French Car Forum

Hello, I am new to this forum but have found many very helpful tips and information which has saved me a great deal of time and money.

I have a rattly noise coming from the lower end on the off side of engine which I have been told could be the pulley which has a damper and when worn could cause this problem.
When I remove the pulley I believe...

Hi,
Citroen C5 SX 2.2L 16v 2001, 122,000mls

Have the first chance today to put the C5 on the Lexia. Cleared the faults and then ran it and it came back with the two faults we though it would. Turbo pressure signal and Diesel low additive level. ie car going into limp mode after 1 mile of driving. There's nothing in the service book for the last...

Hi all,
Im about to attempt replacing my handbrake cable as the old one snapped.
On the end of the guide tube (inside the wheel arch) is a black plastic shroud, should I remove this or does it actually belong to the guide tube?
I havent received the new cables yet so Im unsure how everything fits together.

Very wierd. Lower Rad hose disconnected randomly last night on a short drive in town. Luckily noticed as was pulling into a filling station and saw the clouds of steam pouring out from the bonnet and then the steaming river over the forecourt. Scaled hands later managed to push the fitting in harder & further than any time before and think it...

Hi,

I own a 2003 C5 Estate 2.0 110bhp 8v SX.

I have checked underneath my car and can only find 4 spheres (one near each wheel). Is this correct as I have read some have 6 spheres with a middle sphere on each axle. I cannot find the other two spheres. Does this mean my car has hydractive 3 suspension rather than hydractive 3+ ??? If so what is...

Hi all. Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere before. My 2003 citroen c5 vtr has been playing up with the locking system over the past few weeks. When I unlock the car with the keyfob sometimes the drivers door doesnt unlock which is now nearly all the time or sometimes the passenger door but ive lived with it as I just use the key in...

hi I have just purchased a 2003 Citroen 1.3 Hdi exclusive with the intention of taking it over to my holiday villa in Turkey. I think I may have been sold a Turkey.
The car has done 109,000 and has a good service history. When I picked the car up the seller said he was selling it for a friend who had emigrated. He said that the battery had gone...

Hi all,

After replacing the front brakes my XM decided to say thanks by springing a leak from the curly thin pipe thats attached to the drivers side of the rear axle. I don't have the facilities to replace it, can anyone do it for me? I'm in Stoke on Trent. Help!

Ask Mandrake, as he has done some research on this (for his former V6 'Problem Child').

Trying to troubleshoot why my horn isn't working, following the reassembly of my heater matrix job.

I reckon I need to find the horn compressor relay to check what's going on.

Haynes is no help.

So anyone got a diagram of relay locations for the Mk2 Xantia HDi? Or just tell me where the horn relay is?

Hi I have just bought a MK1 2004 C5 2.0 hdi estate fitted with 205/65R15 tyres.

Can anyone advice me on the correct tyre pressures?

The sticker on the door column says front 2.3 and rear 2.5.

This conflicts with all the online tyre pressure sites which say front 2.3 and rear 2.1

Thanks

Jim

Hi, I'm a new member, and having trouble with my C5 2.0 HDI
I've got to change the turbo, and in the Haynes manual, it says depressurize the suspension and drop the front subframe.
Can I put long bolts in to hold the subframe low enough to release the turbo?
Or does anyone have any other suggestions

Any help would be much appreciated!

thanks,...

Hello everybody, Just joined and hope I can get some assistance. I've bought a '06 C4 1.6 and it will not go into 4th from the D option but I can manually get it ok. There's 71k kms on it. Any pointers would be great. Jim
I tried this and it appears to have worked. I disconnected the battery and reconnected after 5 minutes. The car is going into...

Hello all,
Sometimes the left back door remain open and I am sure is the actuator because it makes a grrrr sound.
The door lock from xantia mk1 is compatible with xantia mk2 ?

Hi y'all. Having run a Fiat Ulysse without any problem for the past 3 years, I swapped it in favour of an 02 Synergie 2.0hdi. However a few weeks in and the dreaded air bag light is on.
It started lasted week intermittently but now is on all the time. I've had a look under the front seats for wires/connectors having had the problem previously on a...

Hi all,

My newly acquired AX with TUd3 lump seems to be a bit noisy. It starts fantastically first turn of the key, makes good power, excellent mpg(why I bought it) and uses no water or oil , but when it warms up starts to sound very tappety. It starts to sound like the top end of my petrol TU 106 as it gets to operating temp and then continues...

Hi,

As for now, service.citroen.com is not accessible from this part of the world, I need help from someone who have access to find the correct part numbers for the following parts :

Idle control valve,
MAP sensor
Fuel Pressure regulator.

My car is 1995 Xantia 2.0i 8v.
VIN number is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]
Many many thanks.

Cheers,
Elan

I have a Citroen c5 2.2 HDI Exclusive 53 plate. It has the depolution warning light on but it has been connected to the diagnostic machine at Citroen and they say that nothing is wrong although the light re appears once cleared. Recently there is a whining noise each time I accelerate, it stops immediately if I take my foot off the accelerator. I...

About a week ago windscreen washer literally died . I have seen how the water went down as if someone has turned off the power from the pump.
After two days the wipers also stopped reacting to the stalk. Normally when you pull the stalk towards you windscreen wash operates and wiper also operates for a period of time.

Tailgate washer works fine...

Hi,

thought this might come in handy for someone, some day:

CITROEN TECHNICAL TRAINING

Presentation of the AL4
Automatic Transmission

Enjoy,
Colin

Good morning everybody,

Interesting observation.

I've just done my regular oil change but replaced 10/40 oil semi synthetic with 05/30 w oil fully synthetic and the rattling tappets I had, have gone :!:

It was always about 2000 -3000 rpm.

Kenny

Just for a quick - I hope - diagnostic for the X7 before next months MOT :?

Hi I have a similar problem to this below( post copied below, new to this sorry), I have been advised its a wrong a tyre confusing the ecu's on my C5 2010 plate, I have no fault codes at all and the car mechanic is a Peugeot/ Citroen trained. he had a similar problem with a car once and got to the point of replacing the whole box for a customer...

Carrying on from Xantos's Engine head thread.
Just what Parts are interchangeable between the Xantia, S2 in my case and the C5?

Heys, have an annoying rattle coming from the front of my xantia which I can't seem to find :(
There is a knocking after coming to a stop after braking. Also rattles when going over some bumpy roads.
Its not the droplinks because I just replaced them along with the wishbones bushes.
I was thinking maybe a cv joint? But there isn't any clicking...

Hi all,

Does anyone know the change intervals for the Dispatch 2.0HDi engine?

I've just bought one with 87,500 miles on it and the previous owner had it from 55,000 miles without changing it, but seemed to think the previous owner had changed it.... :?

Hi,
I'm currently on my 4th Citroen, an xsara hdi estate 90bhp. Its done well, nippy and frugal but its not a comfort to drive. It replaced an xud xantia which was excellent as we all know. Anyway so i'd like to replace the xsara with a C5 estate, which I take is has Hydropneumatic suspension and just looking for some advice about the good bad...

Hi.

My C5 2.0l 16V 2001 (EW10J4 petrol engine) has developed a curious fault that i have not been able to find mentioned anywhere on the internet so i thought I'd ask the forum for its ideas. When coasting to a halt the engine revs sometimes drops very low and stalls. I've had it on an ODB2 reader and the following codes are present:-

P0352...

Hi.Does anyone out there know how to test the brake servo on a 2003 c5 2.0 hdi or check for vacuum leaks in the brake servo system . TY Mark.

Hi all..

Mums C5 had the air con all checked out and regassed yesterday.. however today its still not cold. The compressor still kicks in and lexia reports good gas levels.

However, lexia also reports a sensor fault. Does anyone know what PRECISELY it means..

The error reports: Passenger Comparment Humidity Sensor not Defined

Anyone know what...

Ive developed a fault with my c5 brakes when the car has been stood for a few hours the brake pedal is solid when pressed and the brakes barely work , after letting the car tick over and pumping the brakes for a few minutes the brakes come back to normal im wondering if it could be the servo thats faulty , anybody ouy there had the same problem ?

Hi All,
I know this has been covered in numerous posts, I think I have read all of them! But I still do not have a working plip. Here's what I have found.

Xantia 1.9TD LX saloon registered 08/1997. Has rear brake light in boot. Owned by me for the last 14 years, plip has not worked for the last three.

Both plips show an infrared light through a...

Hi guys,

My 1.6hdi is leaking diesel from the back of the engine, more precisely near to the cam carrier gasket.
My mechanic did not find out what is should be.
Anyone had a such horrible experience like that?

you can see the video on the link bellow.

Thank you all...

I have an '02 C5 2.2 HDi Estate, and just today the clutch pedal went absolutely solid, and won't push down.

I've seen some reference to a pull type clutch lever, but I don't quite understand this workings, and what to look for to fix.

I have the air-box out, but there doesn't seem a lot of room behind the slave-cylinder. I havn't taken it out...

Hello! My old XP-computer died after long time duty. Now I have a new computer but only with Win 7 Ultimate x86. I'm trying to install Diagobox according to the installations instructions I have on the CD. But when I start Diagbox after following the instructions, it stands failed to activate .

How do I get Diagbox to work? I'll use this computer...

Hi there

Im new to the forum and im looking for help with my citroen C5 3L V6.

After refueling I started the car and immediately the car started misfiring and gave me a depollution fault which at that point
I thought it was dirty fuel. After draining all the fuel and refueling the car is still misfiring and giving me the depollution fault
and...

Hi my rear washer does not work on my 2003 C5 Estate, the front works fine. I cannot hear the motor running for the rear but can for the front. I understand both front and rear work off the same pump which attaches to the washer bottle. I today took the nsf wheel off and removed some of the wheel liner to have a good look. I can see the washer...

The car overheats rather quickly bit only at high speed on the highway (160-180+ kmh). This is the only time it does it though. Drive below 160 and it's fine. I thought maybe it could be the thermostat but if that were the case I would expect problems at any speed.

Car otherwise runs smooth, no noises, no lack of power, fuel mileage is great,...

Hi need well hope that's only part i need for clutch pedal as don't always come back to top so give it a poke with toe to bring to top.
how much of a job is it anyway to sort out i think spring is £4 ish if right saw somewhere?

The clutch pedal of my Xsara Picasso HDi 2000 seems to have gone down to the bottom and will not come up. It can only move a centimeter when pressed. This just happened one minute it was fine the next it was like this. I searched the forums and some say its a leaky cylinder but I believe my Picasso uses clutch cables because I had them replaced...

Hi,

Tried to add the temp/pressure display to the RT6 and failed miserably. The trip display (just trip1) was there from the start, can't change to trip2 or current consumption. The temp/tyre pressure page is also not displayed. The mira script values I have currently are:
1.12.193: 1
1.12.194: 1
1.12.195: 1
1.12.196: 2
Tried value 2 for 193/194...

HI,
I have a 2006 C5 2.0 HDI VTR and have been plagued with a rumbling knocking sound mainly from the front offside of the car. I have changed the engine mounting anti torque bar which was worn, but the noise persists. You only here it on poor road surfaces, on smooth tarmac its silent. No knocks etc when going over speed bumps. It's not tyre...

Hi,
Ref: VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]
Does anyone know if the C5 RHR engine has a swirl chamber. Haynes does not mention one and I can't find any mention on Citroen box. I have a fault code P2562 (turbo circuit A)
It has started with the hesitation on acceleration again, 5 months after fitting a new EGR valve which seemed to cure the problem. In desperation...

As the header says when indicating mainly left that intermittently my headlights are coming on when the headlight switch is in the off position (daytime)? I have selected for my lights to come on automatically, but this is annoying not only to me but other motorists! :lol: Any pointers, stalk or sensor? I had it in the garage yesterday for an ATF...

Been trying to work out why there's a little leak under the xantia so a few questions, and appreciate your help in advance.

First question, I riased the suspension to the highest setting and let it settle for a few minutes and checked the LHM window, although looking inside the reservior It didn't look that full.

I read that the brass top...

Hi

Forgot to post earlier; I noticed this wire on the n/s front wheel has been cut. Any ideas what it could/was for?

Your advise and help is needed again one and all .
I have a 1990 Ax 1.0ltr Kway. It had been sitting for a while and I need to move it its two yr C.t (MOT). The rear brakes seized on so the usual tap with a hammer job,I know i need to change the front brakes and moved the car to the garage but the break pedal went straight to the floor and never...

Hey guys,
fitting a new clutch to one of my xantias.
We are just putting it back together now but have ran into a problem.
When I put the clutch cable back onto the bracket on the gearbox it isn't holding pressure & pulling the clutch. (clutch pedal not springing back up either)
I am also sure that the clutch fork is lined up correctly with the...

Bit of a confusing one that title I think, but Height Control Lever is the part name, and it attaches to the front height adjuster and the roll bar (I believe).

Trouble is, after replacing a rather bent and broken one, which is why the front suspension wouldn't work, I am now left with the front suspension all out of whack.

Would any kind...

onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

How could i log in to this?