or the pageant. He got waylaid on the way back, chatting with Shebah-Mike and Roy.
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