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No, just bring your Citroen Keith :D

the failure shown there is terrifying!

Yes, it is and not an uncommon problem either :twisted:

One very good reason to find out why a seat rocks and get it fixed if it does...

Pug 405s suffer this same failure and it might be applicable to all PSA vehicles.

SNAP!

Had this also twice on a C5, and it was everytine the child lock was used, if the Child Lock was not used it never caused a problem.

I also removed the door card, then with a light if you look at the LOWER side of the lock you can see the back end of the Red dial thats used to activate the child lock from the outside..

You can then see...

I popped into GSF at Heathrow yesterday and as Vince mentioned GSF do still batteries and at a good price, £25 cheaper than Halfrauds and an extra discount of £13 for being a CCC member :D

I very much doubt it's the gearbox itself. I believe these vehicles have a cable operated gearchange and going by your symptoms, this is where the problem lies.

Stretched cables will put the gearstick in the wrong position.

Don't go swappaing gearboxes unnecessarily...

Should i be able to remove the individual pipe without loosing all the LHM from the resivoir?

Yes, there'll be a little spillage but by no means a lot...

For anyone interested, I used some carb cleaner on the front height corrector today while my brother was moving the height control lever back and forth. Then wiped off as much muck and dirty grease as I could, then used some white spray lithium grease on both the front struts and on the height corrector itself. Surprising what a difference it made...

I believe that the docs that kev is refering to are system schematics rather than proper wiring schematics that contain wire idents etc.

However if you believe that they will help you I probably have the English Language versions just send me a PM with an e-mail address.

cachaciero

ah now i understand the proper job term :)

Proper West Country term that be. I be from down your way as well as you and Kev Mr. 100MPH beverage.

Was down there today in fact; near Taunton. I'm in exile where I presently live with less then ten years of my sentence to serve before I can return home :D

Holes in airboxes were first drempt up by...

if everything seems fine just change the bulbs as they arent dear and you know definately that the back isnt at fault and the problem does lie with wiring or inhibitor switch just my opinion :)

Bulbs are both fine

I'd take a test drive of each of the models that interest you. You might find that you hate them, or certain ones of them.

Have you looked on Autotrader? There seem to be better prices there than eBay in a lot of instances.
Also the dealer network, I was looking at Springfield Citroen which is my nearest dealer. There are some decent prices there...

Ok thanks, sounds like I'll just buy a donor vehicle. As far as exhausts go, I can fabricate exhaust systems easy enough.

hmmm rubber and ky jelly the mind boggles :shock:

Our manuals differ then.
Page 40 shows parts of the panel but deals only with interior lighting. Page 41 is all shots of the multifunction display set into the speedo, mainly dealing with service intervals.

Although there is nothing visible on mine one of the photo's with a slightly different layout has a red dot against the temp guage and the...

Thanks for the offer but no. If it goes wrong you end up with an expensive repair job on your hands as lots of dabblers have found and one or two pros too. I know of a guy that bricked a new A8, it had to goto the dealers to be fixed. So although I'll risk my own car I won't touch others.

Sorry.

Steve.

the kit will only fit one pipe and that's the top one

Kev thats great help Ill have another look in the morning now as its dark and raining but ill let you know how i get on

Martin at Pleiades should be able to make them up for you and for a tad less than £100 I would have thought...

Give him a bell...

In my experiance these stepper motors very rarely go faulty, 90% of the time a thorough clean of the plunger and the housing it sits in does the trick. I use carb or brake cleaner first then WD-40. you need to get a rag with a screwdriver right into the housing to clean it properly.
If you plug the stepper back in when its removed & turn the...

Can't see why a silly plastic clip would double in price though.

Me neither but the plastic suspension dog bone cost me £1.20 a couple of years ago and I believe someone recently paid £2.40.

I bought the heads in one place - scrap dealer - and took them to a machine shop to have one good head professionally reconditioned out of the three. They managed it. But looks like some trouble with the camshaft. I'll see what they say when I bring it back to them. I suppose worst comes to worst, I've got two more heads, loads of valves, maybe a...

It was in the region of 110k, which surprised me that it lasted only a short time.

Checked the sphere on both rear corners? Unlike a broken steel spring, with a flat sphere you don't get a 'droopy' corner, just little or no suspension movement. the only 'spring' you're left with is the tyre!

I 'killed' a n/s/r sphere by going over a raised cattle grid a bit fast - narrowly avoided taking to the open common on landing! This...

Engine management light. Take to garage asap it says in manual.

If theres one job I really hate on Xantia's it's removing the bumper !!
It's quite a leak , sprays almost directly down to the ground somewhere in the middle.

Hi Kevin,

I would make a fair guess that the clutch has been damaged through someone trying to bump start it due to the duff glowplugs/starting issues :twisted:

The tacho bouncing problem, given the engine runs smoothly otherwise will be down to either the needle lift sensor (on injector No.3) or the TDC sensor (on the gearbox bellhousing)...

nope; not all of them use this fluid, although some models, such as the new Mazda CX-7 do use an additive. From memory, the CX-7 carries much more than Citroen's 5-litres - I think it was around 15.

Models, such as the Volvo V70 2.4-litre (hence a Volvo engine, not the 1.6) gets their cats hot enough, so they do not need an additive.

Eolys only...

My 2.0 XU petrol engines in the xm pin all pistons at half mast, they do on the tct engine im rebuilding/tuning at the moment too which is the same block and head just with some extra drillings in the block................

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Also recently when the snow was about deep and crisp not so even. I noticed on the tailgate that the design of the rear screen rubber is such that water can sit there at the bottom where the lip is. Now if said water turns to ice, or if snow is sitting there and does the same it can then lift, and distort the rubber. Which could also even when the...

Thanks for replies.
I have put collectors on the breather pipes that come from the cylinder gaiters. Unfortunately fluid comes out of the offside gaiter when the suspension is lowered and the gaiter is compressed which can only mean the cylinder is leaking at the point of seal. I guess I am just unlucky enough to have a rare fault, especially as...

The BoL covers it quite well
Set car on low, let it settle, open bleed screw. Engine off, steer full left and right.
Remove the two 10mm nuts at the back of the tank.
Pop out the pipe/filter unit, I use a clean 2lt coke bottle with it's top cut off to protect the unit.
Move the air filter box out the way so you can see under the tank, use a pry...

Lets see the part numbers and I'll see if I can find them on my system.

A D 'box on a TD will give blinding acceleration :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: Oh yes, good acceleration in 1,2,3......... :oops: :oops: and fuk all in 4&5 cos you already have hit 50 and its revvin its nuts off :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol:

Will have to dig through mum and dad's garage to see if I kept the blower from the LX just in case :)

If not, pay me a visit, nuff said... :wink:

:lol: Found one problem, borrowed a friends pressure tester for the water and discovered the leak, very slight on the pipe to the rad..
I think the air in the fuel pipe is the next thing to try to rule out ,thanx a lot for helping out a newbie to the forum guys
-xLynn-x :wink:

hi john, i think i have found the problem it looks like it has become disconnected from the circuit inside the housing around the steering wheel. I think the only way to get to it properley is to take off the steering wheel but im not sure how hard/easy this wound be or if it is pheasable to do???

There is something wrong then as the tensioner should be able to move with the pivot bolt tight. It runs on needle rollers for this very reason.

Note that new tensioners are very tight on the pivot so be sure this is not giving you a red herring. The spring exerts a heck of a force and should be able to overcome the stiction in a new tensioner....

on the near life expired (200k +) engines.

Life expired at 200K :shock:

A good V6 is just nicely run in by then John :lol: :lol:

Basically when the FAP is regenerating (whether it be when driving or forced by a diagnostic tool) the car starts 'load aquiring' to put the engine under more load to make it heat up (therefore heating the exhaust more) as much as possible. It does this by turning on several heavy electrical consumers such as the heated rear screen & mirrors, the...

Sorry DHallworth, don't know about V6 but answering to nejati2010's post.

I smell the same from my Citroen Xantia 2.0 (automatic) sometimes...
In mine, fuel pressure regulator hoses (on top of engine) leaked and
as a solution I replaced clips as seen in pic :wink: Problem solved.

The guide on doing the job...

If you don't feel keen, send the module to me and I'll do so.

You have the classic symptoms.

Hi there is a very good posting on here about how to fix the back window, unfortunatly I don't know how to find it . I have used it and it works but I changed it slightly in that I attached the wire to the window with superglue and as we all know when it dries it leaves a white residue, this was painted over with matt black model paint. this...

As I say, all this entails removing the pump complete. It can be done without disturbing the cambelt provided the pump sprocket has two index holes but you will need a special puller to break the sprocket from its taper.

Unfortunitely the DW8 is not like this & does need the timing belt to be disturbed.

Ahh, thats the baby Clogzz, missing it's little perforated tent...

How's that little tent held in? It seems to have no obvious fixing...

I noticed the fuse was crimped in. I ran the blower with the resistor pack out and by gosh, a heck of a draft rattles out of the hole where it lives to keep it all cool. Those resistor elements must dissipate a...