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Why the ELM?
Surely a Lexia would be preferable? Exactly my thoughts :D

It is quite a common thing to replace as it goes hard with age.

Ensure you clean all traces of it off if it breaks up a bit from the cover.

I just gently tighten them, no need to go mad and they are small bolts although as above they need to be tight enough to not vibrate loose.

Now sorted out.

Removed the faulty bypass relay, removed the scotchlocks, soldered new 12N wire into the loom and fitted a 10a fuse to the ring main take off (all connections are after the CANBus wires).
Fitted a new bypass relay and 12N socket - all for less than £12.

I suppose if it had been a Xantia we would have had 3 or 4 pages of replies...

Also if you mainly only drive short distances say less than 10mls.
or do a lot of stop start driving like door to door deliveries
then you need to change the oil more often say at half-two thirds recomended oil changes, depending.

how do i get the correct height settings when i use the lexia?thanks

Forgot to say, my mot man who I have used for years does not do repairs either, other than replacing bulbs or wipers if necessary. He is fair and if there is anything which is needing repairing, although not mot fail he will let you know

Just an update.

you cannot get the plunger seperate from the oil filter housing, funny as Haynes says it should be changed every time you do an oil change. :lol:

so at the moment ive done a bit of a bodge and its okay.

if you do do an oil change with this type of filter,you must pull the plunger up to empty the filter housing but take care.

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Hi Guys

my own uploaded photo

not that it matters as we know what the problem is.

I was right it was flash that was stopping me uploading pictures

If you do a google search, you will find loads of C8 early belt snap stories.

On the plus side, you will most likely find that it is only the rockers that have bust, but on the minus side, you have to take the engine out to get the rocker box off.

Regards.
Martin.

I will try it again but I am sure it is not working. What could cause the cruise control not to work?

Pete

The heads are interchangeable but you'll need to swap throttle spindles over as these are a different length between the two types of pump; the semi-electronic AS3 has a longer threaded section to be able to accommodate the drive mechanism for the TPS...

Chlorate - not just the temperature it opens at, but also how much it opens .

If you get a new 'stat, then suspend both old and new in a pot of water and heat up to see how they compare.........................

So the bulbs for me could last 6 years
with the mileage i do.
8-) Provided you kan keep the voltage as rated for the bulb :D

Thanks Toby, I will bid for a spare for my car as i am not happy with my clutch !

I'd definitely stick to the original sizes as mentioned.
Though £140 a tyre is abit much for me.
:shock:

My C5 came with almost new Cooper Zeon CS6 tyres which so far have been good in the wet and dry.

Here a site link with mostly positive reviews of them :

They are available at very reasonable price of under £70 in some places
see here...

cheers just had it out and i found that if you put it back with the spring on if you push it back on gently starting at 5 then 8 then 2 then 11 it clips home quite happily. I may just have been lucky though :)

just change over pretensioner,ser1 fit ser 2 and vise verser thats what i did no problem/steve

I went with this option in the end, figuring mine were three years younger so not a bad thing.

Hi,

I can give you a vague idea of where the siren is. It's on the passenger side near the bulkhead/wing area. Could be in the engine bay or under the wing.

As I said it's vague but I'm going from a diagram not from experience!

SS

yes, unclip the pedal switch plug to allow the pedal to swing further back towards you and lever the assembly number 3 in the parts diagram out with a screwdriver carefully.
Once in your hand you will see how it comes apart to get the spring out Toby

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Thanks for all your comments which have been most helpful. After all that I have decided to hold on to my Xantia 2 Hdi. returning an average of 57 MPG despite having covered 170,000 miles -and happily no engine, flywheel, turbo, or clutch problems to date. I was told recently (by a main dealer) that the sump on the 1.6 Hdi should be dropped at...

... I was going to say why not disconnect the pump / motor for them but I guess that's going to be fiddly to get at.
Thanks spider , this was the method I used in mine many years ago. I've saved lots of wash water since then 8-)

I found the thread :)

Pictures were sent by Deanxm ---> Xantia front accumulator housing leak

By the sounds of it, if its a rubber pipe on the bottom of the injectors (and small pieces of the same pipe link the injectors) you just need a length of leak off pipe.

It will cause starting issues if its leaking. Its quite cheap to buy and just a push fit as its not under any real pressure. Note one injector (at least) has a 'cap' at the end of...

Hello Malcolm

Thank you for your kind prompt, I fitted the origial seal incorrectly (on the sphere) that is why I fitted an O ring in the first place, it was only after I read on this site the correct way to fit a seal.

Ed,

It is very tight but easier once pump and alternator are going just a normal spanner fits.

Kenny

thanks, so should all three solenoids have the pipe with the vacuum at tickover going to the 'in' port ?

Don't know but as the valve is only a two port on or off device wouldn't have thought it would make much difference.

cachaciero

Thanks guys, pulled the pipe out at both ends and found a split, repaired same many thanks

Ah, I had forgotten about that even though I had that problem too. It took a while and a bit of headscratching (including replacing the filter assembly with a third party one and bypassing / making a new heater) A couple of non return valves from Ebay 'fixed'.

I fitted mine one just before the pump inlet (about two inches away) and the other at...

Anders , At least the xantias came off easier.

Vince, as yours is a non-aircon model, you'll most likely find the thermoswitch in the rad is the culprit. They are terribly unreliable...

Easy to change it although you'll get a bit wet in the process...

Amazing - how did he survive? Hope they did a risk assessment. :lol:

Ah but at least with the EPIC you've got a trip computer to do the work for you, saves the brain power of working it out :lol:

Does it work out how much extra it's costing you having to pay fuel duty and VAT? ;)

Random tip: Smear a hint of copper grease onto the aerial threads before refitting, just a little bit. As its conductive it won't interfere with signal reception but should stop it seizing on. :)

Lucky though, they can snap. From memory the aerial 'base' part is cheaper than the 'mast'

done that - nothing :(

Dave, they may also be a 4th nut on the END of the pump body.. Im not familliar with the Lucas epic pump mounting but there is on the Bosch pumps...

Paul

Yes, it's the same as a Bosch Paul, three nuts on the flange (one inaccessible) and one on the end...

A 'half moon' spanner helps with the inaccessible one...

You'll need a puller like this...

:lol: I have some similar wheels, and exactly the same possibility crossed my thoughts early in the week.

If you take the car for a drive, once you go over i think it's 20mph the light will go off as long as it's getting a reading from all 4 sensors that matches.

David.

Thats normal, as the car rises the rear wheels turn, so if you stop them turning by applying the brakes then the car can't rise.

Does anyone now where the relay for the aircon clutch is located on a c5 tourer? Is there a relay or is it an output from the ECU? Does anyone have any info on the location on the pressure switches on the aircon unit? My unit isn't working and I've found that the electric clutch isn't getting a signal to pull in. Trying to establish if it's just...

surely removing the fuse for the blower would be a quick bodge or do other important circuits use the same one

Even without the blower running there is still airflow as the car moves.

Thanks for the responses, guys. Paul was indeed correct - re-instating the crank pulley (only about 2 months old, as it happens) solved the problem. I think I was over-analysing the problem and had done that classic thing of not examining an earlier assumption regarding the bottom cover/pulley. Doh!

As for the alternator pulley, it's a tight...

Hi the field magnets out of old radiator fans are a perfect fit.

Haha! Shall I post you the 4HP-18 from my flood-ruined 605? That one's burgered.

I should have the good car back from inspection late tomorrow, so can play with the KD cable then. Oh, and will inspect all around it carefully for squirrels.

the problem is that speed control faulty error show multifunctio display although the cruise control has been behaving past few days