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Yes, you have to watch them - it's the same for some of the accessories - I'm on the lookout for another seat headrest coat hanger for the passenger side - first one cost me £35 from Citroen a few years ago and now they are £15 inc. Less than half the price from some other outlets selling genuine parts - prices can change daily and even on the...

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2nd hand clutch/pressure plate anyone - 130,000 miles old

Rhothgar I have a second hand one you can have for £20 (bargain :^o ) just needs a ring on the pressure plate and a new release bearing :lol:

£90 for clutch kit + oil + tools :mrgreen:

After all, it'll be a constant reminder to treat the brakes with care in future ;)

Tell the missus!

I wonder if your problem is at the clutch pedal, on the C5 it has a helper spring to make the load lighter, if that is missing or broken you will not have that effect. See item 8 on the picture.

Did you go down the permanent wiring route?

Just curious :)

Neat!

I've had the Heko ones for over 6 month and they have never flown off yet. I did manage to brake one when fitting and in the process slice my finger open quite deep. Some times the wind catches and come back down (about 5 times in 6 month) Other than that they have been great.

That's good to know and what I had hoped. A new strut v one that has done over 115000 miles aren't going to perform in exactly the same way (or are they?!), so I shall wait and see if the new one settles as you suggest it might.

Thank you!

Thanks Sam

According to the My Cars info aramsay has a 2.2 HDi. So, yes, it's H3+ suspension.

Be aware too that the computer engine oil level indicator that comes on for a few seconds (when switching on the ignition), will only be accurate after a period of 30 minutes after topping up!

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Quite easy for me, I have to get one that I can afford and can repair - not many of those about now :wink:

Peter

Sea gulls are 'Mariners Birds' and thus counted under protected species, Never been a fan, poop everywhere with quite possibly the most corrosive mess going, sweep in and steal your food, make a bloomin awful noise...... AND! one of the little buggers had my cointreau ice cream in st ives some years back, cemented into the list of despicable acts...

And those clips that hold the front panel in place ('a' in picture 1) are amazingly tight.
At the risk of sounding like a girl - when I stripped mine I broke a nail.

I attempted much the same thing on my 405 and concluded that in my case, its nigh on impossible to remove the outer, complete with its clips, without destroying the mirror glass and mechanism.

I ended up 'losing' the clips in the course of removal, and the outer is now held on by half a dozen tiny little M3(?) Stainless Steel Pan Head self...

Good news you've got a fix and thanks for the comprehensive feedback.
I don't know what the PSA policy on software updates are but imo they should be free as are most other computer firmware updates.

Uggg.....my slider has decided not to go over to demist again....I fear a new cable will be needed this time (and some platers for my scratched hands)

Fixed faulty connector. All errors gone.

I did one experiment. I started the car after she was staying still for a day. Before i turned the engine on, i floored the brake pedal couple of times. I noticed that the rear sinks to the full service position, and the it raises up. Next day, also i left the car not driven for a day, i turned the engine without pressing the brake pedal. The car...

In that case i would start looking around the head for temperature senders.

DW10 & DW12 are basically the bare blocks. The other 3 digit codes are slight variations of the complete assembly.
RHY & RHZ are both DW10’s but one is the 90bhp & the other is 110bhp.
4HY & 4HX’s are both DW12’s

Same here, alternator clutch replaced for around £35.

I don't think that you have mentioned your location.

The image link that you have given does not work. You could upload images here, at the bottom of the post editor form is an attachments tab.

You won't be able to drive it anywhere if the suspension settles at the bottom, you will drag the underside on the ground with the slightest bump in the road.

well thanks everyone but family constraints got in the way again but I did manage to get some time away
last Saturday to go have a break from family worries and see some friends I haven't seen for 8 years in Portsmouth,.
I am so impressed with my Mk2 diesel hatch Ive decided to keep her, so sorry to waste your time everyone.

Im pondering now...

I'd just like to add if I may, that I took my 90800 mile used Mk2 Hdi 16 valve C5 hatch Manual,
for a nice journey of 330 miles return trip to Portsmouth from Kettering Northants last Saturday.
Total fuel costs for the return trip £41.00 and I was gunning it on the way home as I didn't get back until 12.30 am.
its my first ever long run on cruise...

Marc - your help is extraordinarily. judging from the picture - it's an assembly, not stand alone parts (and the price of it strengthen that assumption). what's funny - I've been at a scrapper, there were four C5's and that part was already dismantled from the four of them.
Thanx.
Avi

Looking at your picture of the BSI fuses - not sure if this helps - but the central locking (F2) would seem to be permanently on. If you got a hard wire kit - they usually contain a smaller amp fuse for the piggy back.

fuse---------- Amps ---------- supply---------- matching
F1---------- 15A ----------+ batterie --------------------rear screen...

The badges are different!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kenny

That is correct.

It's well hidden under the EGR valve:

However, you need to get some better diagnostics on it before doing anything else!

I certainly never touched the brake pedal (only read about this mod after she had moved on), but the pedal definitely had more travel than in Jim's Activa - which feels much more like I remember Citroen brakes being like from the past, far more like the pedal on a vehicle with air brakes.

Granted, I never drove Gabby after Jim overhauled the rear...

Thank you most kindly :-D

Possibly an air lock in the coolant, a stuck thermostat or if the coolant is at a normal temperature when this occurs a failed temperature sensor.

Also - depending on where you are and how much you were driving at the time, a possible stuck radiator fan.
I just fitted a new one although the temperature wasn't excessive, just slightly above...

The real enemy of easy gear changes on recent 5-speed manual boxes (which are built to very close tolerances) is the often inappropriate use of 75W-90 or 75W-85 gear oil, which is frequently offered as a universal gear oil.

PSA boxes, and ZF too, have for a long time baulked at this heavier oil in cold weather, somethimes making it almost...

The recovery man ran a diagnostic and it came back as faults with all 4 coils and injectors. However, i do not believe this is the fault.

These are classic faults you would get with a faulty main ECU relay, which on this car is an integral part of the under bonnet fusebox.
Are the injectors getting a power supply ? you really need an injection...

All 3 of my MK1 C5s threw up weird warnings occasionally with no apparent failures when checked against Lexia. Serious brake fault was one that I enjoyed more than once.

Yep. Things like this being one of the 'features' of the car that weren't very well advertised by Citroen... :rofl2:

(actually most modern cars do things like this...)

Thanks Marc,

These numbers are most useful!
I spotted the eBay listing a few days ago and checked the dimensions, they are too wide & deep for the ZX recesses.

The other one is far cheaper than most offerings but is out of stock. Reminds me of the old traders joke. 'I can always quote cheaper when I'm out of stock'

Thanks Richard, that’s what happens using Citroen Service on an iPad which I’ve just spent all day setting up!

I’ve deleted that post now, so as not to cause confusion to others. #-o

Hi Andrew, did you ever resolve the super heated seat problem? I seem to have the same problem as the plugs were all disconnected when I bought the car a few weeks ago and obviously it didn’t work. Plugged them in and the seat went super hot even with the switch disconnected and no keys in the ignition. Have had to disconnect again as it drains...

Did you test using lexia? it could be height corrector problem. Lexia will show it front or back. Replace it and problem solved. The contacts in the height corrector depends on the white outer plastic casing to push it onto the copper tracks.
after many years of use the plastic cover become rigid n loose giving intermittent fault. its best get a...

Mike,

It was a P0100 code intermittent air flow, I'll put my lexia on it an see what comes up.

Will check wifes C3 at the same time.

Kenny

Please do send me a PM with an email address as suggested once you have considered the matter further.

Matter considered... PM on way Matthew ;)

Don't reply to it as I have incomers blocked!

Marc that is absolutely brilliant.
Thanks very, very much for looking into this for me and putting my mind at rest about the 'missing' fuel cap sensor. :)

None, accelerometar (knock sensor) was deffect, on osciloscope slow response. After replacing part, procedure for re-learnig pilot injection must be followed. This is described in document I have post earlier.

Thinking I could do worse than to try swapping batteries between cars though I haven't yet looked to see if they're the same (t'other car is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff])
Of course the easy way to check is to look them up on ECP and unsurprisingly the diesel takes a higher capacity and slightly longer battery - and even if they can physically be swapped I'd...