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Whether or not DIY cans are banned - I don't know, but while the guy was working on my car, I was chatting to him. I asked him about the cans in Halfords and whether they really worked. He certainly didn't say they weren't supposed to be sold. He did say that there was a danger that too much gas could be put in. At the time he was just waiting for...

Going to give your hand a good work out, but you could always disconnect the hand syphon priming pump under the engine bay.

Took a while, but I did that and filled three fuel cans.

You get into a rythym after a while :D

- Dave -

99 change hands :twisted: :shock: :lol:

i use an electric pump
( from an petrol injection car ) straight into...

Its the Hydractive electrovalve, they often leak from the join where the valve joins onto the main body, there's a rubber seal at the join and/or the valve body being made from aluminium suffers corrosion hence the leak. I don't think the rubber seal is available separately but seals from the main pump apparently fit. Do a search on the forum and...

That's about it. A couple I looked at had head gasket leakage, it only seem to be me that get them, paul apparantly doesnt but in addition to what he says just check for any evidence of coolant residue around the filler cap and overflow pipe.

The clutch bites very high up on mine which is an indication that the clutch is worn but I have had no...

i dont often see any fitted these day,

i spoz you could make some up out of some very thin stainless steel sheet,

have you tried looking on service citroen under BX,

regards malcolm

DickieG,

Ken,

Can the button be seen from inside the car or from the engine bay?

The Citroen Service diagram parts diagram shows the brake doseur valve mounted on the engine side of the bukhead and the operating lever and it's support on the cabin side, so i guess the answer is no. All you can do without dismantling is to make sure that the...

Dont know if this is a factor, but having driven my wife's 406 2.0 petrol with 165k on it then driving a 110 HDI with the same AL4 box with only 90k I was surprised at how rough the latter's gear changes were.

My wife's car is silky smooth in every situation despite its age. I did read somewhere, that the higher torque of the diesel engines may...

It is a manual.

The following day the car drove fine apparantly, so dont know if its an intermittent fault or it was just one of those things (damp etc.)

Gfs were always a good bet for the stuff, was about £25 last time i got some, citroen wanted £58 for the exact same orange 5ltr total bottle :shock:

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Hi Chesterchese

Another Tip is to do the Citrobotics thing that is keep exercising the height control in the car once every so often from middle to high then from high to low it keeps everything moving the problem you had was because the lever is never moved and the linkage seizes up through lack of use also as citronut says make sure you keep...

Thanks for the tips, when I manage to raise the necessary enthusiasm I'll have a go. :)

i dont think so as on removeing the head there is no further evidence of goo than in the kneck of the header tank,

also the over heating fault has been coming up way back before any sign of goo,

regards malcolm

Good you're not taking it personally.

I have found it disappointing that we can't show respect for the effort you put in here, by purchasing more stuff online with GSF.

There are various reasons why that could kill the pump and if it did you would not have a unit to exchange on a recon one.
I can give you a contact for a recon pump at a good price if you need it.
They charge you the full price then give you a £25 refund when the faulty one is returned.

RichardW,

Thanks for that I somehow remembered a way to do it, but needed a nudge.

thanks again Nigel.

yep Pete is correct mate, the trouble is finding faults is a process of elimination checking one thing at a time Take it back to the Garage that did the job asap.

Nigel.

All done. It's like a new car. It's the first fluid change it's had since I bought it in early 08 and it was off the road from the beginning of 09 till March this year. I did give it a new set of spheres shortly after I got it but the murky old LHM wasnt cuttign it.

I'm going to try stretch to a new set again when I change out the hydraflush....

these gear box's have a nasty habit of trowing there toys out of the pram, usualy through the diff houseing :shock: :twisted:

regards malcolm

I'll be going up the M5 to both the CXM and Straford rally. Coleford is about 20m east of Gloucester according to Google Maps. I may be able to help you out, providing you make a donation to the forum :wink:

Drop me a PM.

That reads better now :lol:

I'd only be able to help if the seller was home or able to leave it in a safe place on my way...

thanks for that Andy would LHM be better than a light oil such as cooking oil.

No 2 injector was tight, I know this because I thought it may be leaking about 18 month's ago, so I tightened it up, perhaps in hindsight over tightened it, I also checked the others. No 3 injector nuts were a lot slacker when I took them off but I put this down to heat.
Strangely now I've driven about 200 miles the tempeture gauge which was...

i usualy use 3lt's in an average sized car cooling system,

although you are ment to mix it 50 50 before installing, i usualy pour 1lt antifreeze then water till i have used the 3lt's of antifreeze, then keep topping up with water till the cooling system is corectly full and happy,

regards malcolm

this sounds very cloak and dagger hope you were both in cogg neat o and under cover (very strange goings on):shock: :twisted: :lol: :wink:

We were Malcolm :lol: I was pretending to be a lorry driver and Will (a dedicated XM owner) was driving a Merc. You can't get no more incognito than that!!!!

The only give-away from my point of view was...

Yes, that's what it is - mystery solved.

Thanks for all your help.

Pete

WAG which will no doubt be refuted/corrected by someone who actually crawls under Xantias but I'd be inclined toward thinking that the rod connecting the lever to the rear suspension has come adrift.
Or the height corrector carriage is seized solid.

Assuming the PR is cutting in and out OK, the lack of tick is usually because the non-return ball seating needs re-seating or has some foreign matter stuck in there.

Depressurise it, remove the acc sphere and you'll see a slotted plate holding the said valve in and also one of the spool valves.

Unscrew the plate and give the ball a tap with a...

I've had a look at your link and a few others on YouTube.

I'm reserving judgement for now. My initial thoughts are that it's a bit dissapointing.

The throttle potentiometer sends a voltage to the ECU which represents throttle position. Engine speed is another signal back to the ECU. There's a solenoid actuator at the bottom of the Bosch pump which controls pump timing advance.

The timing angle is adjusted by the ECU depending on engine load.

I had a battle with this system on my old...

hi
yes the car looked looked like it had only 42 k
service history ,clean as a whistle under the bonnet
steering wheel and pedals no wear on them
i just didnt fancy it breaking and having an expensive repair bill

so in the mean time no car until monday then ill go and pick the new beast up guess what it is

yep another C5 06 2hdi estate see...

ok finally found the damn thing, it ISNT the large orange relay - (i think that may well be for the intermittent rear wiper - i didnt check) it is a large blue relay situated at the deepest point below the fuse panel right above where the drivers toes are.

You need to remove the plastic housing around the fuse box, which is no big drama as it...

The earliest Citroen RF sets that I am aware of are the Mk2 XM ones introduced in mid 1994.
These were effectively hard coded as complete sets and not reprogrammable or capable of making up as mixed sets.
Only paired working Plips and receivers can be swapped between cars to get working results.
Some of the later types of Citroen RF sets use...

Nope, not me! :lol:

I will check for clearance friday weather permmiting.
I will bet on a broken valve, still its no loss as we have parts to repair it with.
Check out my dispatch fuel pump update :lol:

atr , I didn't remember that we have the same engine type :) similar issues :wink:

Here's pic of alternator. You can see where the 2 long bolts are:

Alternator type code is on the sticker but if it's unreadable then I 'll give the code from mine which might be same.
Valeo A13V1101 , It night be helpful when you have to check from cross...

Spoken to my neighbour this morning and as suspected someone has dropped a clanger and is now suffering charachter building abuse for it :lol:

Agree on the clean thread plus grease recipe - what a difference it made for mine.

I used waterproof grease, rather than moly or wheel bearing types.

The pinion valve can be changed in-situ with the car on axle stands. It's a supreme fiddle but no need to remove the rack. As long as the car is SUPPORTED VERY FIRMLY high enough off the deck so you can lie comfortably under there's no problem.

I know this to be the case as Xac and I have done an in-situ pinion valve swap on his 1.9TD. Somewhere...

Very interesting special tool :) :wink: I think I'm lucky that mine is not so difficult to release.
While rotating it with right hand, I have the allen key ready in my left hand for locking.

Anyway your main purpose was to remove alternator.
As far as I remember, in mine the tensioner had to be removed completely.
I think it was because of the...

Thanks for the reply Xac,I think ill fit a new connector block or insulated connectors as what you have done & hopefully solve this issue.

thank you for taking time to answer a stupid question. just had a close look at it and it is obvious which way it goes.

whats that on its edge :twisted: :lol: :shock: :wink:

regards malcolm

Its each to their own Chris when it comes to how firm a ride is acceptable, I look in horror at the current trend of VW's being lowered to their bump stops then burst out laughing as the occupants bounce up and down on their seats.

As an aside on that point a friend of friend who has a R5GTT was recently prosecuted for not having sufficient...

According to my handbook, switch off the ignition and press the volumetric button - to the left of the radio volume control - for at least one second.
Warning lamp will be permanently lit (starting to flash as the alarm is armed)
Deactivation will only be effective if the alarm is armed within five minutes of the deactivation instruction. (beyond...

Hi all, no-one has mentioned it yet but are the pads bedded into the discs, a few sessions of heavy braking should guarantee full contact between pad and disc, only if both sides have equal contact area and pressure will the brakes be balanced.
Derek B.

Yes it would be the same thing based upon the standard (non Hydractive) system being entirely mechanical.

maybe the front spheres are getting low on gas so it makes the rear feel softer,

first this would be with car at normal hight and engine running press down on each corner to see if they all have movement,

regards malcolm