French Car Forum

A brand new rear ram bush has been lurking on eBay for the past month. Still not exactly cheap @ £55 but around £100 cheaper than buying one from a dealer if anyone is interested.

The auction has nothing to with me BTW.

Finally getting round to putting my S1 3.0L V6 (R Plate) Autobox (plus Torque Converter and Gearbox ECU) on ebay today. I thought I'd mention it here first though, so here are the specs;

113,000 mile ZF4HP20 4-speed Automatic gearbox in very good working order, no faults detected before removal, no slippage, all gears selected properly with no...

Just spotted on Ebay.

Condemned Activa

It never ceases to amaze me how people will break an otherwise perfectly good car for something that is totally repairable.

the rear of my activa is leaning, with the passager side lower that the drivers.

both sides rise, but to mee it looks like the driver side is higher than normal.
(i'm just guessing, it might be that the other side is lower than normal, but it looks like the driver side is too high at normal and lowest settings)

any one have any pics on what i...

Finally jumped to a C5 this weekend having been an Activa driver as my everyday car since 2005 :cry: First time i have not been excited about getting a new car as i knew it ment saying goodbye to a very fun car to drive.

Its currently sitting on my drive, but as much as i am trying not to get rid of her, no way can i afford to tax her at the end...

I've finally prised myself out of running my green s2 V6 as a daily car and
have been running my newly legal again blue s2 Activa having seen it sat
unused and on SORN pretty much all the time I've had it over about 1.5
years as I mustered enthusiasm to fix the very raspy exhaust manifold.
The one thing I'm having trouble with on this new car is...

In a bid to find out the most common and most rare Activa colours, just for curiosity sake, please fill in your Activas colour. This might be a good indication of how many current contributing members own Activas too.

I have put the more known colour names and then a catagory for the others at the bottom.

If ive missed a colour, let me know :D...

I bought a 98 model with 108k miles. Brought it to Ireland but now going overseas. Car has not been used since I got but it must be sold by next week.
Cost if you live in Ireland you can collect it. And take it away.

If you live in UK then cost to transport is about 400 euro.

Car must be sold or scrapped but it must go.

Email me...

With me getting the Activa sorted to go back on the road, I'm considering a trip to Hayling Island where this seemingly perfectly good Activa is being broken up. :roll:

Rather than stick a stainless system on, which if I'm honest I can't really afford at the moment, he has a standard centre section listed at a decent price which I'm tempted by....

My Activa has been sitting in the shed for the last 6 months or so and has done no mileage in the last couple of years.

When I started the car on Sunday evening to give her a check over before her annual MOT I noticed that the car was loosing coolant quickly from the top hose connection into the radiator.

My radiator has a bayonet type fitting...

Hi there, new to the site. Citroen Xantias are new to me, I understand the Xantia Activa is the 'sports' model in the range of Xantias, and I believe it has 10 spheres instead of the normal 6, is that right? I have heard they are meant to corner very well.

What I would like to know, is does the Xantia 'Exclusive' and 'VSX' models have the top...

Does anybody know any good places to get cheap car insurance for the Activa as mine has gone up so much this year even though i have full no claims,nd points and am 35 years old

I have checked out all the usual gocompare and all that and they come back with silly quotes.

Anybody any advice .

many thanks
holmedog

Would this be like the one that xantiaman had on the back of his?

clickedy click

Evening Chaps,

All of this Activa talk has got me thinking about that boost controller that I've got sitting outside in the garage.

I've read that a couple of Activas on here have had a manual boost controller fitted to increase the boost but I can't seem to find how to fit it! (BTW, if it's on here and I'm missing the obvious then let me know!...

Thought it would be a good idea to start from fresh, a new thread which will detail my progress on my recently purchased 1997 Activa.

As time progresses there should be a lot more here, but for now this is what is planned.

Replace manifold gasket - Ticking, more annoying than anything at this stage

Tighten actuator to remove age slack - quicker...

Hi all

Just a quick question, are the linkages that bolt to the wishbones supposed to slide about as when i took them off one side was loose and sliding about and the other was fixed.
Im refering to the loops that bolt to the lower arms, im not sure if they should slide back and forth or have the 13mm bolt done up tight to hold them in...

There appears to be an alternative ram bush available :D

Take a look at this Danish Forum Thread

I've not yet been able to check price.availability of this bush in the UK yet but if it's available and cheap than we have an answer to our prayers :D

Hi all does anybody know how easy or hard it is to replace the rear axle bushes as i think mine have had it.

Ever since i bought the car it has been a little noisey on the back end but has become worse and everytime i go over a bump it sounds like the back end is about to fall off :roll:

Any advice would be most appreciated :cry:

Cheers...

Continued from

Now, this car is a low-milage project I bought. I considered using the engine for my other activa (timing belt snapped), but the
car is in much too good shape (accept for hydraulics) to become a donor just yet.. I hope you will continue helping me as I
am not in the habbit of giving up.. ( or maybe I got somekind of manic...

Hi to everyone

I need some help to decide what I s the proper action to fix a leak from the rear Activa block.

A year ago I spotted a leak from the rear Activa block, I decided to replace it with a used one from a scrap yard. After that the leak stopped for a few months. Last weekend I opened my old activa block to see the condition of the o...

weird problem here

the car won't start in neutral, will start in 2nd or fourth or reverse (holding clutch).
dies immediate after i pull it out of gear, unless i hold down the accelerator and then will die once i release the accelerator.
no power at all, and stalls in second so i could not get it even down the road.

kinda started cutting out in...

Sounds quite promising!

In a lovely colour too for Xantias!

Does anybody know if there is a difference between the front wings on the Activa and other xantia's. As when i was looking for a new wing for my Activa where ever i went they said they didn't have turbo on there systems only none turbo. Even when i looked on the internet they all said none turbo.Can anybody shed any light on this for me please.

Hi all been looking for some time now,on how to mod my activa. not alot on the internet :cry:.
Had a green induction on my tdi,but they don't list one for the activa.
Have fitted a baileys dv24 dump valve which doesn't do much as i have not found the recirculting one on the turbo.

Have heard of people turning booet up to 1bar of boost but as the...

long story short. kerbed s2 activa sideways in snow at aroun 10 mph, temporary short bolt pulled thread out of hub.replaced hub car still pulls hard left at low speed. changed front wheel for back still same. any advice
cheers holmedog(mark)

Hi as some of you may be aware i recently put a second hand wheel hub on my activa.The lazy gits at the scrappers couldn't be bothered to take the caliper of the bracket so when i get it cleaned up checked it will be up for grabs. Caliper is a bendix off of a 2.1 td '99' T reg so the bigger brake system.

cheers holmedog(mark)

just saw this today ..

the engine is not even being used .... he broke up a perfectly good activa for nothing ... and he got rid of the shell ...

who sold him the car?

I fouond an Activa in the scrapyard today next to a Mk 1 2.1TD XM full of spares, couldnt believe it.

Anyway the activa is complete, im going down later to get the rams and strut and droplink along with the ecu and anything else i can think of, its reg is R764 RKV and was a hire car :?

If you want anything, let me know, its got good wheels with...

Dear People

Does this slave look OK? Or is there a piece missing on the pushrod?

Hi all, it's been a huge job single handedly scrabbling around in the dirt stripping my 3.0l 24V V6 (R plate UK), but I have finally managed to liberate the engine/gearbox from the car (all going towards my Activa V6 project).

There is still the steering rack and associated bits, plus the rest of the suspension components to remove (what a job...

LHD Activa V6 near Paris in France
No connection to me, but thought someone might be interested...
They are asking €1000 (or offers) for a V6 Activa with leather but no registration documents. It was advertised a few months ago with pictures, and looked quite nice.
It could be that the registration was lost due to incomplete documentation during...

Hi folks,

Last night I went out to my activa to take her for a quick spin. But the car wouldn't lift at all. The stop light was lit but wouldn't go out.

The car was just below normal height. I then tried to drop the car to lowest setting, with the intention of undoing the bleed screw on the pressure regulator. And then putting the car up to...

Folks,

This is also posted in the 'for sale' section

I've decided to sell two of my cars;

1) Xantia 3.0i V6 Exclusive, 1999, T-reg. 93k miles. Emerald green with beige leather & sunroof. MOT'd til Sept 2011, taxed to end of Mar 2011.
Last serviced at 90k mile, with big history file from new. This car is not concours condition, but drives...

Juliet's has started blowing as the gasket needs replacing.
I know Gareth replaced his while the engine was out, but has anyone done it in situ?

Hello to all,

After placing a link to my site on the fcf recently, I think it can be usefull in the Activa-section too. @ www.jmwxantia.multiply.com you can find many articles, collectibles, brochures, photos etc. on the Xantia. There are many entries on the Activa and the number will increase in the future.

Best regards,

JMWXantia

Here's an Activa project or spares car for someone.

I have a potential source for either repairing leaking rams or supplying refurbished units. I need to give them a couple of defective rams for them to dismantle, repair and test.

Does anybody have either front or rear rams that are beyond service?

All my spare units are good usable units so I am loathe to send them away to be stripped.

Please...

Hello all,

ever since I have owned my Activa (4 years now), it has had a problem
which I have tried and tried to get to the bottom of with no success, and over the years the problem has become more pronounced.

The problem;

if I go over speed bumps even relatively slowly 15-20mph, or encounter large dips on the motorway, or heavy bumps in...

Today at Stratford, we were able to closely look at an Activa V6 conversion carried out by BL Autos.

It was on a very, very tidy late green MK2 and no word of a lie you could not tell in any way it was a conversion. It looked just like a factory job.

Excellent and very impressive :D Not only was the engine subject to an upgrade, the whole car...

Having a few problems with jennie's activa, wont rev over 4k & totally flat power wise.

A couple of weeks ago the car was running fine, all of a sudden there was no power & it is really reluctant to rev. The engine doesnt mis-fire or anything just hits a brick wall.

The engine is/was running fine, no mis-firing or other problems. the ecu has...

:roll:

Why do I suspect he doesn't even know it's an Activa?

here is a citroen xantia 2.0.i turbo. it has elec windows. elec sunroof.
abs. a.c. cl. tow bar. it has 12 months mot 6 months tax. it drive
nice. this car is advertised in local paper for sale if any one wants to make
me an offer email me or call peter 07838628327. happy...

Do you think it would be possible to make an Activa compatible N/S strut, i was thinking of cutting the ram mount off of my leaking strut (never seen a leaky strut before :? ) and weld it onto a easy to find hydractive strut? the only thing that concerns me is damaging the strut whilst welding to it...........what do you all think?.
It doesnt look...

Take a look

I can sense that I'm going to get an Activa sooner or later. After 4 years of no-trouble with 2 Xantias (2.0 16V petrol Mark 2 and a 90Hdi) I am pretty happy, just need a bit more excitement and a second car to tinker with.

I understand that someActiva models were available on the continent that were not available UK. Could someone please expand...

HERE

Knowing that these don't pop up often, especially the Hydractive ECU, thought I'd post this up here. Not a bad price considering its the engine ECU, the Hydractive ECU, ignition barrel and lock set.

I did ask where it came from hoping it was a S2 (I wanted the Hydractive ECU) but it is from a S1. Might be of use to someone?

Hi,
Spent the weekend just gone camping with the missus & kids at the Citroen Car Club Midlands Section Rally 2010 at Stratford Upon Avon Racecourse.
Turn out was good .
Forcast pre event was poor but the actual weather turned out great, loads of sun, blue sky with a bit of a wind, but nowt we couldn’t cope with. Touch of rain on the Saturday...

I can haz new leathery toy. :D
Does anyone here know of it's history?

It cheered me up because i missed out on this one earlier this week.

Evening Folks,

I fitted a tailblazer to my Activa this evening. Here is the result, and there should be a poll somewhere as well.

Hi Folks,

I picked up a scrap Activa this week to break.

Here are some pics.

Its a 1997 car with 165k miles on the clock. It is a non runner and went into a local Citroen specialist a couple of years ago with an engine management fault. When it was there he hit the nearside front with his loadall.

I'm keeping all the Activa specific hydraulic...

Hi all

Ive found myself wondering what an activa is like to live with on a daily basis so would like your views, im not interested in economy, i couldnt care less if it does 5 gals to the mile what i want to know is are the hydraulics as bomb proof as any other hydractive citroen or are they fussy cars to run?
Also do xants rust? if you could...