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sorry what was i thinking :oops: :shock: :wink:

regards malcolm

i'l take a couple in the daylight as soon as i can.

i only found 2, one to the top left of the radiator and one on the thermo housing.

Ah - there is one almost on the firewall, on the heater matrix feed!

Still haven't found the camera leads and my card reader went up in smoke a couple of months ago, trying to read the wife's phone card.

GSF is one of the best places for new spheres, they're about £25 each inc vat

There is a 17 or 19mm flat on the rubber gaitor side for holding the thru rod steady,You can see it better on the new drop link..did mine a few months ago,easy to do,Just mind and put your suspension into highest mode before you begin working on it..
Best done in pairs only about £9 each

As far as I can see at a practical level the struts are identical you will however need to use your original spheres as the spheres for H3+ will be different pressure.

Of course you could fit the H3 + system would need to add a couple of wires from the BHI to drive the EV though. :-)

Beleve it or NOT its fairly EASY to change!! You can EVEN leave the Rack in place !!!

The colum in the car needs to come off, then you undo the pich nut - with a 6mm Alen Key on an extension - The hlafords type that goes on the 1/4in ratchet...

then you can pop it off the pinion and slide it out back towards the rack and out... all from in the...

Its normally either a feed problem to the relay socket or the terminals on the relays get pitted/burnt.I would give the contacts on the relays and the sockets a good clean and also check for correct voltage/earth at the sockets.

Colin

cheers citronut 8-) the car ran n still runs fine but its undrivable at the min due to the belt missing but i bought a belt today and i have to remove the old tensioner as there is 2 types for my car....... one at 42 quid n one a 87 quid :shock: knowing my luck it will be the most expensive one. :roll:

Im WAY too far away for anyone to come this way for a day... :-(

Besides, none are in Show Off condition yet - the nearest, probably being the XM 24v...

Paul

There is a small feature in this weeks Autocar about the ICCCR. Some decent pictures and a short write-up of the event. It is mainly about the C6, the author went to the event in the last ever C6 to be produced. Its explaing a bit about the history of Citroen and how we have probably had the last real Citroen.

Pages 58-61 if you happen to pick...

Hi folks, the boot on my Synergie isn't locking with the central locking like the rest of the doors. I believe it's relatively common for the tailgate actuator to go, i'm sourcing a replacement and i'm wondering whether it's a DIY job and if ther';s a 'How To' somewhere on this site.

Regards

John

hi johny. dead easy.i was messing with the tail...

Well done.. good work.. Its always the linkages..

The BX and XM;s NEVER suffer this problem as they had a different linkage setup....

Its a poor idea for a VERY Superior car..

A tip for you, keep on top of it now, it wont harm to keep dousing it once a week or fourtnight too keep it lubricated untill its well free...

Paul

Did you clamp the flexible pipes and crack the caliper bleed nipples to push the pistons back in when changing the brake pads or, did you let the fluid go back up through the ABS into the reservoir?

Is the fluid level ok in the reservoir?

Hi Martin

Both the Mk1 Xantia Owners manuals I have here (1994 & 1997 MY) state that while deadlocking can be done with key or plip the alarm can only be set using the plip.

John

Hi Addo

I can easily find the XM diags but they are not what you want cos I have a full set of Pug 605 workshop manuals as well. Where I stored them is another matter. PM me.

John

I guess its just a case of knowing where the bulb is located and just getting your fingers in as you can not see and get your hand in at the same time.

Ive never had to remove the covers from the back of the headlamp, only the tiny one which covers the hole to the sidelight section. If you pop that off and feel around with your fingers you...

Ah I see, so almost SE spec then.

Cruise control is an easy addition and well worth it if you do a fair few motorway miles.

o right thanks

Interesting. Is that specific for Citroën? I am not a pro but if I am not going senile I think I recall to have seen cars with gas engines that have vaccum pumps. :?:

I had a Volvo 265 with a vacuum pump, operated a load of ancillary equipment.

All done now thanks for the advice.

Howie

Salut,
Thanks for the fast reply.
She's up on axle stands with offside wheel off plus bumper off etc so I;m accessing from the side as you say. The problem is the adjustment bolt which I need to slacken comes down through a metal lug on the top of the adjstment pulley and the locking nut is behind this lug. God knows how you're supposed to get in...

Number 3 injector is/was knackered, I have had them rebuilt and then tested at the local Bosch Diesel centre.

The engine is now 1/2 out of the car and for sale complete, the rest of the car will be broken by the weekend.

Still sounds like a battery fault to me, if the battery is knackered or has a dead cell all the charging in the world wont make any difference. Have you tried jump leads from another car ?

I'm not very techy minded so please forgive my ignorance but if I got someone to give me a jump start and got the car going, I assume that when I switch the...

sounds good

Im looking at the doser or the 407

I went through the will I, wont I thoughts about changing the c5 for something cheaper to run a few months ago. The only things I would have considered after a lot of thought were a c4 picasso or another c5. Think c5 would win the arguement every time, love the styling of c5 mk3, but too much money for me, espically because I would only buy a...

Activa's are great Paul, just make sure you've got good tyres on it.

I'll hopefully be at CXM this year but can't work out which 24v to take with me, the Series 1 or Series 2!

I'm doing all of the spheres on mine this weekend. Now the salts gone off the roads just about I'm thinking of getting it out of hibernation.

David.

Looks like you have a bidder too!!!

They should be pleased with her!!

Paul

Well I've just discovered that its the backbox that is broken so I don't need to go over there now.

Apologies.

If its leaking then its leaking :) , any leaks do mean air is getting in as well in 99% of cases.

Tighten it up a bit more, you can use a rag around it and tighten it by hand, its only a spin on cartridge like an oil filter really.

The plastic drain in the bottom, tighten that too as usually they are not tight on a new filter. I tend to check...

...a Visa too - good choice! :D 8-)

I had a little test lead with ECU plug and socket on the ends.
All wires straight through and with a set of diodes fitted.
Two minute job to plug it in and check what difference diode fitting was going to make to a Hydractive 2 car.
Lent it to some one a while ago so I will have to make up another one.
I found that it helped fault finding no...

Sorry for not coming back to you sooner but i have not had chance to get up to the car until today where i have had the day off to remove parts that some people want. Will try to remove other bits next week sometime.

Please let me know if you need anything, the car is Light Blue Metallic.

i won it thanks a lot,

i think maybe this is the wrong plip for an 02 Picasso, as my daughters 02 Picasso has the older style two button plip like the one and two button plip for the Saxo's, its more pear shaped, like this ebay listting 290537244005,

the plip i won from you is more like the later Picasso and C4's, as i have a customer with an 06...

Adjust the sliders so the cogs aren't in the way and it gives you enough space

It certainly seems that way Richard, drops under acceleration and rises during breaking then will go back to normal, I would say it's air in the brake lines, but I bled them the other day (ran a good half a litre on each wheel)

Do you have to swear lots or is once enough??
Surely you forgot lay on your back underneath car and kick it!! (or is that a bit harsh lol !!!) Didn,t know you could get that sort of info on forum!!!
Seriously though, thanks for the info!!
regards,
Steve (aka carpysmith)

Sounds like a problem with one of the ABS sensors. A Lexia should give you more clues. I recall a few post on hear about the ABS cutting in during normal braking, i think DickieG had this issue. Was it not to do with the spacing of the ABS sensor or something?

Ah, there you go then. That would be quite handy actually.

Really need to get myself a lexia!There is a few things i want to do, and no doubt it will be very worthwhile having the amount of C5s we do. Plus the Xm, which is a very simple beast in comparison.

Height correctors are on a linkage to the anti-roll bars, front and rear.

It is highly unlikely that the bumper damage has any connection with the height corrector unless a piece has broken off at speed and impacted the front one.

The HCs are electronic. There are no hydraulic pipes attached as with previous systems.
Try unplugging the connector...

Mk.1 Xantia PLIPs are a doddle... Any other Mk.1 Xantia PLIP IR type, can be programmed to a Mk1 car... So get one - making SURE its a Xantia one from Ebay...

Mk1 PLIPs were still available from the dealer a couple of years ago.

Paul

Yes, i can't for one minute think its the trailing arm bearings with such low mileage.

Must be something else ...

the guy i mentioned above who had his car confiscated said he was running it on waste engine oil :shock:

regards malcolm

Malcolm, if this was the case, and it was before November 2008, then he shouldn't have. I went to great lengths to get accurate information from HMRC at the time, have a read here:

I only burned 5L as an experiment, but...

Cheers Xac :wink:

I had a look under her and as you say one of the cups appears to have broken off the other end is still attached while one end is loose

Everything else looks ok,so hopefully thats all it is :)

Dave

Hi Paul,

all I did when I had diesel leaking out of the bottom of the filter housing was to dismantle the filter housing from the engine, remove the thermostat by prising out the spring washer and pulling out with a pair of long nosed pliers and sourcing replacement 'O' rings from a local bearing factors for pennies. Rebuilt it and so far, maybe...

Don't know that radio but I can confirm that the holes in the front are for removing the radio, if you bend a piece of wire coat hanger into a 'U' shape and push the ends in about 3 it should release the catches and you can then pull the radio out.

Peter

Thanks Toby, perfect.

D

I did not know until a few months ago either, not quite sure how I missed it. I threw some monies in the correct direction.