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Hi everyone,
and thanks for accepting me as a member of the forum.
I am hoping to find a home for my late father's Citroen Xantia. It's been sitting in my mother's garage since my father's passing five years ago.
It's on a UK 'L' reg plate (1993/4), and was well-looked after by my dad, who was a long-term Citroen owner and an engineer by...

before getting stuck into a blog proper, a bit of history might be in order :)

My entry into the world of Xantia ownership happened somewhat by accident. Until I acquired a Xantia, I had been a confirmed Peugeot owner, having run 405 diesels for a good few years and branching out into the ownership and restoration of a Peugeot 205GTi for fun....

Hi all,

I've decided to stop contributing to X7 only runs for fraction of a second ( ) as it runs fine at present!

So here's a more appropriate blog to cover what happens next. Plus other stuff I get up to with the others too.

Thread title comes from the last few photos that have been on the above thread, and perhaps unsurprisingly from what...

My journey with a V6 Activa. :)

My first experience with a Citroen is from 1976 at the wheel of my grandfather's 1975 CX 2200. I was two years old at the time, but I do have a picture to prove it. ;)

After getting my license I drove some Mitsubishis, Nissans, Fords, and even couple of Opel Astras, until I ended up with my late mother-in-law's...

So this will document the chaos, madness, tears and general day to day antics of my fleet. Generally focusing on the Xantia and 107, but probably with the odd appearance from my Saab and Skoda.

So today I finally got around to changing my fuel filter...got fed up of the new one rolling around the boot every time I went round a corner!

Bolts out...

Time to start recording the life of “The Flying Lemon” - German play on words for a French car which is, as per title, green and NOT yellow.

Here goes:-

Well! This council has been using up its spare money to do patch repairs on our road.

I was going to swap the remaining strut mount out on Sunday but decided to try and see what was causing...

Unexpected item in the garage area :shock:

Well, I wasn't expecting this. I turned up to work the other day and was told the old SL320 Merc in the garage needed to go. Did I want to buy it ? Ummmmm. Errrrr. :-k

I said 'yes' - with quite a lot of hesitation.

It belongs to one of the family I work for and it's been stuck in the garage for...

I decided to photograph most of the cars at a local gathering on the weekend. It was a bit damp, so the quality of the photos is not great. A bit different to the typical UK car show.

I photographed almost all of the French cars, ignoring 2CVs and DSs, and anything after about 1980 (you will note one imposter). Some of them would be worthy of a...

Hi guys. Ive been around here for a while now, good some good advice when I had a C5 a few years ago. Had a Pug 107 for last 2 years, so was thinking I was a bit of an imposter, cos it's not really French, well the badge on the bonnet maybe is! I've made a deal to swap it for a C4vts, coming over from Belfast on Saturday. I'm saying deal, I mean...

Hi Everyone,

I thought it was appropriate to start a brand new blog for the arrival of the new Xantia V6, and not tag it onto the existing 130+ page behemoth of a thread... :lol: I'm hoping this blog will be a lot shorter, happier, and more of a documentation of the fettling and upkeep of the car rather than the diagnostic nightmare thread...

I think I'll have a go at documenting my Xantia tales :D
I suppose a bit of history is in order to start us off.

My first car was the most basic 3cyl 1ltr W reg Corsa B which I purchased from my boss at the time, the day before my 17th birthday. That was the car I learnt to drive in when not with the instructor. The insurance was a bit eeek at...

I already have a Citroen (ish - there hasn't been much Citroen activity recently!) blog on the BX Forum:

RichardW's Blog

I'll try and put a post on here when I update it.

This thread will tell the tale of my new fleet member designed primarily as a temporary car until my Subaru is sorted. The tale of that can be found on this thread . So assuming you have caught up there I needed something, cheap to buy, cheap to run ideally with aircon and reliable to get the three of us to Germany and back. As I worked around the...

My name is Dean. I live in Whangarei, New Zealand and my current ride is a 2006 C5 Exclusive with A V6 and 6 stage transmission. It's had one previous custodian and has now 114,000 km on the clock. This is my fifth round of Citroen custody. I've also owned a host of other makes, mainly Japanese.
So, what are my impressions fifth time around?
Well...

This little blog is a chronicle covering the replacement of the Clutch in Davie's Activa...

Since arriving yesterday aboard an AA recovery lorry, some good progress some good progress has been made :D

The Hub nuts have been loosened and thank goodness for S1 Activa wheels having removable centres! Due to the non-operative handbrake I had to pop...

So the C5 X7 with xenon headlights uses a specific light bulb for the corner lights. The HP19W bulb to be precise and as far as I know it's the only car that uses that light bulb and only with the xenon headlights. On normal headlights it's a standard H7 bulb. That makes it difficult to find a LED replacement. Needles to say that while writing...

Ay up!

I am a part time mechanic and tutor at a training centre mainly for kids with learning difficulties. We also have a couple of groups of NACRO kids doing a Modern Apprenticeship. Fifi is being maintained in the perfect place. Its the old Sunbeam Factory.

Fifi is my daily transport and about to begin a major tidy-up. A deal for leather...

Introduction

Hello everyone, my name is Chris and I am a new Citroen C5 owner. But I am also a car addict... and my intention is to post all my car goings on in this thread, just like I do on a couple of other forums.

I am relatively new to Citroen, having bought a Citroen C3 as a cheap runaround a year ago... and loved it. This led me to the...

Hi. The original steering wheel in my C2 was starting to peel. Wasn't too bad at first but of course it slowly got worse and after a recent trip to Germany it was sticky and not very nice to hold. Plus I always thought it was an ugly looking wheel. With another trip to Germany in it again in September I decided to change it for a nicer looking one...

Well, obviously I wasn't going to stay Citroen-free for long.
Today I bit the bullet and went and gave a nice man some money and my 207 for the 08 plate Picasso GP that I saw on Thursday that had a knackered clutch.

Clutch has been replaced. Invoices and warranty for 40k. Drives nicely now and it all works so far. It's a 1.8 Petrol engine, 5...

As some of you will already know I recently swapped my running/driving & MoT'd 406 2.1DT for another member's Xantia, a '95 N plate 1.9D automatic with cambelt & camshaft failure.

This morning the swap was completed and I had a quick shufty round under the bonnet to see where we stand... It appears it's going to be more involved than just a new...

Just thought I'd start a big of a blog thingie.

In 2007 we purchased this Xantia V6 with 27,000 miles on the clock from the daughter of an elderly gentleman who had died.

Since we've had it we've given it a full set of spheres, set of new Michelin tyres and plugs and leads as it started to miss quite badly.

There's a scuff on the front bumper...

In danger of being kicked off the forum for lack of (an available) French car to write about, we bought a 2011 (pre-facelift) 308 CC THP 156 HP automatic.

The car is still a bit dirty, as it was not cleaned properly by the previous owner, and not groomed by the dealer, but here you go:

So I though it was about time I had my own blog , so I don't have to keep hijacking everyone else's! =D>

So first off car number plates:

I find I need a new rear number plate - those Halfrauds ones are totally useless.

So now I'm looking through all the in-line suppliers, but of course the legit ones require you to send off things like driving...

I posted this in the Renault section but was adviced to post it here instead, so here goes:

As a present for my 40th I got my brother's old car that he's had for about 15 years; a 1969 Renault 16 base, but with a TS engine. It was last MOT:d in 2013 and doesn't have a spark. The plan is to have this as a project for me and my 9 year old, with the...

My C5 Tourer is a truly comfortable long distance cruiser.......

Forget your German estates with their firm sports suspension from Audi, BMW & Mercedes

Instead waft & float along in true French Citroen style isolated by double glazed windows & hydractive suspension

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Hi all, I recently acquired a C5 Exclusive with a couple of problems namely non functional wipers. I've read a few threads on here about it and I think (hope) that's in hand now.

There's a bit of a knock at the front right when taking up drive and sometimes a slow turn so I reckon inner bushings? still to confirm that.

Anyway! main point,
I'm...

Hi everyone,

A few of you will have seen my tales of inevitable serious wheel arch rot on my 1995 306 XLd in the Peugeot section of the forum. As it turned from advice in to a general progress update, I have decided to create a new thread with general progress and updates whilst I carry out what I would consider to be light restoration....

For some reason (aka the partner wanted one for the dogs) i made the mistake of travelling 70 odd miles to pick up the berlingo multispace dw8 from hell.

After the 70 year old bloke made some excuse as to why it was easier to meet me at the train station (conveniently so i didnt get his address) and then do a runner before I could test drive it...

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Gosh I have floated around haven't I! Thought I would dust off the old login as I am back in my 3rd ZX as of last night!

I don't think I've been on here properly since my XM days, I've had a few cars since then...

1997 XUD Xantia Estate - heavily tuned, was hilarious fun right until it wouldnt pass the MOT smoke test, had it de-tuned!...

I have one of the few C6 petrols and it has been my main car for some time, as was the last one. This one seems to be more of an ungrateful bastard than the last which has at least double the miles of this one and is merrily tootling round Wales with its new owner.

I was driving home from work on low levels of LPG and decided to switch to petrol...

Work starts to replace\: Front bumper, two rh doors, rear rh wing, rear bumper....all thanks to Bamby and his four friends!

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The only positive part of this will be that I do not have to fight with rusted parts or bolts.

Hope this is the correct section to post this in!

Hello everyone,

As I clearly wasn't busy enough(!) with all the other things I have going on, car related and otherwise, I have decided to take part in this year's Crumball Rally 'Drive Another Day' trip.

A brief description for those who aren't aware, the Crumball Rally sets a (loose) budget of...

For a change of scenery, we have moved to Malta for a while.

We have been here a couple of weeks, and it is a nice place to live.

The biggest problem from my point of view is that cars are very expensive here and the models that I would like to own are practically non-existent.

As an example, a 2005 Peugeot 406 1.6 with no frills and a bit...

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Actual Project begins page 4

Not sure if this is the correct place to start a project thread but since the AM6 is fitted to Peugeot and Citroen models it didn't make sense to confine the post to one of those sub forums.

So, those of us with the AM6 gearbox are familiar with the requirement to change the oil semi-regularly in order to preserve...

Well I thought its about time I should start a blog on here, and given that club-xm is down i have nowhere to put my updates either :roll:

So a bit about me, im 21 and have always been a huge Citroen enthusiast, having been brought up on a whole host of Citroen models, my parents have always had a good number of Citroens, ranging from 2CVs, to...

Bought this end of last year .. in really good condition, original paint and, rare for a hot 306, it also avoided the Max Power era. Less than half the Topic price too.

Oh and I love my classic Minis, Mk1 and Mk2.

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Decided to put this one in it's own thread....

As you may have seen in my other blog, my motorbike will be 90 this year, so I have decided it is time I pulled my finger out and got it rebuilt. There's not so much to do around the house( :rofl2: ), the boys are a bit older, and I've got enough funds to do it. So this blog will follow its progress....

When we visited my wife's sister in Nashville I heard about the Lane Motor Museum but never could quite get to it. What I didn't realise then was how eclectic and European parts of the collection was. I wish I knew then what I discovered in this YouTube video

It was a bit like the Louvre, the day we wanted to go it was closed!

I don't know...

I totally blame FCF for hooking me on videos like this. After finding it in these hallowed blogs, I binge watched 96 episodes to bring myself totally upto date on Tally Ho and I eagerly await every new episode.

This might just be of interest to some of you - it is about the broader community in Port Townsend Boat Building. You even get to see...

...or I couldn't find a section for members and their vehicles . :D

In this topic, I want to share bits and pieces from my experience with our two Citroens. Our lovely moderators can freely move this topic to a better place, it's just that I couldn't find a section for this. In the forum about my third car, alfistiturkey.net, we have a Our...

i just bought a nemo van , nippy lil thing all sorts of niggly stuff wrong with itbut getting it sorted steadily , it came with out a spare blimey £60 for a spare wheel daaang it came with only one key again daaaang so i got another off of ebay simple fix i thought but it would'nt initalise to my van so i took it to paragon citroen in lincoln and...

This is my current fleet:

The C5 is an SX model with optional Leather/Ambiance pack, 2 liter 136hp EW10J4 engine with the manual box. Only one previous owner and Its an ´04, so it has the stainless exhaust and superior :) drive by wire throttle.
About 100k uk miles on it, the interior is in very good condition. The exterior needs some work...

hi all...

I think I should have a blog here to help me think aloud and leave the main forum to more 'succinct' postings
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For anyone that doesnt follow the verbose stuff I normally natter on about..

I have a series 2 TD xant, which I brought blind on ebay (Oct 07) and has had a patchy previous life. I have been running it on various...

Pint Pot, our Fiat Ducato, follows a line of campervans we have had over the years. We started off with a Mercedes 508 D, ex Potato Merchant workhorse with sky rocket miles but sound and rust free. Oddest job was to add a block under the left hand front spring to level up the front of the van. It needed an 1 1/4 spacer and stretched u bolt to get...

Coachwerks in Victoria BC restored the bodyshell of my 1966 Peugeot 404C Injection, number 4598609.

Note the KF2 Injection engine, now on the stand in the photo

The new old stock body panels (floors, front and rear wings, other panels, all in NOS) were dropped off at the blasting shop in November 2016.

I'll update this from time to time and...

Like most people I have, over the years, met a lot of interesting people and, by co-incidence, many of them are called John (and if they are Scottish Iain as well). So a sort of shorthand has been used to identify them all. I have an Automatic John who taught me how to service and rebuild Mini automatics, a Doctor John who dabbled in rallying and...

First proper appearance on here of this particular CX of mine.
I've owned it for something like 20 years. It's been off the road for about 12 of them. Can't remember what caused me to buy this one (I already had inherited another previous to it :lol:
Short summary of the 'entertainment' that this particular one has given me over the years......

...never thought i would be typing that with all my body parts still attached but so far she's been ok ish with it :lol:

Driven it 3 minutes home and although it has no go at all, its smooth as silk and handles like a go cart, all be it a big go-cart.
Anyway this will be a bit quiet for a good while ive got two weeks off to do the kitchen and i...