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One of my dipped lights went a while ago and I thought I'd buy 2 of those fancy white xenon type jobbywotsits, make the front like a lighthouse, what could possibly go wrong. Well they are crap, yep white light instead of sort of yellow ish but noticeably dimmer.

Anyone else changed...……….for the better and what were they!

Mike

At the end of my tether with this, hope someone on here can help.
My egr cooler failed two months ago.
Took the garage a while to diagnose as they thought it was head gasket then cracked block. Engine out and stripped obviously...
Realised it was the cooler so replaced it. Rebuilt engine with skimmed head, Re ground valves block X-ray etc all ok....

So when I got this car (previously Jim's one) the aux belt was pretty old and had got to that stage where they just squeak at idle in an utterly unstoppable and maddening way. Belt had just got old and glazed, and a new one restored blissful silence in a surprisingly painless procedure once I figured out where the tensioner lived on the TCT.

Fast...

03 plate 1.8 litre dohc ( EW7J4 6FZ ) 1749cc petrol 1.8 dohc petrol em engine 03 plate?? still not memorised model etc for this car.....it has aux drive belt auto adjust and cam belt auto adjust

Can the aux drive belt auto adjuster be replaced with the engine in situ please ?

The arm with the pulley attached seems very wobbly ...........its...

Went to pull out from a parking space in the C15 this evening & it died: classic out of fuel symptoms BUT gauge was hovering under the 1/2 mark, which tallied with 253 miles since last fill-up. Slung in the spare 5 litres, went through the re-start diesel after running out of fuel pantomime & drove round the corner to the garage. That was my next...

Hi there I need a part number for my faulty abs pump I can read the numbers on the controller but the part number on the pump itself is unreadable. It is a Citroen C2 2006 1.4 hdi -
the part numbers on the controller are ABS MK 70 CEM 00 - 10.0970-11243 - 00402048E0 MY Vin No is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]. Also am I right in thinking that if I use the old...

I have now had the message Engine management system faulty (together with speed limitation and cruise control) at high revs several times. It hasn't stalled or gone into limp mode, but stays for 3 or 4 start ups.
Diagbox says it is P1623 Engine torque given *1. I did mention it once befor on my VTS blog, but no reply to it.
Any ideas?

I'm not sure where to post this as it related to both Citroen's and Peugeot's!

I'm doing some work on our 207 HDi at the moment. See my latest blog post for more of that...

Does anyone have the torque values for the 1.6 HDi engine...

Ideally...

Rocker cover bolt tightening sequence and torque values.
Inlet manifold torque values.
Injector...

Afternoon all,

I have a Citroen Relay camper van that's doing my head in.... let me explain. The story goes that it had been sat for almost 18 months after the last owner passed away and then I got picked it up from his daughter. Now it ran fine with only a hint of black smoke on start up and all was fine. Took it for an MOT major fail on...

Accidentally thwacked passenger wing mirror at around 30mph, rear casing survived still attached with a bit of movement on the underside the glass is fine, the whole wing mirror casing seems just slightly loose but the motor has snapped off from the bottom and sides in the photos you can see where it has snapped off. If i was to use 2 part mix...

Hi all I have developed a hydraulic leak from somewhere above the osr sphere. I can't see clearly as I don't want to crawl under the car unsupported and need to put it on a lift ideally. Have a look at the attached pictures I managed to take. What do you think? By the way way the sphere has been wiped clean and isn't new. Thanks in advance

Hi all, parents have a Grand Picasso and earlier in the summer my mum had problems after reversing from the drive getting the car into gear, it would only change gear after turning off the ignition. Apparently they seen oil coming out from under the car, but i cannot see any remains from this afterwards.
My thoughts are a worn/broken driveshaft...

ew7 6fz ( ew7j4 ) engine, 1.8 dohc petrol 03 plate xsara picasso.

Whilst under the car yesterday i noticed a D shaped brown plastic form memory area with a yellow inner circle ? in the lower water pump area visible without taking off the bottom cam belt cover, in the area i would expect to find a water pump drain, so as if the water pump leaked...

Hi,

Am new here and have joined to get advice on my 2003 Citroen C5 Diesel car which to date has been a great machine. 2 very odd things have happened. All the instruments have frozen, eg , speedo stuck at 30, fuel, temp rev counter all at zero and at the same time the low beam has stopped working. It's not the bulbs on the low beam because to...

Hi,
Citroen C8 2003
2.2 hdi
Diesel

Went for a drive today and the battery charging fault has appeared along with the battery light on the dash. My fist thought was alternator has gone or a bad earth to the battery, however when I put my multimeter across the battery its reading 13.90v and is the same if i meter the +ve to the body.anyone any...

Hi I have a few questions if anyone can help.

i have a c2 cranks but no start, I bought it like this
I have a fault code 04BA Transponder ( without hands free starting)or badge(with hand free starting not characterized -local

If I go in to live Data, I have no rpm signal when cranking, If it is immobilized would that stop you getting a rpm...

Citroen c5 tourer 09 2.0

Folks after getting to the bottom of my anti pollution fiasco. I had an exhaust gas temperature sensor replaced on my car.

Today on the motorway my car misfired twice and anti pollution came back on. I reset the ecu and drove home and car didn't miss a beat and was still like a rocket.

This car will be the death of me...

Hello to all.

Thinking of doing the 205 raid sometime in the future - long term plan though.

However - it gives us the excuse to buy another cheap 205 and play with it.

All cars competing have to have a valid Controle Technique (MoT) - so it would have to look stock under the bonnet.

We have a 1.7d that we use every day (called Sticky Snot -...

Locations of both please with diagrams if possible eml on again, same as last time anti pollution. Have cleaned maf and done battery reset , no difference. PS. getting injectors replaced next week

Hi, guys,
Maybe somebody had similar problem, and please keep in mind that I don't know technical terms.
I have Citroen C4 (64000 km).
Couple of weeks ago the light Service went on, few minutes later light Stop! went on, power steering stopped working, windows won't open/close, date/time failed.. I tried to turn off the engine and restart,...

Hi,

The cooling system failed the other day and the engine overheated...

The car has aircon - but that only worked effectively above around 1.2 - 1.5k rpm (probably needing a recharge and unrelated to the engine cooling fans?).

Neither of the fans operate at slow or fast speed now. The fuses are all OK in the cabin and in the engine bay. If I...

Hello All.
My 2008 C5 3l. auto's 'pollution signal light' came on whilst traveling on a fairly long run, and simultaneously lost power sounding as though it was running on a few cylinders. The next morning it started o.k. and ran smoothly. I took it to the local auto-electrician for a diagnostic check. This showed that it had a number of faults,...

Hi all, my name's Mark, and I'm new to the forum. I came across this site whilst Googling a problem with my Van, and somebody hopefully may be able to give me the benefit of their experience.

Here's the story: Driving home from work the other evening a noise started which sounded like a boost leak, I nursed the van home (13 miles) and started...

Hello good citronists,

I've recently bought a nice C5 Crosstourer 2.2Hdi. Very fine car. It has the motorised tailgate as did my previous X7. The middle button on the keys does not activate the tailgate like it did on my previous car. The key has the symbol, but nothing happens when I press it. Can someone tell my how I activate the function on...

as the title, any links or pics of what is what and where and connected on a 16v HDi?

got a couple of pipes either disconnected or broken so trying to sort out if possible

Hi all, I sure hope someone can shed a ray of light here.
I took my C4GP for its mot today, it failed on on a couple of little things no water for washer jets on windscreen, a low brake pad and the emissions are high.
Any way I went to drive it home again and as soon as I pulled out onto the road the dashboard started lighting up like flipping...

Could not decide where to raise this subject, so if someone knows a better place for it please move it.

I have search the FCF for an answer only for find people asking the same question but very specific to their problem, so.....

Does any one know of a website that will give you a good understanding of what a fault code it trying to say?

-...

Hi I recently bought a Berlingo van which is still under warranty. ( ive had the van back to the Citroen garage and they cant find a fault) During cold weather the led mileage display only lights the bottom half of the digits , when the engine warms and the everything is ok. This has been happening for 6 months , tonight as i turned a corner the...

The freeze-frame data of this returning permanent fault appears to contradict the error code or am I missing something (I usually am!).

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Hello all after a lot of messing about ive tracked down my issue with the fuel cap open that pops up all the time , have a look at the attachment this sits just below the magnet on the fuel neck and evidently when yr cap is off it breaks the circuit and tells the ecu that the fuel cap is off , when this sensor fails it says...

Me again

Weird one this.

Car pulls to the left when braking.
And to the right on accelerating

Not the callipers.
Mechanic says ball joints are fine. Changed o/s drop link because the near had changed.

Tyres are fine.
No wear.
Balanced 2 weeks ago.

Not had tracking looked at yet. But tyres are good.
Doesn't feel like tracking is out.

When I...

Hi All,

I am planning to change the cambelt on a 2010 2.0hdi c5 X7 2010 with automatic AM6 box. I need to clarify the following please:

1- Do I need to be in “P” or “N” to align the camshaft?
2- planing to use M8 bolt to lock camshaft, do I need special tool for flywheel lock? do I need to remove starter to find it?
3- is it OK to use impact...

HI Guys,

Due to some great help on this forum, I was able to source some great rear spheres for my 1997 Citroen Xantia Estate 1.9 Turbo Diesel. (Desire).

After all that however, my mechanic says he can't get the rear spheres off as they seem to be wedged.

Is there anyone who has faced this issue before and might have some advice?

Wondering if...

Another day.... another episode!
C5 II 5 DOOR SALOON 1.6 HDi 110 particle emission filter (DV6TED4) Manual gearbox 5

So after getting the old lady serviced, 1 front bearing, new front discs and pads both sides....
Went to do back discs and pads.... got one side done and garage man realised that the back axel on one side is bent 😣

I would have...

Oh bugger, a fine spray of LHM is jetting forth from my Xantia HDI 110, investigation reveals its coming from the dreaded power steering pipe, is anyone doing a kit to repair these as the car is otherwise very wholesome. HELP!

Hi,

My C4 1.4 (manual, petrol, 2005) hasn't been running for a few weeks and I was looking for some advice as to what could be causing the problem.

While driving a few months ago, the car completely lost power and I had to park it on the side of the road. I was eventually able to get it going again with a bump start and managed to get it home....

This is a difficult one as it all hangs on driving style, but what would be the real world mpg for an 03 plate 1.8 litre dohc ( EW7J4 6FZ ) 1749cc petrol picasso being driven with economy in mind please. Its done about 92 k miles and seems to use no oil and in reasonably good condition/state of tune etc..

The speedo mpg readout is meaningless,...

Need some help/answers please. My 2006 Citroen station wagon is going into limp mode once the oil temperature rises. Once I start the car and drive for 10 minutes the automatic gearbox starts slipping. I will need to stop the engine wait for the oil to cool down and restart. The Citroen auto service can’t figure out the problem (even with the...

Can anyone help out with citroen c5 2001 2.0hpi electric chair wiring diagram.

Ok people , have been really stupid and lost a full set (misplaced but just cannot find them)

So the question is, with a fully locked car, no keys, what is the plan now ?

PS,
No immobiliser fitted, no key code etc.

Hi all

I'm posting on behalf of my dad, who's not the most internet savvy guy. He has a 2005/6 Citroen Dispatch with (I think) the DW8 diesel engine. We're pretty good with older petrol engines and motorbikes but not any experience with diesels.

Anyhow, he has had a lot of issues in the last 3 months with the engine.

He has been experiencing...

daughter had a close encounter with a little deer in her C1 the other day... No damage except the the LH dummy foglight/DRL panel popped out and disappeared :lol:

Grateful if someone with access to service.citroen (or whatever it may be called now) could look up the part number and cost for me please?

I attach a couple of piccies of the missing...

Hello there,

Have a problem on my C4 Picasso where my diagnotic Lexia setup won't talk to the car. I suspect the wiring behind there battery that has been repaired before by citroen,

My Lexia is working fine on my DS3 so i know that good.

No i've exposed the wires to the back the diagnostic port in the glove box and continuity tested them back...