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a query really,

did they ever come with this and if so is it an easy thing to add? (like the c5)

hi guys, this is my first post here as i have always found answers by looking in the forum, which i thank you all, but my problem is,,i have a 2001, xantia 2.0 sx, with air con etc , my blower motor packed up on new years eve, so i went the scrappie, and got one from a puegeot 406, same blower as mine , just have to use all the connections off my...

been to look at a c5 110 hdi today, 03 with just under 100k and fsh

car drove fine but was real sluggish while cold, as was warming up could feel turbo coming in and started pulling loads better but every now and then went sluggish again? was as though the turbo wasnt coming in

dont think turbo was dead as when was in pulled like a train and not...

I absolutely love my XM but it's in need of lots of silly repairs and since I've been juggling a full time university degree course with full time work I haven't the inclination, the energy or the cash to revive it. Also my wife needs a van for her business and we have limited parking space.

So I have a basically sound 2.0 Turbo Exclusive auto...

the front two spheres were changed last year, the two back were done 2 weeks ago, but now i have a problem with the ride height of the front. When the car is parked the front height is heigher than it should be and the back is lower, the fluid has been topped up, can you please advise how i can solve this problem,
cheers
dawn :lol:

Can anyone please do me a big favour, & tell me which of the 2 tiny pins of the alternator (1.9 deisel power steering, no air con) should have the purple wire connection?

It's done 300000 miles since 2006!

Well after her car crash and now the insurnce have coughed up my wife has got herself a 2000 Forta Hdi 90 with an amazing 72,000 on the clock with FSH and is well please with it. Few little niggles with it though. Horn doesnt work and none of the interior lights work and now and again the dash light comes up STOP and the overheating light comes...

Hi all,

Our Xantia's heater is playing up. Sometimes it simply does not come on, and sometimes it does. So I presume we're talking about a connection problem here, as opposed to a fuse gone somewhere.

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Hi all, I've just discovered the delights of the C15 Champ ( its like owning one of those scruffy small lovable terriers). But the heater fan is a bit militant, sometimes it works sometimes it won't. I've read that this is a common fault on other Citroen's, is it the same cure for the C15.

Hello,

In the recent really cold weather my Xantia has really struggled to start and if the battery has enough power to keep cranking it till it fires,it fires with loads of smoke! I think the glow plugs aren't working at all but I did read somewhere that they're fired by a coolant temp sensor when its below about 0 deg C..

Are they bad to...

seen the new Ds3 at my local dealers, What a fantastic little car, also found this the new DS3-Racing 200 bhp cooper turbo engine

The rear offside(driverside) door was jammed. I did the banging it a bit and got it open. I took off childlock which allows it to be opened from inside.

Thing is most often or not it wont open from outside. But when I open it from inside it opens everytime I try from the outside as normal. But when left for a little shile it jams from the...

Hi all,

The C5 misbehaved today, by loudly beeping every second from under the dashboard.
It happened when I shut the driver’s door after getting in, and nothing would stop it.
I drove home like that, and it still beeped with the key out.
I fully opened the driver’s window and closed the door, then disconnected the battery for several minutes....

Hi guys well after iv just finshed repairing my car i took the car out to see if everything was ok.But when i was sat at the traffi lights i pulled off then there was aloud noise coming from the exhaust so i go it home up on the ramp and whats happend is that where the pipe goes into the rear box had broke apart but the this happend to the last...

Will I be able to fit a CT engine and box in a Xantia hatch?

I ask as I've been offered one for a good price, and even though I'm not entirely sure what I'd do with it. It may be worth having due to the fact it was rebuilt about 20k ago.

iv got a totally unrelated question for you guys you have been so helpfull so far i thought i would try iv just finished doing up my sons 50cc twist and go moped but it has a problem it starts irratically sometimes ticks over ok sometimes stalls and when your riding it and open the throttle full the engine just dies hope you can give me some ideas...

I might have a go at filling and painting a bumper on V6.......in warm weather :) So we need special filler, plastic primer etc. It`s only the corners that are cracked.

Would it be best to take whole bumper back to base or just flat paint?

What paint is on Mk1 V6? It's the moe common dark green. Is it a celly with 2k lac or a 2k with lac?...

HI, the window on drivers side on my berlingo 52 van was iced up, stupidly i tried to wind it down (manual winder) and heard something click, now it wont wind down even tho its thawed out, any ideas how to sort? Cheers!

I'm almost there...

After sorting out the cause of my alarm problems (water letting by the scuttle) I now find another hurdle. :roll:

I can't turn on the alarm under the bonet. The key just twists in the barrel, it feels like it's not locating inside properly.

The same happened to both my door barrels too. I took them out and stripped them to...

A friend of mine in the Motor Trade (in the U.K) tells me that a lot of Citroen owners use Mercedes Branded coolant in their cars. He advises me that this brand contains superior rust inhibitors. Has any members of the forum heard this, or used this brand. (He has no connection to the brand)

Hello everyone,

My 2.2 Hdi C5 has developed a problem whereby the tickover is eratic and over the last few days it has become so lumpy that it has stalled many times.

Today, on the M1 past Luton the traffic came to a halt. I pressed the clutch and brake pedal and the engine stalled. It did it about 4 times on the trip up from London to...

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The headlight washers didn't work when I got the car, but the pump did operate, so clearly I thought: put some screen wash in the bottle and let's see what happens...

Lights on, pulled the wash/wipe stalk and the motor pumped and copious amounts of water squirted over the headlights (and front of the car): great, I thought. Trouble is it...

I've just done a stupid thing and put petrol in my diesel Xantia. (Had filled the wifes Scenic up before, and just went back to the same pump :oops: )

I realised mid pump , so will probably be OK, but is there an easy way to drain the tank.

Got me back home Ok, but just thought it might be worthwhile.

Thanks again

- Dave -

My C5 is just over 18 months old and over the past few weeks I have started to see depolination faulty anyone got any idea what to do to sort it.

The past week has also seen the engine stop for no reason!!

This is dangerous help please?

Hi guys well yesterday when driving someone hit the side of me and it was him over myside of the road.Anyway we swopped details and in the evening went to ring him and the number and address he gave me are all wrong.Iv gone to the police this morning and turns out the name address are fake and that the reg of his car is showing back as no...

Daughter has just passed her MOT with her Clio, ( using this forum as there isn't much action on the Renualt one) the emission reading were;

Test Limit applied 3.00 l/m

Absorption coefficient 2.29 l/m 2.53 l/m 2.83 l/m

Mean Absorption coefficient 2.55 l/m Zero drift 0.01 l/m

Mean absorption coefficient after correction 2.54

Are these readings...

I figured it's always nice to introduce yourself on a new forum and I've just signed up.

I'm the proud new owner (honestly) of a 2001 Synergie HDi.
Bought with a few issues, I'm working through them by using a bit of thought and also the search button in here. :wink:

Things fixed so far include dash lights being out. I now know it as 95,000 in...

Hi, is anyone likely to soon remove a Mk2 1.9TDair cooled xantia coolant radiator please?

if so can you please measure the diameter of the bottom hose connection which would normally be on the drivers side of the car.

my reason for asking is that I want to buy a thermostatic coolant heater that fits in the radiator hose.

thank you in advance...

Ok, I'm refitting a CV joint, which I've never done before. I have a new boot kit, which comes with new clips. Probably a stupid questions, but how on earth do you fit these things:

I assumed it would pull on with pliers, but it's way too tight. I have concluded there must be some sort of tool for them?

After the issues I had today with draining the tank via the priming bulb, I thought I'd spend 5 mins and change the passenger side light bulb.

All done, turned the lights on and nothing. (exactly the same as before)
Dipped and Main, both work, just the side lights for the passenger side.

Checked the fuses and the rear tail lights both work fine,...

Hi guys,

decided to have a proper look over the under bonnet area today and everything is extremely clean except for one part.

I am guessing this is an EGR? there is oil covering it and pooling in the cavity below it. Its not flowing and looks like its accumulated over time..

Any ideas?

Rhys

Hi all i read a review back along on the latest new fangled merc e class 220 diesel that got a whopping 50+ mpg partly helped by its low energy tires has anyone any experience of such tires and how do they help are they just skinnier? Is it worth paying for them on my almost ready to change tires if im gonna gain some extra mileage i wonder and...

Hi everybody!

This is my first message to the board ...

Hope you can give me some clues how to fix the leak in my 2nd gen. Xsara.

The problem is that MOT failed because of this leak. The leak is coming under the fuel tank. To be more precise the diesel is coming from the front side of the tank. Also, the pump seems very wet from above when...

Hi All

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Im sorry, I had to laugh out loud!

In the users location on each post, originally I had put Far far away, North Wales in my Club-XM section - I havent done it here on FCF...

Then Andmcit also put far far away on his, and then today after reading a post by Addo, I like his addition to his, New South Wales, Aus, Ill show you far far away!

That...

My Xantia V6 comes up to 10 years old in March, and the Green Flag/Citroen Assist policy I have had since I bought the car will not extend to travel outside the UK after that date.

Green Flag will give me temporary Continental cover but they want well over £200 for 15 days in France, even though I have never made any claim on my policy.

Anyone...

Hi all ive been having a lack of torque and hp problem of late witch can be a little annoying,i can switch car on and briefly the display flashes up eco mod for about 2 seconds and man its as flat as a witches cleavage area.
No lamp illuminates on dash to say theres a problem and if i switch the car off and back on again it will sometimes forget...

Anyone here do any towing (caravaning) with a 1.6 C5 HDI ?. Am thinking about changing and an 08 of the current model is very tempting - budget wise the 1.6 is about as far as it goes though :( . Currently have a 1.9td Xantia so the bhp and the torque on the c5 is higher.

Brian

97 Xantia TD 234k :D

Hi

Hav a 2002 C5 2.0 hpi petrol car, which has an intermitant fault with the windows.

It has happened twice, bout 3 months apart, after locking the car using the fob key all 4 windows open bout 2 inches. I close all 4 windows and the car and windows work fine.

I dont know how long after locking the car this happens as i only notice it wen i...

I have a 1999 2.0 HDI TD Exclusive Xantia 110 bhp
I am having problems with the steering and suspendion :-
The steering is hard and soft to turn at times, a secondhand pump was fitted

the suspendion rises and falls at any time both front and rear allow mostly front. it sinks very quickly at times and takes about 1 to 2 mins to raise, it can be a...

ok have a little prob on my CITROEN XSARA PICASSO 1.8i petrol 51 plate

it is the front screen washers every time i pull the stick back to clean windows no water but it comes from back?but you got to twist the stick to make back ones work with water with is working ok,so is there 2 pumps in the water bottle,or can it be down to the stick

Hi, it was mentioned a while ago that someone had a pinhole in their heater matrix in their xantia and they used a particular type of sealant to get them by .

I gather there is one make better than most for tiding you over with this problem?

does anyone know what it is called please?

regards Nigel

Hi folks

I was wondering if anyone's ever found a set of clear headlights for a Xantia?

I'm considering trying to butcher a set of headlights to fit projectors in there, but I'd need a clear glass bit or the light beam will go everywhere!

I know about the legality of it all but with projectors and clear glass the light beam should be good and...

Does anyone know if these front pads will fit my MK 1 V6? GSF NO. N64019.

sorry Mods I know its not really the place but Ive got to say a big thank you to bx man if he's still around because this one has been haunting me for years.

Thank you for finding a way to turn off my airbag light on my Mk2 xantia.
I didnt get around to trying it out until today when I replaced my steering column.

absolutely brilliant no more...

Can anybody tell me how to tell the difference between a 6+2 hydraulic pump and a '6 sucker' pump?- I'm trying to help my brother find the correct part number for the front offside suspension sphere supply pipe on his 94 1.9D - the part no. given on 'service citroen' from the vin no is 5270EC, and this is the same as the part no that his local...

Is it possible to transfer all the workings from the drivers side electric window from a MkII to a Mk I.

Aware from reading some of the posts that the workings are different, so wondered if a full transplant could work.

If so, how the hell do you get the workings out. Currently at door panel off, foam off, and all the bolts removed (that I can...

Hi all, Anyone able to tell me where I can find schematics/strip down procedures for the ME5T type manual gearbox as fitted to my 2.1td ?

Cheers Colin.P

My local paper is reporting a story about a C5 being badly damaged by a car wash. Click here for story It looks like the tailgate opened as the brush went over.

I don't have a C5 but was wondering if the tailgate release on a C5 is exposed enough that the brush might have triggered it? Or did the customer either not have the boot closed in the...