French Car Forum

If you are unfortunate enough to snap the ends off the security bolts on your C3 original alloys, DON'T buy Grayston LB127s, for example from PR Motorsport.
These are advertised by PR as being suitable for Xsara, Picasso, C5, C3, and Berlingo, but Grayston themselves state that they are for cars UP TO year 2000.
Although they have the necessary...

I'm thinking of respraying my CX to what I think is Mallard Green.

I have seen a Xantia estate in my area a few times thats a luvly green I'm guessing thats what it is.

Can somebody out post a pic if they have a Mallard Green Cit?

My car a 52 plate C5 estate has failed its MOT for amongst other small things, a broken rubber suspension hose on the NS front wheel.

I dont know if its the supply or return pipe, (I think its the return one) here is a picture of the offending item

Can anyone give me the name of this and the part number? I presume it just slips over the metal...

It's one thing after another !
Just had new front spheres fitted on my Xantia 96 auto. Now I have a loud continous knocking sound when using the accelerator, the faster I go, the faster the knocking sound, although the car is running ok in other respects.

Has anyone got any suggestions as to what it might be ? there is nothing loose under the...

Hi all,I have an issue with tick over on my 1.9 td sx it is like someone is revving it then taking their foot of.It ranges from 800 then up to 1100,up down, up down.However if you say revved to 3000 when you took your foot off it would cut out.Any suggestions would be very welcome.Thank you.

Hi guys,

Cant say as ive noticed before but started the car today and it started and ran fine, i did get a whiff of an electrical burning type smell so popped the bonnet and although no smoke or excessive heat, the alternator ive noticed is producing this smell....

Thoughts?

Xant TD 95

Ok I had an issue with the high pressure pump.

Replacement pump fitted but it had a blocked regulator.

Regulator replaced (secondhand but with new seals thanks to ddl)

Now getting in lexia P1138 That fluctuates between permanent / Temp fault. Fuel Pressure Regulator Stop requested But Regulator still Active.

Any Pointers please

I can post any...

hi all

since we had the car it's had intermittant gearbox problems (it has the 5 speed auto with manual steptronics) but it went from a problem once a month to weekly to daily. The problem was the snow light would go on and the car was stuck in 2nd gear.

Mechanics couldnt find a fault until one day the engine light went on and the car only drove...

Hi the radio in my Synergie works fine and obviously unless I disconnect the battery it' should continue to do so without me having to enter a code. However, I don't have a record of the code so is there a way I can obtain it? Would Citroen have a record of it? Or is there something I can do with the radio powered up and working?

Need to get the rear bumper off the vsx estate.I've had look at the BOL but still no wiser.There are 2 screws underneath behind the wheelarch and 2 on the vertical sides of the tailgate.All removed and it is still firmly in place.Can anyone help please?
Thanks
Paul

OK, it seems that the only way to analyse faults bringing up the 'anti polution fault' warning is to use a Lexia. I have found these between £150 and £500 so does anybody have a recomendation for supplier at the lower end of the scale? It strikes me at the £150-£200 mark that it is good value compared to garage prices. Thanks for any...

Hello everyone.
I am into the first month of owning my C5, and on the whole its going well....But i just have a few niggles that I would like to get sorted with your help and advice..,they are
1. CD player only plays cds when engine switched off, wont when motor running
2.No fuel consumption/mileage info on my Type B 2 line display.Could it be the...

Me again. Apparently my car has learned a new trick.

200 or so miles after camshaft repair, everything seems to be running smoothly.

Or at least it seemed to be...

This morning on the way to a friend's house my oil light flashed (the red oil can one) whilst going around a couple of tight corners. Checked the oil level later when I was going to...

Hi

We have a early 2005 C5 (same as the 2004) and its a 2.0 litres 16V with the 4 speeed AL4 automatic transmission.

We are thinking of selling the car after hearing so many horror stories.

I was just wondering if anyone out there has had a similar car that has had this AL4 transmission fail. Also the kilometres at which it failed and how...

I'm having the rear brakes & drums replaced on my ZX 1.9D hatchback (Bendix).

The drums that I've bought came without wheel bearings fitted into them (that's why they were cheap!).

The question I'ma sking myself now is, should I refit the wheel bearings or is this a false economy? Should I really fit new ones?

Hi

Forgive me but I don't know where to post this request.

I doubt this is possible BUT...

I need an exhaust back box picking up from handyman (Sussex) and bringing up to Nottinghamshire somewhere by tomorrow.

I would have booked this for a normal courier pickup but this was a miscommunication on my part with Richard as I failed to confirm...

Anyone seen the Film 2012???

If not, DS fans do not watch, as near the start, well about 45 mins or so in, they blow up a French Offical in a DS in a tunnel!!

Weither the DS is CGi or a real car is hard to tell these days...

My mouth dropped when I saw it...

Paul

Hi chaps

Will XM 15 alloys fit on a Synergie?

I currently have a 52plate citroen c3 1.4LX and I was wondering what alloy wheel sizes I Could stick on the vehicle? Or how can I find out for myself which sizes the car can take?

Any help will be grateful.

Cheers afil1

After reading a couple of posts regarding light issues in the tailgate of an estate,I thought I might post up to see if someone might help out.
I have previously had problems with just the tailgate lights and turned out it was a bad connection which I cleaned and all was well.
Now I have another problem,high brake light not working (bulb ok)...

A bit stumped on this one. RPO 9025 or thereabouts, petrol with motorised throttle body.

Car won't start, despite cranking healthily.

No faults returned in Injection ECU, no faults returned in BSI - I cleared both.
COM2000 faults I can't clear - suspect unit is duff.
Fuel pump seems to run fine.
I can pulse the injectors and coil packs with...

In November the nearside front caliper started seizing. I was going to do the job myself but it was very cold. I took it to a garage who told me it needed a new caliper, brake discs, pads and handbrake cables.

They did they job and everything was ok until Sunday when the offside caliper failed in the same way.

I know I'll need a new caliper and...

anybody any diagrams on the door lock mechanism for my 97 xantia, door opens drom inside but not the outside any ideas, thanks,

Reporting in as promised.

Got the car back home last night with no obvious problems. Wife has it to take to work today.

It is absolutely immaculate inside, gearbox still a little stiff, and brakes, well, only Citroen make brakes like that!

The car has done 10,000 in 7 years, so obviously has stood around a lot. Apart from a couple of blemishes...

My car engine stop light comes on and over heats after about 5 miles driving. i have had the water pump changed but the problem still persists.
Can someone please give me some advice

Xantia 1.9 td sx 1997 R reg
Since going over a speed bump a while ago i have been getting a sometimes bumpy ride .Currently my front suspension is high , i can lower it to the lowest position , but it goes back not to the normal ride position but high .
Previously i had managed to set it to high/low and this fixed the issue.

I suspect my front...

1996 1.9 TD Xantia Bosch IP

Hi, I've started this thread as I was just wondering where would be the best place to tap into the coolant lines if I wanted to have an axillary coolant feed for the purposes of supplying heat?

'Best' for me would be quickest, simplest and cheapest :p

All the coolant hoses look rather hidden.

I was thinking at the...

want to put new discs on rear of my r reg 2.1 xantia. when i undo the two bolts that hold the caliper, i only need to move caliper a little to take off old disc and put new one on, am i likely to encounter any problems when i bolt it back on. do i have to bleed it after? ect
many thanks ron

Hi Guys
Today I bought another zx it's a k reg td manual and the speedo, rev counter and temp guage are not working, I see a few people have had speedo problems but is there something common that makes them all go? i'm hoping it's just a loiose connection somewhere of a fuse, or is it something different? my other zx speedo needle wobbles at about...

Just looking at service parts on ECP, and they list a pollen filter for my car. Does a non-air-conditioned ZX even have one, and if so where is it?

The BOL is no help :s

Hi guys,

I know S1 Citroen Xantia's heater units are a common problem on these models, however, mine has just randomly packed up after 5 days of ownership. It's worked perfectly since I got it, with the Auto setting working, along with all speeds on the slider, however, this morning, I realised it wasn't working, along with the engine temperature...

tried lexia in c5 hdi for first time but kept getting unable to communicate with ecu.

I checked all connections were okay.

I used sequence in instruction printout that cam with device.

Any hints

ps. battery is lowish on charge.

Hi
my 2004 2.0 hdi has developed a juddering/vibration when started first thing in a morning. The rev counter doesnt fluctuate but the whole car feels as though it is shuddering. This happens sometimes at junctions during stop/start driving, but is always there first start of the day. I have noticed that the digital temperature gauge in the...

Hi all. Hope you're all having a great weekend so far.

I decided to do a bit of tinkering on my other half's ZX yesterday. Had to change the rear NS flexible brake hose with the spring on it.

Her car, I should say, is a 1.9TD SX.

I took off the back box for better access to the uppermost joint of the brake hose and it has the letters PSA 4092...

I made an abortive attempt to change the right hand drive shaft this morning. Abortive because despite me telling the scrapyard that the 90bhp C5 had a different gearbox they thought they knew better.

Anyway, enough of my moan. I got my money back and then found another scrappy who had the correct shaft.

At times like that, working in the rain...

Hi I have a citroen xsara 1999 1.4i hatchback.

The handbrake is a little bit loose when it's down. how can I arrange this?

My car no longer runs - nor wants too :cry:
It became very rattly which i thought to be an injector? and then lost power and stopped. On trying to restart it, the battery was also dead - coincidence???? :x
When the car was running, the rattle from the engine was only there when torque was required and was followed by a plume of white smoke from...

Hi
does anyone know of a source for a new micro switch for the rear opening glass (the little switch under the rear wiper) on a 2004 C5 estate ?

I have a C5 2.0 HDI 138bhp VTR, on a 55 plate and I've noticed over the last couple of days my
car has become really heavy like I'm forcing it to move.
In gears 1-4 the car
moves ok but 5 and 6 gear it's lacking power. Since I've had the car if I was
doing 30mph in fifth gear going up a hill and put my foot down the car would accelerate but...

Good evening all, first post that may help some of you.

We own a 2005 c3 1.4hdi 16v which has been an excellent car bar one fault.

It started developing intermittent boost which from reading the forums a few people have experienced. This often meant you had no boost or full which was somewhat tiring.

After several months of fault finding as no...

just been looking to change all my discs and pads all round

when i put my reg in most car databases pick it up fine but im finding there are 2 variations in front discs

there is a 283mm twin vent and a slightly bigger 288mm twin vent, how do you tell which is on my car without a full strip down :(

cheers

Had a good search on here...
N reg Xantia saloon, sitting high at the front, way more than the accepted three fingers more like a hand and a half.

Have already changed the accumulator sphere and the LHM. All the suspension spheres and the rear look and feel to be in need of a change as well. The car falls and rises ok but can take a while at...

I got another zx today and notice the back end on the new one is higher than my old one, unfortunately i can't drive the new one as it's a manual and i only got it to swap some bits then sell on, is there something I can swap over to make mine as high as it should be or is it going to take too much work?
thanks

Hi guys,

I've a Citroen Berlingo Multispace 1.6 2002 36K on the clock (wheelchair adapted) only had it a couple of months so not familiar with all the systems onboard it yet.

Just had it MOT'd last week and the tester put an advisory on, Service brake just passed at 51% , what should I be looking for?, the discs and pads at the front look in...

I changed the battery on my Sept. 2000 (registered then, but various date markings shows manufactured in May 2000) Xantia Hdi90 the other day.

When I moved the battery into the garage this morning I noticed the date on it - the date it was manufactured.

020500.

So it was the original battery! Practically 11 years old.

Xantia 1997 1.9 td a/c
The red STOP warning light comes on after a while , usually before this the yellow 'temperature warning' light on the dashboard comes on.
The temp gauge goes up to 70 degrees C but no higher and the coolant is full up to the mark.(the water is brownish and a little has oozed out).

the car continues running normally , no...

Hi,

I've got a 2001 Xsara 90Hp Diesel. Can anyone on here inform me as to what the size of the diesel tank is on this car?

At the minute the car is showing just over 1/2 full on the gauge and the odometer indicating 189 miles since last refill.

Thanks.

Hi all,at christmas I changed the clutch on my xantia td sx,not as bad as I wa
s expecting however I now have sprung a LHM leak.It seems to be leaking from the unit next to where the clutch cable comes through the bulkhead.It has taken me several hours to locate what I hope is the leak but have yet to fix as access is such a problem.Could someone...

Hi guys my Fred's being even more naughty. Now I have to sort the LHM pressure regulator leak, replace the front accumulator sphere, and sort out whatever goes on with the rear. (And the indicator stalk's doing the clicky/ fizz, and the driver's door handle's loose, and the radio's playing up.)

What happened was after a 500kms trip I parked up,...

i've got a v reg citroen xsara vts which has a problem with the dash clocks where when you turn the ignition on the needles spin all the way round rather than sitting at the stops sometimes when running it go's back to normal and the rev counter etc all work could this be a bad earth as it seems like the clocks have reversed polarity