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Do you mean cannister valve OCR ? The OCR (open cyclic ratio) is the duration that the component is switched on or opened for. The reading varies depending on lots of different vairiables like engine speed etc. This is assuming you mean the charcoal cannister electrovalve.

If it was coolant there would probably be other symptoms, like loss of coolant, pressurisation of the coolant, water in the oil or V/V, steam in the exhaust etc. Also the plug would be really clean.

If that plastic linkage clip has popped off or broken, will the car still respond to the manual height lever in the cabin? If not then I guess will just have to jack it up normally?

Yes.
There are two linkages at 90 degrees to each other.
The vertical one is connected to the manual controller between the seats, and the horizontal one connects to...

Ok Guys
I have now got the seats working I put a 80 amp maxi fuse in slot number 6 under the fusebox in the engine bay and presto it works perfect as it wasn't fitted at the factory.I will have to look at getting it on a lexia and sort a few little niggles the car has.So it got sorted for £1.60 wonder how much citroen would have charged
Jay

Hi All

Relay fitted (£2.29 Maplins) with a wire (inline fuse) running from the steering column through the central console and under the carpet to the lift pump under the back seat and all's well. The car ran immediately after I completed the job and has been running sweetly since. =D>

Nice cheap job - shame I bought a new pump in anticipation...

>>Picking up our new puppy in the Xantia on Sunday 25th<<

Put plenty of newspapers in, just in case. Pups can leak from several places.

Hi

I found out that the idle stepper motor is faulty, the idle is not stable. I used the Lexia to check it and after that at idle the motor stopped. The only cure was to hit the stepper motor , ( I guess it released the actuator ), the idle it still not stable but at least the engine doesn’t stop. I already ordered one out of eBay. Can a faulty...

I have tried that method in the past,never really solved the problem though :-D

To do what specifically?

Rory

Mine veers to the left when driving and at least one of my rear arm bearings is needing replaced.

I am now looking for a C5 HDI as a nice addition to my Xantia. I have read about some typical weaknesses in the C5:s, but i have some more questions about what to look out for.
An MK1 or MK2 isn't so important, the important thing for me is that it's well maintained and serviced.
Is this the main things to look out for?

-Steering wheel sensor...

You get in through the glove box.
Picture of disassembly in the link below.
The faulty motor is item 3 at bottom right, part number 6447TK.

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I didn't bother in the end. The fuel left in the 1.9TD was about 30% WVO.

Heard the HDIs aren't too fond of veggie oil?!?

Mystery solved! Ir's that damned solenoid in the front of the pump again! Needs new seal and some thread lock.

That's good news Roger :-D Maybe the missing nuts/bolts was causing it to vibrate loose. Hopefully it'll all be OK now...

DONE! im not over the moon about the QH clutch kit, now I've seen how it all works i can see its nowhere near LUK quality but its ok, i will update my blog later once ive got it all bolted up for those who have never seen a knackered clutch before :roll:

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Well done Dean :-D Did you need to drop the subframe in the end? I as as Chris570 and I...

It's relieved :) - it's surprsingly hard to put a large dent in a 2+mm thick pipe, but a few minutes with a ball pein did the trick. I think the reason it was OK to start with was tht the pipe expanded when it got hot and moved the box back a fair bit so if fouled the towbar.

Hope it passes its MOT in a few weeks - it's all starting to look...

brake fluid light is the same as handbrake, it just stays on.

don't worry, it's either a duff bit of wiring or something else silly, amber is an advisory not a caution. what engine and trim level do you have.

New one fitted all better now.

I wonder how much money is charged to customers for chasing faults that are never found.
It is throughout all the major companies of course.

They could put a sign up:

No matter how bad or good we are at finding faults we must still charge you. We only really charge you for the use of our expensive equipment and man hours. This stuff costs us...

And - a grand total of 3 years after this fault occurred, and after several places had attempted to diagnose at some expense... it's solved!

The EGR valve body had rotted away, allowing gas to pas regardless of 'blanking off' at hoses more easily accessible.

The car has had a lovely rest for 3 years and so is now low mileage!

Kudos to Michael...

Thanks both of you. ive got a 1996 zx estate, ran it on veg oil, oil from work 50/50 with diesel, for about 5 months, it was a lucas pump started spewing diesel out when wife was using car. it nearly emptied the whole tank in eight miles. it seemed to be coming out of the pulley spindle end. i have now replaced it with another lucas but wont be...

just wanted to say thank for the replys guys and it is now fixed.bad battery earth lead. :evil:

Ah. That explains it.

The 1.9TD HAS to go this weekend. The tax disk has been sent back and I need to shift it. It's there if anyone wants it. £130??? 12 months MOT on it !!!

We have all done it, I have a clutch here for a 2.1 XM non turbo :oops: I don't have a C5 - yet, but I would think someone could use them.

Peter

forgot to say the price for the pipe was 55 in total :-D

Hi Folks

There is a C5 advertised near me very cheap but it apparantly runs the battery flat if its not used for a couple of days, is this a known fault or could it be anything?

It is an LX but is advertised as having cruise control, would that be an option on an LX, not that I particularly want cruise control I would rather have auxilluary...

Wow nuff said.......I just need to find one with less than 60K miles. The ones I have seen so far have close to 100K - guess they are fleet cars. I know it doesn't make that much difference but I would like to keep it for a while.

Re the mpg, in my 2010 C5 Tourer 3.0 HDI my best run has been 47mpg and my average is around 40ish mpg,....

Bearing in mind the 300bhp and 460flbt I'm actually quite pleased :-)

I think what shocks me though the most re the mpg figures is when you read the group tests run by the motoring press, they're always a million miles from the...

Sorry no experience on the C8 2.0 HDI's although I did pay a lot to have my 3.0 HDI C5 Tourer remapped properly and all I can say is,....wow!!

240 bhp to 300 bhp and 332flbt to 460flbt.

My car has now done over 20k miles on the map and all is ok plus the real bonus is the fuel consumption has improved by around 5mpg, not to mention the...

My Citroën handbook says for the XUD 1.9 TD DHX type engine, the gearbox type is ML/5, the gearbox id plate says 20 LE 43, the reduction box torque is 14x71 and the speedo ratio is 25x20. Hope that helps!
Yes that does help,thanks,can you tell me where the gearbox id plate is located ?

Just an update to my last post, the removal of this weight has transformed the car! The heavy, dead feeling has gone, you can feel the gears properly, the lever is much responsive and the difficulty when changing from 4 to 5 (it wanted to go to 3rd) has vanished.
Considering the effort Citroen has made to design and fit this device, I'm just...

Yh mine is the mk1 xantia

Update on my previous post. Yes the circular gold spring is present and the filter element looks ok but I'll replace when they arrive.Noticed one of the rather rubbish looking thin wall plastic(?) fuel lines to the filter housing had a kink in it almost bending round on itself. Part of this line(main supply to the filter) had been replaced with...

The back lighting only works with the automatic headlight setting, or so does mine. :?

There are two seperate ABS checks carried out by the ECU.
The dynamic ABS check is the one that needs 4 good sensors and a moving vehicle above a set speed.
A resistor replacing a sensor will not fool this dynamic part of the ABS test.
This test happens at regular intervals as the car is driven provided no brake application is being made.
When...

well you did say106/saxo :shock: [-X :wink:

you could try they are pug/cito dismantlers

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regards malcolm

Found a good 'what could be causing my diesel problem' here while looking for injector prices onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
A good writeup but no prices, need to fill in a form to ask for them, may do that sometime but I prefer a price up front.

I've never tried but If it's like the C5 one then it can be twisted about 90 degrees and pulled off, might be worth you having a look at onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; there is a technical section on the site.

The control board is getting cheaper; search UK Fleabay for xantia blower -brushes and you will find there are ones under £25 delivered.

Checking your control panel is the other detail; this requires about 25 minutes to remove (and a T-20 driver). Some people have had breakages there.

go look on ebay they are about £30 last time i bought one.
the 1.6 tu's are electric for future ref :)

I am quite sure (some of) mine are on the way out.. I think I will get the arm undone from everything else and wiggle - no change of direction with accel, but the front end is very unhappy with potholes now, steering wheel shake and slight direction changes..

Correct, the one at the back is listed as M7x100-38.

I think the 100 part is the thread pitch - 100 equating to 1mm, and the other part the length (in mm presumably). So the bottom ones are much shorter, which makes sense....

I would suggest looking at a circuit for a 406.

Peter

thank for your help Jim, very kind of you :)