French Car Forum

Hi all does anyone know if i can get a washer kit for my car's power steering pump I have a small leak and nothing is available from Citroen in France except a complete new pump at over 1000 euros, not even worth thinking about, or where I might get a recon one, any advice would be welcome as the car is off the road thanks to Citroen for sticking...

I steam cleaned the hydraulic pump to get rid of all of the crap that was on the casing tonight and then started to strip it down to replace all the o-rings.

When I took the end cap off the pump to replace the big seal at the end I noticed that there was a torn paper type gasket between the two parts.

This one had torn when the two parts of...

Hi chaps.

Trying to find the info for the AirCon on a C5x7, 2ltrD Exclusive Tourer 138hp 2009...I am told I need to find the weight of gas , any restrictions on the type of gas, I understand things have just changed.
Vin: VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]

A friend at a Volvo truck dealership is going to do it for free and does not have the info.

I have a Citroen two C5s both 2007 model. There is a leak on each car from the bundle of pipes known as the 'Front Suspension Back Harness'. The part number is 5270RN. Unfortunately this part is no longer available from Citroen as a service item. This is the fourth C5 I have owned and they have all developed a leak from this 'Back Harness'. I have...

I have a 1995 Xantia 2.0i which is returning lamentable fuel figures, my garage guru says change the Map sensor, but there seem to be several different versions available.
Can anyone oblige me with a part number please?

Hi, I have not owned a Citroen before and I thought I would try a C5 (2004 Hdi 2.0 110 bhp).
Thanks to the advice from people on this forum I have been able to sort out most of the issue on the C5.
But I still find it a little unusual to drive in that the engine appears to have most of its torque and Bhp developed at a low rpm.
What I mean by...

Morning Guys,

I'll try and keep this short but I am beginning to wish I had scrapped the car a couple of months ago when I offered it on the forum. Please bear with me as this will probably be a long post so your time is very much appreciated in reading this and responding.

Some of you will know that the clutch on the S2 2.0 HDi eventually...

Hi Guy's , my friend has asked me about buying a 60 plate 1.6 egs Picaso with 92k but he has no service records for the car . I have the chassis noVF7 UA9HZH AJ74932 . Can this tell you if the car has had anything major wrong with it ????

Evening all.

Can anyone give me the part number for rear discs on my '09 C5 Tourer please - VIN is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]***********.

Pete

So, apparently this BMW/PSA cooperative effort is a relatively big technical failure.

My C5 2012 had it's turbo crash by 50K km, timing chains, intake things etc replaced by 80K km, etc. I guess when I bought it now at 100K km, I got a car with 50% newer parts.. :)

Since I learned about these things after purchase, but generally still like the...

Need the size to use of the cam locking bolts when checking the timing on a 1.9TD Xantia.

Cheers

Hello all.
Sad times over my way! This cold snap seems to have finished off the engine in my little C15 van. Urgh! But there is hope! I have a turbocharged engine from a 306td. The van has benefited from some 50mm lowering springs on the front courtesy of a 205, some 15inch steelies, brakes from a gti6 and some nice sticky toyo tyres all in...

Investigating a failed turbo, I found a huge amount of carbon build up in my EGR valve and inlet manifold (I could post photos, but this is a family forum). I've thoroughly cleaned both of these but still need to tackle cleaning the inlet ports in the head.

I think one way of doing it would be to remove the injectors and rotate the engine such...

C5
MARK 1
2004
2.0 HDI
SALOON

Hi Guys, oh boy am I in a bit of a pickle with this one. The rear passenger side door will not open. It was intermittently opening but has stopped opening all together.
So far I have had the inner door panel out which is possible even when the door won't open. I've heard the servo working to the door it sounds like...

Changed the oil and filter on my C5 this morning, I was going to change the AM6 box oil too but can't get the level tube out without wrecking it, (the torx splines are chewed off), need a part number so I have one ready when I find time to have another go.

Hello to all.

In another topic we mentioned that our 1.4hdi was running on 3 cylinders. Its a 1.4hdi - 8 valve.

The problem eventually turned out to be the valve rockers.
6 were worn to hell and back, 1 was good and the last one was so worn that it fell off and stopped operating the valve.

In the process we broke a glowplug, so we took the head...

Hello, so i have got new model of citroen c5 tourer 2008. It have electric tailgate, it worked perfectly but then it just couldn't close it. Close half way then beeps 2 times and comes back up. applying pressure doesn't help, then it just doesn't lock. My battery is new bought like 2 months ago VARTA so i don't think so that it's low battery...

Hi, I have 2006 C5 2.0i. After I changed the front spheres the steering became much heavier. Particularly trough corners. It has now been several weeks since I changed the front spheres.

So there cant possibly be any air in the system causing it? I have regurarly put the car on high setting and low and removed the LDS cap many times. I did fit...

Hello.

I recently retrofitted electric front seats with memory, massage, heat etc. to my C5

Adjustment of the electric seats works fine, however I cannot save the seat positions to the memory.

Does anyone have a good idear on what to check or what might be missing?

Regards.

After some yahoo dented back of my car n drove off while it was parked in supermarket I thought a dash cam with rear camera would be good investment. I was thinking that discreet front n rear fixed cameras with infra red, expandable memory n parking protection would do the job. Don't want huge great camera stuck in middle of windscreen that could...

\Can't find it, the upgrade from Mk1 HA block to the late ones please

Hi, my S1 Xantia 1.9 TD, the steering wheel , when braking, there is slight movement , north to south, it feels like something is loose, any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated, many thanks Terry.

Those of you that have replaced the 3rd LED brake light, what was the cause of failure please?

noticed this pictured on one of my other groups, must be very rare. Probably 'Spares Only' by the look of it.

North Ormesby apparently..... that's all I know. Might be worth someone checking out, specially if you're up that way

Also aware of a Renault 21 that I pass often, on an 'M', probably not quite as crusty as this, but likely to be in a...

Owned this car for 18 months now and in the last week we’ve had a lot of rain. The front footwells are filling with water. Does anyone know where the drain holes might be or where best to check for leaks? It has a sunroof but the drain holes look clear enough...

Thanks!

Hello

I've bought a used c4 VTS a while ago and interior lights(ones that light up when doors are opened, both front and back) don't work(although map lights and door lights(bottom) work).
Installations are fine, lamp housings are fine, but in the BSI where a 5A fuse should've been, I've found a 7.5A. I've put a 5A in, but lights still don't...

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I want to buy some parts from Pleiades, so, I've sent them an Email that I found on their publication - sales@citroenspares.net but unfortunately it was rejected telling me that the reason is No mx record found for domain=citroenspares.net
I'm sure that they have a valid Email address. could you pls let me know what it is?
btw - my attempts to...

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I've made a big booby when testing the removed gummed up No4 Injector - I applied 12V for too long and damaged the solenoid valve (Resistance now 14k ohms was 0.7ohms)

So is it feasible to replace just the solenoid - me thoughts on doing this is, I will keep the original fuel flow balance between the other 3 compatibly worn injectors...

Hi folks, as per the title, I'm having a nightmare with this motor. The fuel shutoff solenoid blew up (in the wilds of Ardnamurchan, of all places!).
This was sorted back home after removing the armour and screwing in a new single wire solenoid which worked great for 400miles then it too blew! When we took the rubber plunger off and ground down...

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I need a complete nearside (folding) door mirror for my C3 mk2 exclusive. If anyone can get me the part number it would be of great help!

VIN: (edited to remove)

The table in the maintenance guide and the Wiki gives a range of acceptable oil specs for most engines listed, but for the 2.0i 16V engine just the one, fully synthetic 5W40. Why's it so prescriptive for this particular engine and would I be ok with fully synth 0W40 (Mobil 1 at Costco price 8-) )? I presume there's nothing magic about Total...

Hi all,

I got my C5 aircon regassed last Wednesday, as there was no cold air coming from it. Last time I checked it was about 6 months ago, and it was ok then.

They pressure tested it before refilling, and all was fine until saturday.

Then I had no more cold air, and the fans were barely blowing (even on max setting there was only a trickle of...

The reservoir cap in my 2008 C5 X7 has a pinhole in the top. Does this mean it's the modified cap that doesn't need to be removed when car is lifted?

First post here - hello :)

I have a C5 and I can't figure out how to get the battery out from the car. The reason being that there is no normal bolt in the clamp, but there is a plastic clamp which has a square recess in it. I can turn this a little with my hands, but I can't figure out how to get it to release. Please help. I can post an image,...

Hi, is the info below correct for a C5 2.0 Hdi manual 5 speed box, particularly the capacity?

Thanks

Manual gearbox
The engines are coupled with an ML5T manual gearbox with gear ratios to suit the type of engine and vehicle characteristics.
The gear change mechanism is cable driven to reduce vibration, and driving comfort is further increased by...

Ay up!

My old bus's speedo failed coming back from Stafford. Diagnosis revealed a well buggered stepper motor and equally buggered needle.

Motors are easy to get hold of and to fit. Even the instrument pack is easy to remove and strip down. And Lexia makes calibration easy! The dog's bananas in fact.

Needles are less easy to find unless you...

I like to change my headlights to xenon headlights , is it just take headlights from a c4 with xenon and it will work? Or is it a big project?

Hi all,
I have been following this forum for some time 'in the background', a wealth of info and help. =D>
The time has come for me to part with my 2008 C5 X7 Tourer 2.7 hdi exclusive as I now have a company car, I have had it for 2 years now, bought it from a main Citroen dealer (workshop manager used it)… but I am finding it so hard to put a...

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I need some advise here.
After installing the new heater flaps and assebling everything again, I experience the problem that there is fukl heat and the blower constantly a gentle supply of hot air through the floor nozzles.

All settings i made at the climate control panel are shown correctly at the display, but nothing happens, no matter...

Does anyone have any info for removing the rear bumper cover?

Could I ask for advice on towbar electrics please?
The connector picutured below looks as though it is for a dedicated wiring kit, is that correct? If so does it need to be enabled via Lexa 3 as there does not appear to be any power to it. I went through all the lighting options with a multi meter but none of the pins were live when the lights...

My C5 X7 2.0i Auto has been making a bit of a whining noise of recent weeks which my wife, whose hearing is better than mine, tells me is getting worse. Today after a drive of only a couple of miles there was a pronounced vibration through the steering wheel when turning left at a junction close to home. There is a strip of cobbles at the junction...

nice to see another C15 still in proper use. Took this pic at a Car Boot Sale, with Vanordinaire in mind, fella was keeping it really nice; said for the running cost of it, just makes sense. Believe this one's the 1.9DW.

Also noted an LDV in the car park, what we'd've called a 'Sherpa' in the day, looking well used, was surprised to realise...

Bit of a long post but here goes.

Recently I've noticed a few drops of oil under the gearbox when parked for a few days, the leak was traced to the valve block cover, specifically the section between the cover and the oil cooler.

With the help of Marc, the appropriate gasket was found and I got hold of some 'Hylomar Universal Blue jointing...

es9j V.6 engine on my Activa:

Battery charge light comes on below 3.1/2 rpm
Goes out over 3.1/2k for a sec or two then back on again. It will not stay OFF if I hold the revs at 3-4k rpm
Belt not slipping, good tension
No LHM dripping onto alternator
All wires in good condition on the alternator

There is a short burst of charge when it hits the...

Have a look at this video and see if you think the play in this is excessive?

(new link should work)

Cheers

I wonder if this was related to a fuse box issue? Can't tell from the plate as it is in Europe somewhere I suspect.

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Walking through Chippenham this morning checking for books and in the Julian House charity shop there are Haynes Manuals for a Xantia MK1 and a BX, £2.00 each if anyone is interested

Hello all

Yesterday when I was driving I noticed the check engine light was on and the service light was on too. And I thought that's odd, it didn't beep and come up with a message on the display .
Shortly after noticing that, the car started to vibrate quite a bit, and idle was rough, got the car home - as I was in the middle of nowhere and...

Good evening after a beautiful day in Mullion Cove Cornwall : )

More problems with the C5 : )

For some reason the drive belt for the steering pump, alternator and air conditioning pump has jumped three groves : )

This on both the steering pump and the alternator, but not the air conditioning pump, it is sitting ok on that one.

I noticed a...