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My 2001 2.0 Hdi C5 suspension doesn't seem to be working anymore. After not driving it for a week I jumped in and promptly broke the bottom of the rear bumper on a speed bump. The front raised once when I used the adjusting switch but now there seems to be no movement at all and I haven't got a clue what to do. Any help please.
Thanks

OK chaps moving on to my next problem....
My back box has started to split down the seam and as I've let it go so far I'm thinking about replacing it rather than bodging it. So far I have had 4 quotes ranging from £146 at Kwikfit :shock: to £80 at a local chain. The first 3 quotes went pretty straightforwardly but the last one asked me whether the...

Hi people,
I hope someone can help me with this one.

I need to strip the rear caliper down to renew the seal on the handbrake actuating lever, but I'm stuck as to how to remove the Lever Stop Post, this has to come out so that the actuating lever can be removed.

As you can probably see from the marks on the stop post I've had a go at it, I...

Hi Guys, new on here so please bear with me!!!

Just purchased a 2001 Syenergie SX HDI which has no digital readout for mileage and the speedo needle is stuck at 90mph at rest but reads up to 120mph while moving!! Are the problems connected ? What is the easiest cure? not worried about the digital readout more concerned about lack of speedo!!

Hi All,

Has anyone looked at try to repair same and removing pin holding the joint together :?:

Kenny

Opened bonnet to find oil everywhere and miraculously the oil cap had lodged on the alternator all the 1000 miles.

It seems okay though. Still had plenty oil-ish.

Had vibration at 70 which was bummer. Had balance checked and our wheel has dent.

'02 110 Hdi, just finally got round to replacing fan after 4 yrs.
old one seized as per normal but is it likely to have blown a fuse somewhere?
so in no order of preference...

is there a separate fuse for this somewhere?
is it worth replacing temp sender, if so, again where am i looking on engine for it?
i tried to get temp up way high but failed...

This is probably elementary stuff, but after nearly a quarter of a century driving fully hydraulic Citroens the conventional brakes on my C5 are nearly as alien to me as hydractive suspension would be to the average Mondeo driver.

My C5 (57 reg 2.0 HDi) had brakes that seemed fine under light braking but the pedal could be pushed all the way to...

hi guys. :) i was just wondering if there was any difference between a petrol power steering pump and a diesel one.........ive found a synergie in the breakers yard but its a petrol model.not sure if its a hdi model or not and weather its a 1.9 or a 2.0.any ideas? cheers guys :)

Has anyone done one of these?

From what I gather you have to remove the back of the seat to route the cables. Any idea where the clips/fixing points are on the frame of the seat?

Mine are leather and I really want to find out more before I start pulling things apart.

The kit I would be trying to install is an XTRONS HD903. I'm sure I can sort...

Hi guys.

I'm having no luck finding out which relays the front fog lights are run through. I had a look at the electrical diagrams and its a damn complicated setup (which would take about 6 lines of C++ on a microprocessor today). The problem is it doesn't tell me where they are on the car.

The basic problem is that the lights don't work. The...

Hi,

I've recently bought a 57 reg C5 2.0 HDi VTR. The other day I was fiddling with the lumbar support and something went twang and now I have no lumbar support which isn't doing my back any good.

Does anyone know how easy this is to fix? I'm prepared to tackle pretty much anything but it would be handy to know where the job sits on a scale of...

I wonder if my temperature gauge circuit board has dry joints as mentioned in the fuel gauge post below?
The gauge doesn't move until I thump the dashboard - then it behaves normally until the end of the journey. When I start up again, even if just a few seconds later, it doesn't move again until the dash thump treatment.
Thanks for any...

Link below. Great to meet you all! Thanks particularly to Jim for his help and advice :-)

Hi, I currently spend around £65.00 a week on Diesel, with my 1997 Xantia T.D. Iam considering running on Veg oil from the supermarkets . Anybody know what sort of savings I might make. cheers Terry.
P.S. probably silly question, but, will this spoil the running of my beloved Xantia? thanks .

right, i'm slowly starting on the great clean of the car, now as a newb to deisel thoguth id best check what bits are best to cover before attacking with gunk!!
generally the engines oily dirty fornm a few previous leak or two in prior ownership, just like to clean it up a smidge!!!
i seem to remember that deisels are better behaved when...

Evening fellow Citroenites, how are we all today???

think have narrowed down the area of the alarm that stops it chirping on locking on the car, (98 S 1.9 TD SX estate)seems if you lock the car normally it'll lock and the lights flash, but it used to chirp! so whilst playing i noticed that if you pop the bonnet lever and lock the car it chirps!...

having trouble trying to find the timing hole on my synergie, is it in the same place as the 306? td 1.9

Hi all,

What caliper is fitted to my Xantia as I have had some fun in getting the right pads :lol: (got the rights ones by checking the pads fitted).

It would appear to have ABS.

Is there any difference between Non ABS and ABS.

Kenny

I want to throw out a general question regarding the carrying of weight in boot over extended period.

I am using car to carry reasonable bit of weight - cant quantify just yet - in trunk. The items will be more or less stored permanently in car and that would mean over night and at week ends when car not in use that the weight will be there....

I am about to launch into tidying up a couple of standard Xantia alloy wheels that have a little corrosion. You know, flaky paint and bubbling corrosion.

Anybody know what the paint colour is? Any recommendations for types of paint?

I am stripping off the laquer and top coat, and will reprime with a self-etch aluminium primer and probably finish...

Hi, I'd be grateful for any advice on any particular items I should pay close attention to when buying one of these - I'll only be going for one with a reasonable service history and mileage (ca 100K) - i.e. not a restoration project!

Thanks

Well I'm possibly trapped in Sandy.
Pulled up outside the bank to drop some well needed dosh in and the gearstick went floppy.
Had a look, got my shirt mucky, and it's 2454F7 that has popped off it's ball socket.
If memory serves, this did it before (but it may have been another one) and Jim glued it back into place. If so it's done a bloomin'...

Afternoon fellow Citroest's!
had a good search around my mk2 td estate but cant for the life of me find the pant code,
RP number and another 3 digit number are on the bulkhead drivers side but no obvious paint codes! (silver mk2 estate down the yard has the normal big letters here but stupidly didnt take a note!!)

is there anyway to get all...

Simple one! Is there any risk in starting/running the car with the alternator output lead disconnected?

I am presuming not, as it seems generally that you can drive a car on a dying battery once the alternator has failed. Correct, or am I misinformed?

Thanks, Adam.

Can anybody advise me as to what P Code 1351 means. The car is running perfectly, or seems to be. I ran a scan, out of curiosity & get this fault. Can anybody advise.

I am troubleshooting some central locking issues, can someone please tell me where I find the sensor which detects whether the driver's door is open/closed? Year 2000 xantia hatch.

Cheers,

Ainslie

Hi, I have a somewhat dilapidated 93 Xantia TD VSX with leather seats, which have worn better than the rest of the car. I'd like to take the seats and install in a 2000 Xantia HDi SX. I believe the floor layout was retained on going from the mark I to mark II so I imagine it should theoretically be possible.

Anyone else out there with experience...

What box does the early C5 2.0 Petrol auto have?

car alarm is going off by its self car you help please

Hi, my 1995 zx s sunroof won t open! When I press the switch either way, I can faintly hear a noise, I guess it s the sunroof motor, but nothing happens. It stays shut! Anybody got any ideas ?
cheers Terry .

why would an xantia be stuck on high no matter what?
also the power steering does not work.

as well as the engine constantly cutting out and the speedometer not working.

I have not really looked at the car yet, but thought i'd arm myself with some info before i do :)

After all the grief with getting the car through its mot and then discovering that it was jumping out of 2nd gear, I decided to polish it up and put it through the local auction complete with nearly 11 months mot
It was gleaming.

Tuesday...no bids at all.
Today...1 bid for £150, and would I accept that?
Told him I could probably get that from...

Hi guys,
firstly have tried a search but came up with over 6000 threads to go through! :shock:
do any of you guys run on veg oil mix for your deisels?? i know you need a bosch pump for this (any easy way to check what pump you have??) and have seen quite a few peeps comment on running veg oil on ebay adds, but just wondered what the legalities...

I've just discovered that the c5 also has the infamous citroen dual control brakes. It might be handy though, my son turns 17 next month, I was going to put him on the insurance for the 107, might do the c5 now, could be safer when he's learning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can someone tell me how to replace this rubber thing please....(if it is possible that is). I assume it is there to prevent bottoming out , don't know what it is called.

Hi can anyone tell me how or where I can find the paint code for my 1998 Synergie?

Thanks Nathan

hi all cheers for your help with the last problem this forum is simply exellent. I have another problem, all of a sudden iv noticed my clutch pedal has gone weird.
On the first 3 inches theres nothing it only disengages on the last 2 inches.
Gears seem to be working ok but iv got to push the pedal right to the floor and if i have the car mat up...

Hi, my daughters c2 has a problem, when the car starts the side and dipped beem come on!!!! it doesnt have auto lights on it either. I can switch it to sidelights only and onto dipped beam and flash the headlights to make them come on.
Does anyone have any ides what could be causing this to happen????
Oh, and I have disonected the - termianl for...

hi guys. i dont suppose anyone has a 97 reg 1.9td synergie n they could messure the width of the power steering pully?.......... :) reason been as the aux belt broke on mine a while ago so i replaced the tensioner and belt..........belt was a nightmare to fit due to been tight.its started to squeek so i decided to take the tensioner off the grease...

It takes longer than normal to start my Xantia.

A quick search in FCF and found some helpful tips.
I checked battery condition by reading with a voltmeter while idling and engine off.
Both readings are good, battery is new, green indicator light is seen etc.

Today I drove to a car battery dealer and they tested battery with a tester.
Good...

The cruise control in my Xantia II 2 stopped working. It was when I was driving on the freeway. At the beginning when I activated it, it worked for couple of seconds and stopped. I checked the vacuum unit that controls the gas throttle in looks OK . The switch on the brake pedal is OK and the relay that supplies power to the cruise control ECU is...

Hello. My Fred has been getting worse at starting in the morning.

I'm having to squeeze the priming bulb 20 - 30 times. Once I do that she starts nicely and will start easily for the rest of the day.

Runs very well though sometimes has a little hiccup when accelerating hard with the air con on (but that could be because I'm not used to air...

Hi

When I checked the level of the LDS fluid, the cap released a load of pressure, lilke taking a radiator cap off. For the next few miles of driving, the suspension was really plush again, now i has gone back to thudding / banging when coming off speed humps, and feeling quite hard at the front end.

Do the spheres go on these, and if so, would...

Got the last one of my four family cars through the test this morning - that's the Xsara with just over 100K on it's clock. Three advisories; the ding in the windscreen that's been there for a few years, a damaged tyre valve and a slightly faulty number plate. So that's it for the year. Four passes first go. Trouble is it starts all over again in...

Hi guys,
Newb to the Xant world here, and after moons of lurking finnally joined up the place to be for Xant knowledge! (according to google!!)

weve got a Xantia '98 1.9td Sx P2 estate and the drivers bolsters shot due to old owner with hip troubles kinda Landing in the seat for a few years!! now have found a full leather trim out of an...

hi all! another question for you techy bods!
is there a list available of CD multi changers that are compatible with the std head units in the Xantia??
head unit has cd control but is only a tape unit, be nice to keep the steering controlls rather than change complete head unit (will do if no joy)
beleive it to be the clarion unit?? - handbooks...

Got the Xantia through the MoT, but what a fluke!

For over a month I could not get one rear door open, despite almost a full day, on-and-off, trying everything.

Then, three hours before the MoT appointment, I got it open again, albeit without central locking. Tried it three or four times, opened and shut ok.

Passed MoT yesterday.

Today the...

The rear suspension arm bush (offside) on my Synergie has failed. It has done about 270,000 miles so I'm not complaining.

Has anyone changed one of these? What's involved in the job? I can get the bush but cannot find any info about changing it, or any tool to extract the old and insert the new.

I would have had no worries on my old CX, but this...

Hi, just about to change (this weekend) my Xantia gearbox oil. A friend has just said , it s really difficult to refill after you have drained it. He says, there is no room to fill it . Is this correct? cheer Terry.