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The two cases I refer to involved my XM estate and my sons P100 pick up. The XM suddenly lost all glow plugs when I was working on it, I removed the relay and found one lead had broken off, I crimped on a new tag but couldn't get the nut undone as it had been 'cooking' for quite a while. I eventually got the nuts off and fitted new tags but having...

the c3 i have been talking about belongs to my daughter. she told me yesterday that when she had a belt fitted the garage also replaced the alternator, so i am now thinking maybe they fitted the wrong one, but if this was the case would the car start at all

Heated mirrors were standard on SX models and above so VSX, Activa and Exclusives as well.

If the battery keeps going down within a few days power is leaking away somewhere, boot light stuck on, dodgy aftermarket alarm maybe or some of the Citroën electronics faulty or of course the alternator diodes popped.

As a guide, the standing current on a Xantia with the ignition off is around 50mA.

I've used a good old-fashioned AVOMeter in...

Dave that's excellent news :-D :-D :-D

Now it's definitely scrap! :(

Not necessarily. Where did it spring a leak from Steve?

i agree with Gingerposer check with a local motor factors as the price should not be much diferent to the first one,
and that second seems priced quite high,

regards malcolm

:)

I've got a S1 Xantia and the lights aren't great. I uprated the lamps to the Nightbreaker ones off eBay and they are much 'cleaner' but not a great deal brighter. I know the problem is the voltage drop. Between the battery and the lamps there is a 2 volt drop. Need to sort this with a new feed and relay. I find the most important thing is keeping...

Pah.. Nice and low that... Ive a td sx xantia with 240k... And my current hdi xantia has just 194k on it and just passed another mot yaaaay...

Paul

My but I'm jealous of your postage system! And pie shops....cake shops...B&Q....

Two small bulbs in the heater controls. You have to unclip and remove the black cover on the top to get at them. A bit fiddly but it isn't too difficult. I found that you had to move the heater controls into a certain position to get them out.

Mine weren't working for months until I got round to doing it!

Could also be a duff sensor for the rev counter. The old type of cars had the rev counter hooked up to the coil for a signal.

My 1.9D does run at about 80 on the gauge in colder weather but takes a long time to get there. I have replaced the thermostat in the past year which seemed to make little difference. Does it never get up to 80?

Hi Jim

I did that once in Tesco's, must have been about two gallons on the floor and it continued to run out all the way home, people were flashing me. :oops:

It wasn't a Citroen but a BMW, same principle though. I had just fitted a new fuel pump and hadn't got the large rubber seal around the top of the hole in straight, a lot of fiddling and...

update - turned on daytime running lamp option, seems to work - incidentally, auto headlight cannot be activated or deactivated using LH stalk push button.

now i need to turn on the footwell lighting option (when doors are opened) - for some reason it disabled itself when i was fiddling with BSI configuration/learning. does anyone know where i...

Welcome rocenante :-D

You won't do better than an HDi. Excellent cars...

Be interested in the outcome here too. Have a 2001 Xantia HDi 110bhp on 89k which, surprise, surprise, started flashing its STOP light and temperature light at me last Monday.

Ran the car for 20 mins and local garage did too with no signs of rising temperature (sat around 96deg) although fans didn't cut in. Idled fine. However, the flashing...

Sometimes it amazes me the amount of knowledge in this forum :) =D>

Thanks, comments are appreciated :)

good stuff Dan, a satisfying job, replacing a rear abs sensor.. in the end :)

find some gravel or you may get some ice soon ;) sure it's all fine now if the light has extinguished..

good luck for MOT..
John

Standard T16S is bad enough - hilarious fun, but relaxing? No. Lag, wheelspin - in 4th in the wet if you really try. Sweet handling, unless you get boost mid corner. Heh, no, definitely not. I've had a couple. Standard T16S is bad enough - hilarious fun, but relaxing? No. Lag, wheelspin - in 4th in the wet if you really try. Sweet handling, unless...

Is the fan speed control slider functioning correctly ? Mine can be in the off position but can occasionally go into low speed , a spray of electrical contact cleaner may help

Mark

Where is the O ring/sensor located please?
I've noticed that with my heating at max and auto set, the fan speeds up and slows down perhaps 5 times in 10-15 seconds I wonder if this could be the o ring?
Thanks,
Chris

The only time my car has done that is when I had it running with the pollen filter and it's holder not fitted, it doesn't seem to...

Paul,

110 HDi from the handbooks..

ULW 1361 Kg
GVW 1910 Kg
GTW 3400 Kg (Gross Train weight)
Gross Trailer Weight (Braked) 1500 Kg
Nose Weight 85 Kg

So, if you're thinking of towing an XM bodyshell behind a Xantia, forget it unless you have a trailer made of such space age material that it weighs less then 20 Kg...

ha, thanks.

Had a look. all were ok bar F6? Replaced that - working brake lights... two days later and brake lights gone again. . F6 ok now so will check F28 :/

Oh the fun

;)

Thankyou.. That helps a lot...

Thankyou.. Ps. I was aware the v6 were different..

Thanks
paul

Ooops. Confession time. Negative lead wasn't that tight so I think that may have been the problem. It reads 12.5v at rest and over 14v when running so think alternator and battery are ok. Cleaned terminals and clamps so fingers crossed for the winter. Good spot though, I'd have never have checked.

What I really want to understand is whether the ECU updates are on the Lexia CD or are they to be found elsewhere?
It is on my Lexia (genuine ex Citroen dealer) but I can't speak for cloned ones.

Thanks folks, the ebay one is the right one - just found a place here called AEP who also have them for a similar cost.

if they are rubber dust covers they just pull off with you finger ( who mentioned finger [-X ),

sometimes they are plastic and you might prize them off with a screwdriver,

then the diaphams you need to gently prize off the alloy retaing rings,

regards malcolm

Any good factors will have relays Terry...

...and a professional crimping tool. I think mine was about £15 - it makes crimping so much easier and you get a neat strong crimp every time.

We used to have MOT stickers but only as a reminder and they were never mandatory. Now, we have a new MOT 'certificate' here and the sticker has gone.

Shame as I think they're a good idea. I believe we should display a tax, MOT and insurance disc...

It's not really necessary to display anything as Plod just types in the Reg no; the PNC provides...

It took about an hour

It must have been a warm day in Scotland :lol: :lol: :lol:

On an HDi I'm quite satisfied to run it until the thermostat opens and you can confirm a nice warm rad all over and a nice warm heater.. That's good enough for me...

Check the water level again after a good run around and allowing the system to cool right to...

I have heard that worn injectors on hdi can cause head or piston damage more readily than old school diesels. Much higher fuel pressures I assume.

Micro organisms breed in old diesel. Happens regular and system needs to be treated with biocide formula.

Unleaded goes off too. I always put my outboard motor fuel in the car at end of season. Start with new fuel the next year.

If it's cheap!

We've had no end of problems with ours (electrical / electronic), and sadly I wouldn't recommend one. But many people have no major issues, and there are plenty of early ones still about, so maybe we're just unlucky.

James

You'll have six spheres Ste, four suspension corners and two accumulators. If you're ticking every 8-10 seconds then your main accumulator (by the gearbox) is definitely low and needs replacing. The other accumulator is known as the ant-sink on the middle of the rear subframe will also be due replacement as they are often forgotten...

How to do...

It's all to do with tracing a central locking fault and knowing where the connectors are.
I'm not sure it does connect to back of fuse box primarily because it shows a wire coming from the fuse box to this connector on the wiring diagram.

Quick query: where are the ends? I wasn't clear from your article Jim - are they on the inside of the front wings ahead of the doors? - I couldn't spot them (in the dark)..

Sorry for the delay in responding Graeme. I was not at all well again yesterday but better today :)

the front drain exits are half-way up the A pillars and exit behind the...

It wouldn't be related to this would it?
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Problem solved!!!

Chucked the newish coil pack on along with some new BKR6's and its not skipped a beat.

Thank God, it was driving me mad.

Thanks for everybodys help.

Nick

Sorry Spliffy... I'm too used to doing this sort of stuff without adequately explaining myself :oops:

Basically, if and only if you find the voltage low on both sides of the brown (MR) ignition switch connector indicating a failure of the BMF2 wire from the maxifuse B you can take a temporary (hence 'borrow') supply from pin 1 (BMF1) of the...

Early 306TD's (old shape pre 97) are Bosch in 90% of cases. After that (new shape) 90% are Lucas if that helps as there should be a fair few of those floating around. The N/A models are Lucas old shape and Bosch new shape but neither of those pumps are suitable as you know.

Good advice. Maybe a sophisticated dyno-tuner would pick it up.

Now, i pulled out the aux cable to 3.5mm plug from the old kenwood unit in the wifes car and tried it on my hu in the xant, sadly it didnt work! Cant remember what it said on the screen though! Something like 'connect'

Its a 51 reg.
Thanks for all th info, I now have a bit more reading to do on the forum!

Problem solved. Fuse f10 blown!
Regards!