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On one of the CDs will be a series on screenshot images showing how to install it, including use of the keygen that's also on a disc received.

Excellent find!

Relay vans seem very common.. The engine is pure psa stuff.. If its an 8v then xantia/c5 mk.1 type but on 06 plate it could be a 16v head which so far the engines have prooved well. In the cars its the fuel tank pumps that fail and everything elsr around the cats... So id guess at it being very good... The van itself is actually a fiat van in...

Hi all,

Have just had news from the garage that although the cambelt needed changing the noise was coming from the crank shaft pulley. It also needed a new water pump ( as is HDi).

The parts were ordered today and should be finished tommorow.

Thanks for advice everyone. I managed to get it to the garage before the tensioner or crank shaft...

buy the horse :) ooops missed that :)

Hi Colin

How right you are, blue relay tucked right up under the metal frame that holds the green relay and all you can see (with a torch) is a screw head, once the screw in removed you need to curl your fingers and push up the relay so the fixation tab clears its slot then carefully tease the relay down so you can remove it from its socket, what...

Thank you for the advice, much appreciated.

Half inch off the end and a new clip and the jobs a good 'un, thanks for that. I must see if I can find another pipe in a breakers, the very idea of over £100 caused a severe spasm in the wallet pocket :shock:
Thanks again,
Derek B.

I've had two leaks from the pump now. The first was from the pipe you can see in the first pic. Tried to tighten it but just made it worse. Took and it looked fine. Refitted it and I had a green fountain! Ended up buying a new pipe from the dealer and fitted it. Noticed a couple of the clips were missing so 'found' some. No more problems there....

Mine's a 1995 SX model and came with steel wheels with the plastic wheel trims with eight holes around the rim. Good looking trims and they never seem to come off as they're held on by the wheel nuts. The handbook shows these as standard but gives several different tyres sizes as options for different rims. I've used an online program and the new...

glad your sorted and hope you got loads of brownie points from the GF,

i usualy for the bolt before fitting the cable into place, this way the pedle is kept in position better,

and if the clip is half in it shoud not need any force to push fully home,

regards malcolm

To the OP: Where were the Lemförders made? I'm curious.

I'd be surprised if you can't buy generic boots to cover for any splittage incurred in separating the stubborn joints.

As a two hammer fan, I prefer one lump hammer as a stopper and then a regular hammer the other side.

Money is tight at the moment. Don't want to put new sphears on if they don't need doing. Is there any experinced citroen mechanics in my area that i can throw a few bob at when i have the money. I live in highbridge, near burnham on sea.

Hi, Iam just about to change an O ring in the Hydraulic pump on my S1 Xantia . Do I need to put suspension on high and depressurise ? cheers Terry .

To depressurise you do it with the car on LOW :)

Here XAC, why aren't you using Malcolm Lockwood, he is pretty good on prices, gets good quality parts, usually OE supplier and sends the stuff PDQ. And what's more, he knows what he is talking about. PM me if you neeed his number.

Addo, you guys that live upside down are used to paying for parts in telephone numbers. Did you not know that most...

Something I have learnt quickly about my recently purchased Lexia is that it really likes to try your patience!

Mines likes to install the USB lead every time I use it and that gets it working fine. There maybe drivers on the disc which I have not found yet.

As for it saying its already running, I have had this and a restart of the computer...

The spheres dont appear to be in great condition on that Xantia, it should be so much better over there :?

If you had removed the calipers and swaped sides you would have saved a fortune.

DickieG

I have a feeling we both might come unstuck with removing the catalytic converter on the exhaust system, there was something recently about a new testing rule that if the car was built with a cat it has to be on the car at MOT time, apparently its just a visual check so you could buy a cheap cat cut it open remove all the ceramic bits and...

There's me getting fixated on the suspension :roll: #-o #-o :oops:

Petrol / Diesel ?

If its an XUD check this >

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Hi All

Well ive had the new ball joint and a new drop link fitted yesterday at the garage i use regularly and i pointed out this bracket to the mechanic and he said there was no problem because the pipe is securely fitted there anyway and will not move to cause a problem and will not effect an MOT i asked him as he also does pre MOT checks so he...

5 watt, capless (ie. it just pushes into the holder). You have to twist the holder a bit to remove it from the headlamp unit - dexterous fingers useful here!

As DickieG says, maybe a blackened bulb, in which case soon to give up the ghost. Could also be a bit of corrosion in the multi-plug/socket at the back of the headlamp. I'd go for simply...

Well, that's good news Jim.

I guess we all have trouble at times, tracing noises to their real source.

At least you no longer have to drive with your head stuck in the boot :lol:

or you could fabricate a citro blood deflecter from an ice cream tube, to place between the alt and H/P pump, mind you eat the ice cream first, and it has to be a decent cornish variaty :shock: :lol: :wink: ,

also if your clever you could make it so it not only protects the altanator, but collects the citro blood and returns it to the tank :lol:...

*Not kidding, I used to be a male escort
Ah so you were born in Halewood, I must say I hadn't noticed any trace of a scouse accent.

Hi all

Mine did the same seeattached link was a winner in the end.

kind Regards Jim

Excellent stuff Jim, delighted it's resolved :D

Yep, 9mm spanner on the accumulator Mike. Sorry for the berevity, sending this from my phone....

If anyone suffers from riding the brake in an auto it's dead easy to cure. Just keep your left foot tucked under the edge of the seat and behind your right.

I'm a bit long in the tooth chaps :) I got to threatening to cut their b**** foot off.

I'm not too familiar with the latest boxes having been brought up on Borg Warners, GM Powerglides and...

Thanks Jim, i will have a look

Could it be a break in the wiring loom, but my revearsing lights and top brake light were not working either on my estate.

Thanks you i will do that.

Thanks for the replies!

Unfortunately the question is now purely academic as they were too cheap and have been snapped up by some other lucky soul!

Thanks.

Torq

Not worried some slightly hazy person with the munchies, will mistake it for a gherkin?

There's nothing edible in my workshop Adam :) If anyone mistakes a piece of silicone hose for a gherkin then that's their outlook...

Be a bit chewy I reckon :P

Only the spiders seem to think there's a bountiful feast in my workshop..

Good work on your...

Hi, most impressive will be the weight-saving (it'll be a configured as a two-seater and other mods will help), power-boosting (induction and exhaust and fuelling, so modest admittedly!) and increased control the mods will bring; we are fitting a twin-fan set up with manual override switch, temp gauge, lights on (dim/dip/spots/fogs) LED warning...

That'll be fine Dave, The treads does not look too bad to me and as long as the dent is filed and the pump will fit very snugly in the cradle then all will be fine...

When doing the thread, the most important thing is that the nut can be done up moderately tightly and that it will hold. Diesel pumps vibrate a lot and any nut that's not well dome...

The other part I'm not comfortable with, is that fuel system cleaner type products usually offer a fairly shallow/shortlived fix. Prolonged use may create longer lasting benefits, but the cost of this probably exceeds £110!

In other words, presuming the fault was diagnosed on a Lexia - and not a generic scanner which may have misrepresented the...

I believe the size quoted is for the diameter of the bit you are trying to grip ie socket bit that screws into the rack, on the Xantia this is about 33mm IIRC. The track rod itself has to pass through the smaller hole on the the cam type tools, looking at the photos I thought it looked too small, hence my e-mail to the Laser technical people....

Thanks Dnsey,

Will get on to hopefully this weekend.

Kenny

Hmm, I don't think so, I'll have a look though. I wondered if it was a common thing as all three of the Xantia's I have owned were noisey, even with nearly new wipers.

It doesn't seem like three years...

RIP Alan.

How about an Activa convoy up Zig Zag Kev????

Gosh, that would be a trip ... Ill try and make that if it goes ahead :)

Engine removal is not hard. So long as you have a crane. One great thing about the Xantia is the engine/gearbox is well designed to come out as one easy unit.

Basically, disconnect exhaust, remove driveshafts, disconnect selector cables, remove clutch slave cylinder, remove rad/intercooler, disconnect electrical plugs on the inner wings,...

i have to say my activa was really undriveable as the misting up was so great i had to drive with the windows open (it was raining) and the demister on full. not a good experience, after that the car got parked up.