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Hi Everyone

I've recently noticed this broken pushrod on the right hand side of my engine (2.2 HDi). Pics attached.

engine front.jpg broken pushrod.jpg

I spotted it just before I started a 500 mile trip from Scotland back home to Devon and it made no difference to performance or economy.
Can anyone tell me what it does and how I can get a...

Which is best for carrying in car. Scissor or barrel?

Want easy to lift for me wifie,

Hey all, first post and its a problem solver :/

I recently took a gamble on the car above it came at the right price at a time when my old car was about to fall apart (big mot bill) I'm really happy with the pic so far, I'm getting good mpg's 60-62 on slow no lead footed m'way runs and mid to high 40's on the town driving, the issue is that there...

For those on here with the C5 x7 can you hand on heart say the car is reliable ?. I've mine 3 years now and in the 60k miles of my ownership I have had it back for 9 items failing and a clutch replacement too. Latest failure is egr failing open so car would not start. Dealer has been helpful with the warranty items but I'm afraid that the other...

My down pipe with the cat was on its last legs. Rust claimed it at the forward join to the catalyst. I was suprised how quickly it went downhill. Slight blow on saturday then almost complete shear by the following saturday. Anyway wanted to fit a straight through pipe. £32 online inc delivery and turned out to be a Bosal pipe (was stamped all over...

I have a tail light bulb out (5W one built into the boot lid). I can't get the electrical connector block off. Is there a technique to it? I'm sure it click into place but can't seem to find the latch points. I need to disconnect that before I remove the bulb housing.

Just getting the car ready for MOT- only done 2 miles since last one- and I noticed that when I pressed the brake pedal, it seemed to slightly kick back at me. The pedal mod was done years ago, It was the same last year and it passed.
Just wondered if it was because disks have got a light coating of rust on them, and the pads bouncing off the...

Hello,
I have a 2010 Berlingo multispace. I am getting some suttle noises from the power steering and want to know if this is normal. It seems to happen when steering to the right only and it does not have to be on full lock. Just turning in a normal moderate corner can produce like a fizzing noise. Its an odd noise and not loud but noticible....

Hello,

I have a 2010 Citroen Berlingo Multispace and am getting a siren noise when accelerating! When I first got the car (few weeks ago) I thought I could here the police behind me! The noise is subtle and not very loud. I get first part of the siren noise when I accelerate and when I take my foot off to change gear I get the other part of the...

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I know this is quite a common one, and has been mentioned a few times on this forum, but I wonder has any kind soul done an idiots guide to repairing a Xantia window regulator ?

I've removed the failed assembly from driver's door of my S2 estate, and true to form, the grey slider has broken. I have a replacement on the way to me from...

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Just discovered one of the hydrauic return pipes from the front suspension unit on my 2005 C5 has come adrift creating a small but perfectly formed patch on my drive!
It looks like a pretty easy fix once I get the wheel off and reconnect it with some extra flexible tubing but do I have to then do anything specific like bleeding or something...

I bought a C5 to repair and finally its working - however I fitted a new battery without understanding the impact of not doing ot the right way. So many thanks for the supersticky on the battery replacement procedure.

I'm hoping this will get the RDS radio with CD, currently completely unresponsive, to showing code.

I've found a 4 digit code...

I have my 2.2HDi in various bits still (head off, valves out etc, not had much time for this project of late) but something I have noticed is that the crank isn't so easy to rotate by hand, or at last not as easy as I had expected. Throughout a 360deg rotation there's free-running areas and stiffer areas. No indication of engine trouble (beyond a...

hi again, i purchased my 2.0 hdi 2003 picasso a short while ago, i have now found that the air con has got a pipe disconected and also someone has taken the 2 pin electrical connector from the compressor and cut the wires the wires are purple and green/yellow so i am asking if anyone outhere could supply me with the electrical 2 pin connector and...

Took my car in for a wheel alignment and they put it up on the ramp and loads of oil/fluid were dripping out from the centre of the engine. The fluid was a clear/slightly yellowish in colour.

I'm waiting for the car to be recovered to a garage at the moment but was wondering what the leak could be? It has recently had new engine oil, gearbox oil...

Morning all could anybody tell me how much movement there should be on the rod that controls the turbo vanes as i think mine is stuck and is the best way to get at it from underneath the car thanks in advance Ian

I have just bought a T Reg Xantia 2.0i SX Auto with 66,000 miles on the clock MOTs to prove it as you may know I have had a Xantia 2ltr HDI 110 since 2004 with 147.000 with an electrical fault which is still not fixed havnt had a petrol car since the 80s so any comments would be appreciated

Allanmc

Of all the times it could do it, it chose to throw a hissy just as I was setting off home to attend a funeral tomorrow...

So the car was driving fine, had been all week, suddenly the engine management light came on and power cut.

Conveniently it happened within a mile of my front door (and not, say half way up the A38 on the way home from work...

My Xantia was written off a few weeks back by a guys out delivering pizza's :(..He hit my car at about 45 mph damaging the o/s rear end to bad to repair..so the insurance company decided to write it off.
Really loved the 2.0 hdi so am deciding to get a Xsara Piccasso when the insurance finally goes through.
What i really want is your honest...

Made a trip to Birmingham and back Sun/Mon. Filled up, did about 15 miles of town driving then set off. Did 450 miles in two journeys with an overnight stop in between. Got back and filled up. It took 34 litres to refill the tank, so by my calculations:

34 litres = 7.5 gallons

450 miles divided by 7.5 gallons = 60 MPG

Not bad for a 19 year old...

hello all.
Ive got a problem with my pneumatic suspension stuck in the air.
i need to reset the system but where do i release the air out the system?
i had a faulty sensor but have changed this and just needs a reset.

Thanks in advance!

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I mentioned an oil leak on my new car C5.Well it turns out to be the rocker cover gasket,which is not a hard job even by my standards:p .Anyway the problem i am having is which one i need because their are two.One for inlet and the other for exhaust.I am assuming that i need the inlet one but thought i would make 100% sure before i bought one.I...

Hi everyone. Im new to this so please bear with me. I recently bought a c5 estate 2003 with the separate heater controls for driver and passenger. I noticed there was a slight whistling noise whilst I was driving up the M1 on the way home so I turned the heaters off and lo, it solved the whistling! Unfortunately, ever since, the heaters havent...

Basically there has been a new mouth appear in the household. (A beagle - Thank God, already got two kids, not sure if I could handle a third :-D )

So thinking about getting a larger vehicle (more than likely an Estate, so dog can go in boot), so thinking about the C5 instead of a Xantia.

Would be a 2.0hdi again, as aware of the issues with the...

Hi Guys
After what happened to my Beloved Xantia i decided to go Citroen again and was going to buy a Picasso,but after reading some comments i decided what the heck and bought a C5,which i think are a similar sized Car.I went petrol instead of Diesel and bought the 1.8 version.
It has a couple of problems which i don't know if they are big or...

Hi,

I was planing to order some Bilstein B8's for my C5 1.6 HDi 110 but discovered that they are not listed in Bilstein cataloque.
When I've checked PUG 407 1.6 HDi 110 they had them listed.

I already have H&R 40/40 springs which are same for C5 and 407 (100% exact same part number)

So I am wondering and I would be grateful if someone would...

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How the sod do you take this out?

Its the dash thast show your radio station/mpg etc

One of my bulbs has conked so it looks odd at night.

I removed teh bottom clip as it shot off some where so didnt want to remove the rest..

I assume its a #286 bulb that sits in there??

Thank yuo

Hi all..

Boardom, or what ever you want to call it, im not sure, but while I had a chance, I done a quick First and Last Xantia comparison...

The white Xantia is a XUd 1.9 TD SX model.. The blue car is a HDi 110bhp Forte model

This was because I happen to have the Sinker project and mums Y reg cars both on her drive at the same time...

Some...

Great drive to Austria in Sylv's ZX.

Brussels at rush hour - not good! If you think the English are bad drivers, go to Belgium!

It rained through Belgium and Luxembourg. Wipers were not in the best shape.

Total trip time 19 hours 15 minutes inc. ferry. Nice smooth crossing for £19.

Sylv clocked 180km/h. Thankfully I was snoring. 46mpg on...

Guys iv'e been having problems a few weeks now,First the alternator packed in then the battery.Put a new alternator and battery on but within a week it was nearly flat had both tested and they seemed fine,Now a couple of times the car came up with an immobilizer fault and wouldn't start,So i disconnected the battery put key in door locked and...

Hi Citroenists.

My 2001 HDi has an issue with the ABS. As the car is slowing down the ABS cuts in at low speed, about 2-3 MPH, causing the pedal to pulsate and braking to be impaired. I thought it could be a dirty O/S/F sensor and ring as I had the hub apart recently and the whole lot ended up covered in grease when I replaced the CV gaiter. I...

Does anyone re gas spheres anymore?
I've got 3 good front and 2 rusty rears sitting in the garage and I'm wondering what to do with them?

Yes, remove the door trims with a trim removal tool or something which is tstrong but not going to mark the paintwork. Once you have it started you can use a loop of tie wraps/cable ties to pll the rest of the trim off.

Then, press out the old trim from the back. Clean up the trims, use some good sticky silicone glue and put in the new trims,...

The other day my early Xantia 1.9d sinker stop light stayed on much longer than usual and the car was slow to rise. I checked the LHM level when I got to work and it was low. The pump area was wet with LHM. I thought it might be the feedpipe (hoped it was rather than the pump!) and I looked at it tonight.

The pipe was indeed damaged and had a...

Hi all,

I have a strange problem that doesn't seem to be covered elsewhere.

Xsara Picasso 57 plate 1.6HDi

Using my keyfob (with recent new battery), I can sometimes open and close the doors remotely and sometimes not. I've started to notie it often doesn't work first thing but then works later, perhaps when the car has warmed up in the sun!...

Off to Woking from Aberdeenshire tomorrow morning.
561 miles, then several mini journeys from Surrey to Sussex coast Hampshire and Kent, before heading back North around the 16th of May.
Should be around 1500 miles -ish by the time we get home so not exactly a world beating distance.
Joined the AA yesterday for a little peace of mind. Just the...

Was checking out the exhaust down pipe which I am removing at the weekend to replace with a straight through pipe instead of the catalyst. Its holed ahead of the catalyst.

Noticed an assembly up below the intake manifold which is about the size & similar shape to a thermostat behind the cylinder head. Right side of the block looking at the engine...

hi to all just finished putting gearbox back on xsara 2.0 hdi ph1 after engine swap everything went together fine all gearbox linkages in good order problem after refitting gearbox im missing 2 gears 5th and reverse dont know what i have done wrong is there a way of finding the gears if i take linkages of again thanks

Hi all

While i am waiting for me dash bulbs theres one more niggle on my C5 sx 2.2 mk1 estate

When i get in the car it always reports the fuel flap is open?

Even though its not.

Is there a way to fix this or turn the darn thing off?

Ta

Does anyone know if the 1.9td XUD engined ZX's came with the Bosch pump or were they all lucas?

Also if one comes with a lucas how hard is it to convert to bosch? Im guessing ill need;
Pump
Injectors
Pump-Injector Pipes
All connectors off the loom that plugged into the bosch

Im just keeping an eye out as i want to run a second car now thats a...

Hi all,
Does anyone know if the elm327 Bluetooth adaptors work on a 03 C8?

Hi all..

HDi models use an Electro valve to control a Vaccuum to operate the Turbo Wastegate.. HDi Wastegates are Normally Open at rest, designed that way as a fail safe, so in the event of any vaccuum fail, it will open and prevent overboost into the engine!

So, on HDi 110's there two of the electrovalves just up be the cam belt cover, ones for...

Well, despite checking and sealing lots of things I still seem to have a bad water leak into the rear of my early Xantia hatch. It seems to be appearing in the right rear corner of the boot and running forward into the rear seat area.

The rear interior and carpets including the boot carpets are all stripped out. I went out tonight and poured...

Hi,recently had a problem regarding a starting problem aftet gearbox change on a 53 plate xsara picasso. Turns out that the mechanic was a prat,had somehow blew the ecu or bsi or both,not too sure to be honest but £600 down the line the cars back on the road with 2 small problems.1 the central locking doesnt work on the key button which lm not...

Hi I ´ve bought a citroen C8 2,2 hid VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] very cheap with a starting problem as in its a non starter the engine doesn´t run. i´ve sourced it down to the BSM box that was badly corrode due to water ingress. I´ve changed it with a known good one (used) and connected my lexia to the car but it won't dialogue with the engine ECU and the...

Hi, just got an advisory on the mot. they are saying corroded strut tops on my Xantia! my question is, Kingas still the best place to source the strut tops?, cheers Terry. :shock:

Now the speedometer is up and running it's on to the next electrical issue :)

I've now got a pair of heated seat switches and some of the wiring. The question is what goes where? Helpfully lots of the wires are the same colour :roll:

I have a Citroen badged portuguese made Blaupunkt radio PH1(C) 1996 vintage in a xantia
marked with
96 133 457 80 and BP2775T9625039

in hand writing it has both 4244 and 0244 which I took to be the code.

neither of which work unless I have the procedure wrong.

I have tried both of these and it just looks at me is there another button I...

Hi bought a dispatch 2001 1.9 d. Was previously a disabled vehicle! Does anybody know if it would have had a speed limiter in? As it does not go 1mile over 70.

Hello Guys.

2001. C5 Exclusive SE V6 Auto.

I really hoped that someone here would have had some info' as to how to route an Aux' Input from the back of the Radio to outside the Front Fascia. Preferably, via the Ashtray, which sits beneath the Climate Controls, and in front of the Gear Lever.

However, it appears that nobody here has any...