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Hi, has anyone had experience with replaceing chrome door trims? Every Citroen I`ve had has suffered with manky trims!
It measures about 16mm X 3mm, so its not so bulky as the XM, and looks fairly straightfoward!
Any idea where I can get about 4mts? the curved fronts are OK.
I`m not going to robdog Citroen!!
Thanks, Dave.

Hey ya'll!

Iv'e just bought a Citroen ZX that's an MOT failure, I'm no mechanic but like to have a go, every now and again something really stumps me though.
Here's my story...

The car's failed on a few things, one being the horn. I was told there were troubles with the immobiliser so it was disabled also rendering the horn useless. (Stupidly) I...

Afternoon!

I've been advised by addo from memory that the OE supplier of brake discs for a S1 Xantia is Brembo.

Question is -

Has anyone ever bought OE discs from Citroen and do they have any stampings on the discs to state Brembo or otherwise?

I have been offered some cheap discs all round for the Xantia so was going to try it to a belated...

Hi, Iam wondering what the life exspectancy of track rod ends and drops links on a car. I have owned my series 1 Xantia for three years, should I be cosidering changing any of these items , cheers T erry . p.s. I travel 24000 miles each year .

Anyone know how to remove ZX bumper trim/insert ? Tried from the front but looks impossible without damaging the trim. Do i need to remove the bumpers and do it from behing?

The chrome insert has gone manky so i'm thinking of painting them black :)

I went to the petrol station last night and put £20 in my c4 and the gauge never showed the petrol just added ???
Only the petrol that was in it already ???
Any idea`s my citroen friends #-o

Hello friends, I've also got a Depollution Fault on my 1600 VTR 56 plate on petrol, and could do with some help reading the codes, I'm in Birmingham and I don't mind treating you to your fav drink as a thank you.

I'm just at my wits end trying to sort out my car when I'm unemployed and have been for the last couple of months. So things are tight...

Need to change out the front discs and pads on my long suffering X2 110.
Any recommendations on particularly good deals please ?

hi people well last week the suspention burst a pipe on my c5 2.0 hdi 2002 so taken it to the garage n had it repaired at a cost of £310 :( n then the mechanic told me that i have a anti roll bar link totally missing on the front drivers side (previous owner must have removed it) so im just wandering if anyone caqn tell me where the part thats...

Hi all, ok finally found time to retreive the codes...any help re these would be greatly appreciated. My gearbox when sitting in N/P for a while goes into limp mode.....

AL4:

intermitten fault - pressure regulator - code 06

- modulation - code 76
electrovalve output short circuit to +

- convertor lockup - code 71
electrovalve short curcuit...

I need the part number for the Radiator of my ZX Turbo Diesel 5 door manual, it was first registered 12th May 1993, RP 5910.

Believe it or not when I went to collect the Slip ring for the Xantia today the radiator on my ZX TD gave up and is losing water badly to the extent I had to top the water up after a few miles at a garage and return home to...

Xantia steering goes stiff intermittently seems better in the wet any ideas what is causing this? :?

Interesting MOT, Failed on front No. plate(passed last year), blocked washer jet(passed last year, and have been asking them to blow it out for the last 4 years), and drop link ball joint dust cover deteriorated.
For the drop link they want to charge £10 ish parts and £70 labour. My local Citroen indy wants £30 parts(OE), and £20 labour.
The...

Hi

I think one of the GPs is out on my S2 Xantia TD as all of a sudden its coughing a bit and smoking for a few seconds on a cold morning start.

Changed these on my BXs, but access on the Xant looks terrible! Can hardly even see them.

Do I need to remove the turbo piping?

Better to remove with the engine hot or cold? (reason for asking -...

:cry: This relates to Xantia 1.9TD Automatic, an ageing queen from 1997 with 150K miles on the clock.
I have had this car for about twelve years, lately the windscreen gets misted as soon as it is driven.
I suspect it is the infamous heater matrix, its heat output is also poor.
Having read some matrix related threads I gather it is not a quick...

My traffic master keeps telling me that my license has ran out , how can i turn traffic master off?
Thanks .

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, or has been covered already but just a quick note before I walk out the door to work.

Are pm's working.

Someone has mentioned in a thread they tried to pm me, but could not. I tried to pm them back and got the same message.

See below.

Cheers

- Dave -

One or (possibly both) of my front wheel bearings is starting to get noisy. Are there any tricks tips in the replacement process? Specifically how do I get the circlip off?
Also should the impending bearing failure noise dissapear when loaded going round the appropriate bend? All my other bearings have, but this one/these don't go quiet.
I'm...

Hi
My newly acquired 2004 berlingo 1.9 starts first time however the engine is rough when started first thing in a morning. I started it today and immediately revved it to 1000 rpm however after a few seconds the revs dropped (foot still on throttle) and the engine was rough, as though it had lost a cylinder. I revved it again and it was smooth,...

Hello to all on French Car Forum,

I am after the help or advice from members who have presumably been here before!

I have recently purchased a Citroen Xantia 1.9td 1999 S reg but have noticed a hydraulic fluid leak from the front left hand side of the car. Having now removed the wheel arch liner I think I have found the culprit, a solid pipe...

Can anyone help, I've just got my lexia installed and activated and it seems to connect to my C5 2.0 HDI ok and reads the VIN OK but then it prompts me to enter the RPO ? I'm probably being stoopid but what is the RPO? Software doesn't let me go any further :(

The lexia software version is at v5.31.

Hi can anyone tell me the size hydraulic pump o ring, its the large one, 36 or 44mm Pt No 402686. Citroen wants over £10, and wont sell me less than 10!
Are these measured in or od?

Thanks Dave.

About 2 weeks ago I managed to dislodge the red LED alarm warning light from it's position next to the digital clock, on the dashboard. The plipper's not worked for a while so I don't think it was even coming on.No problem,just a hole where it was.This may or may not be connected to the following.
Yesterday, the battery was momentarily...

Pants.

Soooo, 1996 Xantia 1.9TD Estate with Bosch injector pump...

Having replaced the timing and axillary belts I noticed that the Bosch mechanical injection pump was starting to vibrate/shake/shudder badly, (shake back and forth, toward and away from the engine), at tick-over. Kind of like it's hit it's resonant frequency.

I thought I'd...

Hi Guys,

My pump is out of alignment with the rest of the Aux belt pulleys.

On fiddling this morning it would appear the spacers are preventing it to sit correctly

Item No 5

Has anyone any suggestions, i was thinking about reducing their size or changing the type of 'nuts'.

Kenny

hi it's me again
we have a 3lt v6 c5 on a 02 with 71'000 on the clock
just tried getting some prices for cambelt change around here and nearly died
what sort of money am i likely to look at as have been told between £550 and £700
this seems awful high to me or is this normal
thought we had got rid off the money bin when we got rid of the pajero...

Hi all

I've got a couple of questions that are unrelated to eachother.

My old 2.1TD has been going well with my mate, the only problem he's had so far is his heaters have stopped. It's an early S2 car so I understand it should have the uprated circuit for the ignition switch, also - the heated rear window always works.

He mentioned today that...

Hi, just noticed a leak of coolant from underneath the radiator,yu uk ! it s not coming from any hoses . will this mean a new rad ? if so, how difficult is it to replace cheers Terry .

Xantia non-hydractive.

I'm getting a rattling from the front axle on the Xantia that experience suggests is the anti roll bar links but I've tested these by 'feel', car parked, having someone rock the car and couldn't detect any movement at all.

There's no detectable movement at the lower ball joints either and a very tiny amount found at the...

Hi All,

I've got the wiring diagrams for the 1.9TD 1998 for A/C and electric fans.

What are the differences between 1.9TD and 2.0 HDi :?: and has anyone got a diagram.

Kenny

Hi Guys,

I'm about to replace 2 hydraulic pipes that are coming out of the ABS block on an S2 Xantia and on another S2 Xantia I'm about to replace the entire ABS block.

Does this block need to be bled to remove any air in any specific way or is bleeding the brakes enough to suffice?

Thanks

David.

Hello friends, I've also got a Depollution Fault on my 1600 VTR 56 plate on petrol, and could do with some help reading the codes, I'm in Birmingham and I don't mind treating you to your fav drink as a thank you.

I'm just at my wits end trying to sort out my car when I'm unemployed and have been for the last couple of months. So things are tight...

hi all i am new to the world of Citroen i have just got us a c5 3Lt on a 2002 the car is running great
my last car was a pajero (import)
the small problem i do have is the software for a vdo dayton navtech i have been every where but no one seems to wont to know(to old)
are there any updates or maps around the map that is with car is home made...

Hello

Nice to be here again. I have little doubt!!!

There's a simple way to know the condition of central Hydractive spheres? The bounce test on the corners is the suitable for themselves, but how to distinguish which of the three sphere per axle (hydractiva) is not in good shape.
I.e the corners spheres are very well, how can be noted that...

Hi this another problem with my Series 2 Xantia HDI when I put the heater control to demist a light flashes in the temrature gauge and a stop warning lights, the temprature is normal and the radiator fans are running what could be the problem,
PS I still havnt solved my Battery draining fault which you might have seen for the last few months
allan

Back trying to find my wife a car and now looking to a Xsara. This would be a good choice for me as I would then only have HDI engines to work on so making life a bit easier. The car would have to be an automatic, I have found a couple here in France so it is a possibility, as usual a minimum 3 hr drive to view so before I do that.....

Reason I...

Hello all,
The bloody thing hasn't been happy about starting these past couple of days and I was wondering if the preheating relay circuit fault could be rectified and if so how? Is that usually a relay problem, and if so which relay is it? Or does that fault come up to signify a fault with one or more of the glow plugs? My glow plug light only...

Normal for the brake pedal to be low. It's only an ornament to make the Xantia look like an ordinary car! The clutch should have 6 inches of travel (150mm in funny measurements) and can be adjusted at the gearbox end of the clutch cable by slackening the locknut and adjusting the inner nut to get the requsite travel. Use a breaker bar with a mark...

Hi all, new to the forum so bear with me.

I've been driving for well over 22 years now and tried so many different cars from Merc's, BMW's, Volvo's and most VW Group cars.

The most unreliable car I ever owned was a VW R36 Passat believe it or not.

So I come to my latest car which I have now owned for a year, done over 22k miles and can honestly...

My car is a Citroen C5 2.0 HDI 2004.I have got and fitted the CC stalk , I have bought a Lexia 3, I have tried the Lexia on the car today all working well. On the Lexia the cruise control is switched on in the BSI ( I think )and i can see the C.C switch working on the Lexia ,I have been out and tested the C C but it is not working.
I think that...

Does anyone know where the fuel pump is, if it is easy to change and how you do it please........I'm not a car person but am trying to learn without the workshop manual that isn't available for my car.

As my current C5 has experienced severe loss of compression on one cylinder, cause still to be diagnosed, and I have no time to investigate at present, I'm looking to replace it.
I've found a 2004 (facelifted) 2.0 HDi Exclusive at a good price, but some distance away.
Just so I'm prepared, can anyone confirm if this model will have a particulate...

Anyone know offhand where exactly the reverse switch is located on an 04 2l HDI auto C8? There's no reverse lights when its put in reverse. Stuck the multimetre on the bulb holder and its not getting power when reverse is engaged so I'm guessing the switch. Can get on for €25 delivered so not exactly the biggest gable in the world :-D HAvnt gone...

Hi,

New to the forum decided i better sign up as every time i searched on Info for the Zx i endud up here :-D

Just put new Shoes, Cylinders and pipes on the rear of my 1.9td but noticed that the self adjusters are incomplete on both sides, The rear brakes seem o.k as far as i can tell but the handbrake is very poor (better than it was though...

Couple of nice lots on ebay at the moment, sure someone will be interested
Leather seats
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Hello,

Just looking for a bit of advice regarding changing the power steering pipe on a S2 xantia with a/c. Any hint's or tips from anyone who has changed one before?

Regards, Rob

Whilst I have the radio code, is there any reason why I cannot charge the battery on the car? I have seen the performance with C5's and don't want to upset anything else. The car is an auto and has been stood for 3 months, although it has been started regularly to keep the oil circulating.

Keith

Hi all I am new and wanted some help,I do not want to reset the service trip I want to reset the trip next to the mileage at the bottom of the central dial,I have the handbook but it only tells you how to reset the service trip,I am sure it is simple :-D like me but I am beat,I saw some old posts but could not be sure they were for the service...

Hi guys

I am restoring the ZX to prime shape. Fixed the gearshift linkage, a few leaks thru the aerial and near the ventilation grille (dumb Ex ran a red light and got hit on the side, too bad the ZX is such a good car and she was unharmed, it could have spared me from the divorce cost :mrgreen: ) so after the shop work, there were some screws...