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Ford Kas ... I too like the original, good fun to drive too, but as said that awful 1.3 engine was a real downfall for that car. Slow, unrefined and uneconomical. Not to mention ancient. It did seem to get slightly better in the mid 2003 onwards Kas whcih got a bit more refinement about them and 10 more bhp. Though so many Ford Kas have been put...

Ideally Total BV 75/80 but Castrol 75/80 will be OK.

Nothing other than 75/80 though - the boxes are VERY particular about it and will eat the synchro cones if anything else is substituted.

check the contacts where the loom block connects onto the door locks.

Where will I find the loom block
In the door itself, where the block connector plugs into the door lock assembly remove the doorcard to gain access.

i did the clutch on my c5 110 hdi last week, 160k on the origional clutch and flywheel was fine so thats still on it

Yes, they are not all bad these DMFs :)

no worrys Peter i find these days i forget more than i remember :roll:

regards malcolm

Handy tip for removing the LHM resevoir.
once you've got the pipes/filters out, and the two nuts off the back, get a pry bar or wide flat screwdriver and slip it in under the resevoir then twist to pop the spike that jutts out the bottom from it's grommet without spilling any LHM, so no need to syphon, but you might need to move the airbox out the...

i think you will find in that case the double brown relay is dead,

i had this very same thing on a pug 206 were my DIAG 2000 (pug version of the DIS LEXIA) could not see the ECU at all,

regards malcolm

Yes I agree, dont go wasting your time and money buying something which might take a lot more time and money getting right.

C5s are not hugely rare cars, there is a good selection on the used market, find the best you can and not the first thing you see.

Its what I do and ive not had a problem yet.

Nah; Citroën call them sphere brackets .

I hardly think that your problem is the starter motor if it starts from cold without problems and it spins the engine while it is warm.

I'd be more inclined to be looking at temperature sensors and fueling.

There are some fairly cheap code readers around but they won't read all the data available with anything like the depth that a Lexia can....

I don't think the CD's are that good, and they are likely to be home made copies I suspect. I did borrow one a while ago out of curiosity (different make not PSA) and it was not much better than what was freely available from the manufacturer anyway.

I just looked and I see what you mean, I looked for the Partner manuals too, none appear to cover...

The link to my image has been corrected.

in regards to finding a possible boost leak take the pipe off and manipulate them by hand, i didnt and a s a result couldnt find it (knew it was leaking somewhere though so bought a complete set) as soon as i took it off i found the sodding leak :(

Wow Andy, that was some easy to read and understand explanation.
Most informative to a not very mechanically minded eejit. Tar. :wink:

Yes that's one of the jobs to be done after it's MOT'd!

Certainly was a good job I delved into the LHM tank - the stuff that came out wasn't far off coca cola colour..

promptly snapped like a rotten bit of wood
It doesn’t look like they still use much polypropylene.
Most plastics seem to be ABS, a relative of styrene. :shock:

A wide variety of plastics are used, according to the codes molded in to the shell the headlight shell is polypropylene, the outer lens is polycarbonate and the reflector assembly...

The 2.1 is smoother and more progressive from 1000 - 1500 rpm, the power all comes at once on the Hdi and not as smoothly.

Peter

It won’t be different because only air conditioned cars have pollen filters. :mrgreen:
It’s called pollen filter, but its actual purpose is to keep the evaporator clean.
The pictures show a long, narrow rectangular piece on the floor.
That’s the cover to slide out to get at the filter.
From your picture, it looks like it’s between the centre...

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Just bunging my two-bobs-worth in this thread, as it will come up better for others, with a search...

Plip (X2) repaired by resoldering cracked joints where positive battery holder mounts through circuit board. Resync'd and all good.

Is it an estate? If so it could be the plastic seal inside the rear door. I had problems with a wet boot for years, till I found this forum.
I have had a dry boot for over 2 years now.
There's a opaque plastic cover behind the trim on the boot door which seems to be there to stop water leaking in through the rear wiper seal from getting into the...

Could be anything, its not unknown for batteries to develop a faulty cell and drain themselves over a short time period though, I had one that would go flat if left (even off the car) for three days.

The interior light theory is quite plausible though generally, it won't be a massive drain or it would be flat overnight.

What's needed is a check...

Autodata used to do car repair manuals for individual cars, dont seem to see them much these day though,

regards malcolm

Do all Xsaras have the window switches right up there? Can't say ive noticed that before, thought they were on the door.

issu resolved, i d/c the battery and reconnected all is well now

thanks anyway

ed

If you have a muiltimeter, get it on the terminals and get someone to push the horn button. If you have normal voltage, the horn is toast. If you have no (or low) voltage, wiring will be at fault.

May have already said it franklin but welcome to prv world. Ive already had 40k of pleasure with one. Should sort it out again really and get her on the lpg.....

Have a look through this thread as it may help you in your quest :)

HTH

Glyn

Or, press the hold the speaker button first - then turn the ignition on...

The button in question is on the RIGHT side, behind the wiper stalk, on the dash.... if you have rear electric windows dont get mixed up, as theres one for those with a cross through it..

Paul

My Xantia doesn't like coolant at max level, and it very slowly drops to around the minimum level, where it sits month in/month out (though funnily enough, in this case, never see a trace of the escaping coolant in the tin)

This is more or less what my 205 does and always has done. It never gets below minimum however.

I agree :)

Some cars (not sure if PSA have these) have a sensor in the return line and this in turn signals the ECU to increase the engine speed a fraction, only by about 100 rpm to compensate for it.

Pretty much as Chris has advised, but,

If you have Already got the spheres, then change them anyway..

Id drain the system first, then defeantly put hydraflush in first to clean the internals through, then change the rear spheres when you put the NEW LHM in..

As for rear end, its not so much the dog bone, more the two levers - one thats...

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Hmm, when i went to see another FCF member to get my cruise enabled it took an hour or two :lol:

SO many options to look into. I really need to get myself one, 3 C5s and the Xm, not to mention any future Citroens, it will be handy!

Exactly! :D

9mm flare spanner and 4.5mm pipe seal will be required.

With the car on axle stands at the rear jacking points, or on a ramp, and depressurised:
Fit 9mm flare spanner to pipe nut, unscrew sphere which then unscrews the nut.
Fit new pipe seal, fit o-ring to sphere neck to stop it rusting to the socket, screw sphere into socket just enough to hold...

Thanks guys .

Our 2002 C5 loves BBC Radio 2, unfortunately. If you turn off the car and leave it playing a CD it tunes all of the preset stations to BBC2 :?

I have a C5 radio in the garage which lost its ability to play the radio, so it might be that ...

thanks Xac hunny for clarifying that for me, i couldnt have put it better,

except the green LHM is citro blood,

and it probably more like the European government as well causeing the disapearance of citroen hydraulic,

regards malcolm

That and the MAP sensor were next in line for examination! I decided the vacuum valve was just that much harder to get to, and would have to wait.

Have a look on ebay and see what they are selling for.

Peter

Last time I used my Lexia on a Xantia HDi Exclusive it actualyl told me the EXACT sensor that was triggering the ABS warning light on the dashboard.

On the screen that is shown above, press the Enter key again and it will give you a note of the sensor that is causing problems.

David.
Yes Lexia will tell you if there is a fault on eithr the...

Your best bet may be to register with service.citroen (website), there you can get expanded and labelled diagrams of your engine

Just a little update, the fuse for the glove box light, some interior lights, cigarette lighter and the sun visor mirror lights is the 20a in F7

thanks for all the replys.

Thanks the_weaver. Last weekend was spent giving the car new oil and filters and stopping the back window from falling down and letting rainwater in, but this weekend I will give what you said a try.

As long as you get most of the oil out Paul, once you have refilled it and driven it at normal engine temperature for a bit, any residual water will soon eveaporate.

Peter

The resistor is easy enough, its getting the plastic cover back under the bottom of the screen rubber that's a pain in the a**!

The problem isn't that there's no drain tap there. There's the housing shaft moulding that the tap sits in, but no tap in it.

You can poke your finger in where the tap normally is, but the shaft is blocked up at the bottom of it. This is moulded in and not a removable plug.

I'm annoyed about this because if I fitted this rad a later needed to...

As the hand brake is on the rear wheels - this should be a complete normal convential replacment procedure.. IE: Push in calipers, not wind back..

Im guessing though, Ive not done C3 front pads yet..

Paul

The chain from the switch to the light is long and complicated and depends on the spec of the car. Basically a signal from the switch goes to the BSI either as discrete data or on a data bus depending, the BSI in turn drives relays on the Relay Unit under the bonnet, via a data bus.

You really need a man with a Lexia to read all the ECU's...