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Martin

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Yep, agreed, not the most intelligent positioning for a component :twisted:

Whatever it's not right and a 1.9D should not run that hot. It's not good for it.

I'm wondering if the old seal is obstruction it or preventing it fully opening.

Get another seal, get another 'stat, test it and fit it.

It may be the rad is not happy. Is the rad warm all over to the touch when the stat is open?

I value my heated mirrors much more than I would heated washer jets.

Wonderful devices :-D I value my Eberspacher as an essential winter accessory just above them though....

also the judder could be very expensive to sort as it will have a DMF (dual mass flywheel if its the HDI 110 or upwards :evil: :evil:

regards malcolm

Thanks Richard, i can see someone has ben fiddling up there as if i shine a torch up between the subframe and fuel tank there is a corrigated cable sleeve hanging unclipped, a keyhole surgery style poke with a screwdriveer revealed the sleeve to be empty so im hoping its just a case of pushing it back together and replacing some deteriorated...

Just noticed its 5W 40 or 5W 30 oils, I did the service today and i used the 5W 40. If anyone is interested Euro car parts has an offer of 25% off service parts & brake parts. I bought Air, Oil, Fuel filters for the xantia & Air & Oil filter for my wifes Clio and all came to £21.58 !! I did nt buy the cheapest parts.

Spider: thanks; I was hoping that was the case!

Cool. Thanks

The clip fails catastrophically and the drive cables end up looking like a rat's nest :( Basically, one end snaps and then one cable pulls out of it's slot in the clip and all hell breaks loose...

BTDT. The biggest pain was getting the old clip out of the window and the new one in (partly because rewinding everything else was done in the comfort...

Works & looks just the same, piezo crystal typ that produce a very small voltage when it is vibrated.
I think accelerometer is just a bad translation from French.

Cheers, PM sent.

Any shouts??

As a short term fix use a strand unwound from an old fine steel cable such as a throttle cable or guitar string (not being a musician don’t know what key)

High E (the thinnest string) or perhaps the B string. The G string will be just a little too thick for this :wink: (Malcolm, stop sniggering :) )

My cure has been to disconnect the pipe at...

Hi,
My 2005 1.6 Hdi (137,000 miles) broke a valve.

Was this due to cambelt failure?

No, new cam belt at 127K. car regularly serviced by dealer at 10k intervals. I think I was just unlucky!

Been a right week of it - washing machine gave up the ghost to and uneconomic to replace so buying a new one tomorrow!

Shame that you don't live in Nottinghamshire. The couple of 22 year odl students that just won £45 million on the Euro Millions - their washing machine had given up the ghost too! :-({|=

Where to buy it would depend on where you are, I buy mine from Malcolm Lockwood in Bradford, or you might try GSF.

Thanks for the replies. Im putting it on my to do list for when the weather is a bit better. I had to use my motorbike for work (-3c and freezing fog !) whilst the car was in for repair. Not much fun at my age. Thanks again.

I see that that link doesn't work :)

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Saxo, Xsara, C2 or C4 ?? Also what year ?
Need a bit more detail if you want a decent reply.

Oh well my 2.2 seems to be doing ok so far, do 38 miles a day and now on 79k with no pollution faults, fluid last topped up at 50k.

Never really did any homework before buying my C5, I just liked the idea of the larger engine (never had a diesel) and wanted the kit of the exclusive like traction, esp, xexons bla bla bla.

Cannot really help with specifics although I can tell you that the DW8 206 is hydraulic but *only* the majority of right hand drive models, left hand drive models are cable ( as its a mighty short and straight cable :D )

Dispatch / Berlingo are the same van in effect, apart from some badges and trim etc. Like for like should be the same, ie same...

I was worried you'd say that. Trouble is, they probably want stupid money for what's basically a few bits of poor quality rubber.

cheers guys. the coolant should be fine as its just had a new cambelt/waterpump/fuel pump refurb so the coolant was replaced too but i,ll check it......as for the radiator hose i havent felt them to see if they are getting hot but again ill check it out. cheers again guys :@)

Okay caluper knackered. They were done last year so still under warantee BUT I bet the damn labour will be charged.

It transpired that they are reconditioned.

What a nonesense. A bad inherent use o material and design. Pathetic. Both my c5's have had all calipers done. Some crumbled to dust when rubbed.

As I understand it the green 3 dimple spheres and the C5 spheres have the same multilayer, long life membrane.
The 3 dimple marking was only used for the early production batches while the old type membranes were also in production.
With the C5 spheres all being multilayer and having the different saucer shape grey paint was chosen as a cheaper...

I had the same problem with my C5 last weekend but how do you open electric windows with the battery disconnected?

Yes, that was one of the problems I said couldn't be overcome once the battery was flat or out.
It is recommended that the procedure be done in a garage and that the battery be charged for 24 hours so leaving windows open and the...

If you use the old inner steel bearing tube, you can push the bearings out with it, you simply push it against the edge of the bearing (after cutting the plastic tube out) Then use a pair of long nosed mole grips to clamp the tube onto the edge of the bearing. Hit the tube hard with a hammer and it will either drift the bearing straight out or...

Thanks Jim, I'll see if I can swap it with Jenny's until I can order one from Perrys :)

Cutting the Citroen cruciform keys is a bit of a pain.
Being virtually unique to Citroen cars few lockies have the proper cutting machine.
Now Citroen no longer fit cruciform to new cars the key situation will get worse not better.
Ideally the correct two adjacent sides need to be cut as a pair.
The lockies reference point is the nose of the...

I paid £16 from the Main Stealers! - makes it worth calling them once in a while - you never know!

should be ok although i have had what was spozed to be an OE quality one from ECP that still caused the car to fail the emmisions on the re/test,

substanderd equipment comes to mind,

the others to avoid are the universal type you patch the original plug to

regards malcolm

Mike, they really are great pictures :-D That last one of Sam under the Activa with you is a cracker 8-)

It needs a caption: Changing spheres is child's play...

Sadly not an interesting Renault (Megane 1.6 petrol auto 1998) but a good old car now probably ready for that great breaker's yard in the sky. Intermittent starting problems now a lot better but auto box still, after 4 years of this and many 'fixes', showing a warning light after 2 miles exactly (less if loaded) and slow to change up on hills....

All of the 4 hoses I have do have the plastic clip on (which breaks on removal) so I still have no idea which of the 4 hoses will fit Sylv's car.

One says XU9 on. Is that an engine code for a 1.9 Petrol PSA Engine? Or has someone missed the D off, I wonder?

All 4 bottom hoses I have are all slightly different in configuration diameter, etc so I...

Decisions, decisions, I have collected the 1.9 and just drove it back down the M62, yeah it does feel a damn sight slower at first, the brakes need more pressure but I assume its down to the different set up, other than that, it has done a fair few miles compared to the 2.1, the 2.1 has 109k and the 1.9 has 185k, the 1.9 was the last of a fleet of...

Hi All,

The removal of the injectors in theory looks easy enough, what should I look out for :?:

Obviously there is a much higher pressure in the HDi system compared to 1.9 TD system.

How do you bleed the air from the system on restart?

Is it similar to the 1.9 by cracking a nut on the injector and turning the engine until fluid is seen....

i attempted to send you a pm but for some reason it has gone to my out box so i dont think it went,

if you can try ansd send me a pm then i will try to re/send as a reply to that

regards malcolm

Story so far (if any one cares :lol: ) - the car now has a 2nd hand headlight, new indicator & i've physically pulled the wing into place so the car now looks a little more normal. However i do feel ive been well sh4fted by my own insurance (underwriters) company!, (long story short - ) they've taken their cut from my pay out - my excess & left me...

The car goes into a sleep mode within a few minutes, and in economy mode in about 30 minutes depending on the battery. The car is taking quite a lot of power even if ignition is turned off until it shuts down the BSI and other computers. How about the grounds? If memory is correct, I had some draining problems due dirty grounding with one car?...

Hello,
It would appear mine needed the bleed nipples slackening in order to get the pistons to retract fully, all done now. Next up is wiring because neither side has an intact loom for the wear sensor!!
Cheers

I had exactly the same symtoms on my c5.It turned out to be a blocked air filter, random warnings came up sometimes a week or so appart ,I understand that a blocked air filter has no code so will show itself in different messages, and will not show on a diagnostic, My filter was so badly blocked that engine would sometimes shut down,And this was...

Turned 200k a few weeks ago but didn't have camera to hand :(

Current problem (no pun intended) blower fan not working, 12v not getting to the blower itself. Slow progress tracing through wiring diagrams from fuse box, relays, air-con dash switch et al. Dislike working on it in this weather.

Short term solution, separate fused 12v supply from...

thanks for the advice red dwarfer, i think the right word at the moment is SMEG !!! lol

I'm going to lock this to avoid confusion with the duplicate thread in the for sale section

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In case anybody is interested, I had another go with the key blank from the garage and the key code they had with my lexia. First attempt failed again, but I then asked somebody if the code the garage had given me was correct and it transpired it wasn't - or at least my reading of the code wasn't. Tried the right one, now I have a working spare...

Good work Kev :-D I might have a couple of those clips spare from the old heater box. Let me know if you need one or two and I'll go and have a look...

The upper cable being missing on the flap is critical as it really upsets the demist performance...

Hello froggy,

I had a very similar experience to you but to be on the safe side I changed both cables. I used a set of hydraulic ramps to do mine (but a good sturdy set of axle stand to prevant any jack failing is a good start) and from recollection carried out in the following manner:-

front end of car either jacked up and safely on axle...