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I've only just come across this thread, but have been able to follow the repair for a lock button on my Series II XM.....and it has been a big success.

Thank you Fred. You have saved me about £8.00 for a new button.

I was painting with Hammerite a couple of days ago. Been here for years and was getting pretty hard to work with.
Going to put a splash of acetone in and it wasn't a bottle with a tiny hole in the neck, where you have to squeeze the bottle to get some out.
Oh No! it is a standard bottle. Tin half full of acetone and it splashed all over the work I...

As Stated earlier, I jus want to use it to Start the threads on the bolts that canno tbe turned by normal methods,Had a Bolt on a Frontera manifold ,left it out in the end.
this could have got it started , Then 1/4 turns to tighten.
would not use it to torque the bolts up,it has a very fine teeth so hopefully get it going on the threads,, couldn`t...

If I had a Relay I would be inclined to check the studs, I wonder how many tyre places know this? I would imagine that their rattle guns and torque wrenches are set to 10ish.

The black hose connecting radiator top hose (thermostat output) to the expansion tank will be sufficient on its own to allow coolant to expand into, and return from, the tank.

The blue hose (from the top of the thermostat housing) will work as a possible escape route for trapped air, but also risks air being sucked back from the expansion tank as...

You can get split shrink wrap, expensive though - & really don't know how it works.

I wasn't thinking of the smell but the fact that the cheap (china clay?) stuff turns to sticky white mud when damp. There are still grey patches on the road outside the house where I'd sprinkled it on oil spillages 2 or 3 years ago.

Excellent, pleased they helped. I think it’s the satisfaction of knowing you now have a clean filter in there!

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Very impressed Gibbo!

I have used an aerosol sprayable grease (made by Innotec), and it was remarkable stuff. Sprayed on as easily as thin paint, but turned into a thick, clingy and water-repellant grease within several minutes.

Did try to obtain some Wurth cavity wax (fluid) here, from their large trade supply-base in Malaga, but they first denied the product...

Apart from being cheaper, it's also quicker to get hold of.

You sure? Round lampposts are ever so expensive...

Also, if you need the leverage exerted by a lamppost to remove spheres then you're doing something wrong...

...and the gas one outside my first house had grooves in it. :)

Peter

:rofl2: To all of that!

I do have some silicon spray that you could try.

After eight months of dosing with Redex there was no improvement but it did improve when I stopped using it.
I have used premium fuels in the past but had no benefit from them whatsoever.

Same here Steve, tried them repeatedly, over extended periods of time, and never seen any benefit at all from them. I believe that if people do get increased...

Hic !

Gary, yiou can get it for under £17 but that's not the recommended ol for these engines AFAIK. Total Ineo ECS is PSA certified and recommended for DPF engines (low saps).

Chris,

None Taken.
My insurance company know already and have done since diagnosis as it would be illegal not to tell them. As do the DVLA.
I was testing your comments last night whilst out and about and glancing at the display screen takes no longer than looking at the
speedo or in the rear view mirror, side mirrors or at the cars central...

The clone I bought was from a seller called syllablegrow , arrived quickly and works fine so far, if you are going to gamble on a Chinese one. Alternatively where are you located? (Can't see if it's on your profile as am on iPod at the mo) maybe someone on here could try their kit and see what it says. I know I'd be happy to do so if you're nearby...

oh no. not anotrher one :shock:

Excellent piece of upcycling Chris :D

Very nice info that guys 8-)

I've also very successfully repaired a cruise control bellows using a bicycle patch too...

One thing I have found is that bicycle patches are not compatible with LHM and soon melt into a sticky mess!

Or Military Intelligence!

Just so long as you are whacking the teaspoon with the hammer, and not the nail (on your thumb).

Shades of . . . & when I nod my head- you hit it with a hammer !

Seriously though, even my '96 had these covers (although they are tin ) so don't think it has anything to do with Euro chrome regs. They come off easy enough using a wall drive socket...

Last time mine were replaced I had them grease the guide tubes and cables - I presumed water ingress to be the culprit but your reasoning appears sound enough.

an Addendum to this.

I've never had too much trouble with CV Boots, unless you count doing daughter's 106D boot three times in quick succession coz the first two times I erroneously used a standard boot instead of a small one, which quickly chaffed and therefore wore out....

...but I was once again doing a 'repeat' job back at the weekend,...

At a minimum need BSi, chip from key and possibly any other ECU from the original DW8 donor car. No guarantee this will actually work either as you're using a completely different engine type.

Far far quicker / easier to de-armour pump and fit a conventional solenoid to it.

Caution: Inform insurance company of this.

Note: Solenoid for this...

Sorry, just catching up on my old posts. The Ametech worked very well Jim,

Excellent, good to know and worth going for then...

Thanks for letting us know :D Better late than never ;)

Great write up thanks. :)

Regarding the cooling system on the 8v TU petrol units on these, if you can unhook the bottle and raise it slightly (some models have enough movement in the pipework to allow this), earlier ones usually as its not the solid plastic 'return' pipe, this can help as the extra 'gravity' from the bottle being higher helps....

Switching on the AC in standstill traffic seems a bit counter-intuitive, but the additional heat produced by it is more than compensated for by the fans running at low speed, and keeping the temp gauge down - and reducing the baking temperatures in the engine bay.

On an old BX19RD, we had twin fans, in the usual series-parallel 3-relay...

thnx

its all in the name guys...

COST-a
Star-BUCKS

That just about sums it up :twisted:

Fantastic :D

Richard, another excellent article - thankyou 8-)
Regards

Having the same problem, my Lexia will not read from my S1 V6 Activa.:(

Reads from C5.Mk1, Mk.2, x7...Pug 306/406/206 etc

I have removed the clip, no change.

I have ZERO confidence in changing wires over etc in connectors...so what path to go down ?

Sorry, sorry :oops: :oops: :oops:
That should have read 0.1 bar of course #-o

RS have them
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Guy, an excellent guide :-D

Thanks!

Thanks you!

Is that a one-time fix, or does this guy have to keep doing that every time he turns off the car with the radio running? I've never heard of this kind of reaction -- why would it happen? Of course I've never come across a car without a radio either... My concern would be that if this can go wrong, what else may suddenly and strangely happen,...

I hadn't over oiled the K&N filter as it was pre oiled from new. It is strange about the flies though.

Found one problem when programming new key for C5 R that I bought from Citroen.
Loaded Lexia BSI - programming - replacement key.

I go through all the instructions put 1 key to be done, mistake key coded no problem and worked fine. However my existing key didn't :? so I go through it again and re-code existing key fine works OK Again new coded...