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Hi all,

I've got her back safe and sound.

Here's what I found replaced the connector with a spare I had. Changed the preheating relay unit with a spare :wink: and it wouldn't start. :oops: I forgot to check the F7 fuse in engine bay. Changed that and she fired first time.

I think what happened initially was the solder on the connector gave way...

The garage it is in now is not a dealer and is a Bosch repair.

Has been making noise for logn time but has gotten louder. I hear it fairly loudly inside car.

Hi Dean and welcome..

Yes, the plastic bit you refer to is the dogbone linking the anti-roll bar to the height corrector. It's item 6 in the diagram below.

It will have popped off for sure but that's just a symptom, not the underlying problem.

The problem will be either that the dogbone has a harirline crack in its ballcups or more likely,...

The plastic dipsticks are a very stupid idea.

I replaced a Saxo one (has the plastic filter housing but old dipstick - 2000 Y reg) with the new plastic dipstick, as the dealer couldnt get me the right metal one, which had snapped. The plastic one is a right pain to get in and out. Though i think there was a new tube made as well as the dipstick.

I bought direct from a Chinese supplier. All the necessary lead were included, 2 pin, 16 pin and 30 pin. Delivered in 5 days and the supplier labelled it as a gift worth so there was no customs to pay.

It still works fine and came in a carrying pouch.

As to what you can do with a Lexia 3, well that depends on the car. On an old XM just the...

If you have trouble with the return springs you might want to try using a piece of nylon strimmer line to pull the spring into/out of place. I used the thicker line for petrol strimmers (2.4mm diameter I think). Cut a length of line. Loop it through the hook on the spring. Bring the two ends of the line further out from the spring by a foot or two...

Windows go sown but not always up. &0 mph with window down and snow it sore on the lugs.

HAve taken out, got it in bits,still a tad inconsistent. Annoyingly so. Have had to rely on window buttong on fob more than a few times.

Thanks wright,

i'll try all the doors for broken wires dodgy bars etc. Using the front passenger door to lock the doors(from inside) locks then unlocks but the drivers door doesnt move so i guess it might be that door that is the issue.

Thank you all for your comments, i hope to resolve the issue very soon.

d3xt0r

Car Diagnostic Kits

Found it!
This thread by red dwarfers within this one that is similar to your symptoms.

Cheers Guys it is looking that way (the pump that is). They say they go all the time on pug 406's. Will get it replaced next week no doubt. Will kepp you posted.

There is always the GT by Citroen too :)
Can't remember which game it was featured in though.

In that particular example injector 3s flow correction is much higher than the others and I think outside spec. So ideally that injector would need replacing.

The info is as available as the Lexia. Another side of it is that just being able to compare your figures with someone else's can point the way to a fault, pretty much like part...

The 169°C thermal fuse in the resistor pack has blown, cheap and easy to replace.
Usually caused by restricted airflow.
The vents shut is a likely cause, also a blocked pollen filter if it’s got one.
Vent faults are mechanical: bowden cables, sliders, flaps, or dash outlets shut unintentionally.

Old topic here:

thanks for all your advice,,just to let you all know,, i did manage to change the spheres and get through the retest :)
looking forward to doing the rears now ;)

Andrew
the first time i click basket in any one login setion it goes to the registration form,

i ignore this and toggle back then hit the basket for a second time and it give me a price for the part i selected,

from this point it gives a price on every thing i look up without going back into the registration form,

also as i have mentioned in...

Think im better off sticking with Xantias, atleast i have some knowledge of how they operate :)
Having read your post cachaciero,you have explained what i was thinking better than i put in mine :oops: :oops:

My trouble is putting my thoughts of non mechanical knowledge into mechanical terms :lol: :lol:

Hope the OP gets to the crux of the...

Fitted the new sensor today,
It's working fine so far,
Thanks guys.

douche vert usually means the pressure in the sphere is so low it's not able to overcome the residual pressure in the system to empty the lhm back into the pipes.

Given the emphasis Citroen place on almost sterile cleanliness when working on LDS-based systems, I suspect that there are some very narrow oilways etc which are easily blocked by small particles.
I don't know if there's an LDS version of Hydroflush available, but if so, it might be worth a try.

The leaking pipe is a leakage return pipe. All Citroen hydraulics (with the exception of the front struts) purposely leak small amounts of LHM for their own lubrication. This leakage is collected and returned to the reservoir. The kind of rubber used as terminations on the hard plastic leakage return pipes is very prone to splitting, especially...

I got two star washers with my new brake shoes. One of the star washers was a loose fit and it ended up getting lost.

Paul

Booked it into local garage. The parts are 28 quid each. Will be about £100 in total. I was charged 75 for the diagnosis.

They said 1.5 hours for fitting. I paid 37 Euros in France if I recall last time other car went bouncy.

They were pissed at me taking car away to new garage but what do they expect when they tell me I have to wait at least...

c5est

did you have the battery disconnected, i had mine disconnected and when i reconnected it i had an immobiliser fault, i had to press and hold the lock and then the unlock button until it started to lock and unlock, then tried to start it and the fault was gone.

bad news about the stilo is they suffered badly with air bag faults, and i know...

Or maybe the fact that a lot of people my age are driving around in tin cans.

:D :D :D

Ill see if i can hunt out the receipt for the one we got.

We have only had it a month so im sure they are still available.

Though you will have to order the brackets seperately, which might be the hard part!
Thankyou that will be a great help!

has anyone heard of anything like this being caused by a brake related problem,

Some years ago when I had my Xantia I had a bang - maybe more of a loud click when driving off. I discovered it was caused by a loose brake pad hitting the far end of the slot.

obviously hopeful, but this sounds like something i will check before ripping into...

I put a juberlee on there for good measure, now I've taken some of the pipe away I wanted to make sure it didn't come off.

As for the pipe, I'm assuming it's 100% standard, just didnt know if I could make a Xantia one fix due to price : )

Only if you have the gauges or go to halfrauds and buy a regas kit with a gauge on it, give some indication of how much is in there but not really accurate.

You can't tell how much is in there unless you recover the refrigerant and weigh it. Most likely it's close enough if the low side is around 35psi with the system fully loaded .. ie:...

MPG of the 138 is virtually the same as my 2.0HDi 110, which is impressive for a heavier car with more power.

On a recent trip to scotland for a week away our 138 did 51.4MPG. It averages around 46MPG, actual not on the trip computer.

The parking pack does seem quite rare. Ive seen a few with it but i do wonder why its not a more common...

Ive been in the new (ugly) Mondeo and as a passenger it was not a nice car to be in. Very noisey - i was unable to hear the people in the front - and it was very uncomfortable - not quite as bad as a Vectra however! It was a TinaniumX or something with the biggest possible wheels.

C5s, in every age and shape, are a very nice car to be in and...

What he said ^^.

Here is the current list/map of Lexia Locations

A Lexia is the only diagnostic computer that will read all Citroen codes and be able to clear them and make adjustments where required.

It's almost certainly an XUD given the year (96) , the HDi and DW8 were not 'out' then.

A pic of said engine will confirm though just to be sure (you never know what previous owners have done) , as there was a 205 (!) HDi around Derby a couple of years ago...

why buy on from the stealer Jim

regards malcolm

The original fault still exists but now the heater fan will only run in high speed and only with the engine running, getting a terrible pain in the wallet coming on.
Jeff

Mine does the same thing. A couple of weeks ago, I parked with the front number plate just touching the top of a stupid 'log' fence. As we walked away from the care there was a nasty cracking noise - as the front suspension did its rise-and-sink trick, the bottom edge of the number plate flicked over the top of the 'logs', caught and then tried to...

Most interesting re the date / rp number relationship.
I managed to get 'Into assembly' date from a Citroen UK phone help, and calculated an RP of 08018.
I have subsequently had (eventually) a reply to email to Citroen, and the records show 08020. The couple of days could be awaiting out inspection or similar.
I am much obliged to forum members in...

:D Anglesey is quiet I think

Can you imagine what it would cost Citroen to build them, yet alone sell them! C6 has prooved this.. unfortunally... :cry:

Paul

Possible air ingress or anti-stall needs adjusting.

Anti-stall should not need any kind of routine adjustment though, normally points towards other causes...

Get engine warm (as in 70c so just normal temp) , then very quickly rev up to about 2500rpm or so and shut acc quickly (let it snap shut as it were)

Watch rev counter during this, if you...

If the vac pump was giving up I would expect you to get the dreaded anti pollution message and LIMP mode as the Turbo is vac controlled and no vacuum quickly equates to an overboost condition.

EDIT

You don't really need a vacuum tester as such just something to measure vacuum and a few lengths of appropriate size rubber pipe and a selection of...

It could also be a knackered track rod end, had this problem on my punto. cheap enough to buy or get from local scrappy(will fit in your pocket) :)

d3xt0r

They are owned by Goodyear /Dunlop

i belive it dose matter' as i said earlier all the slack needs to end up between the back of the cam sprocket and the tensioner,

regards malcolm

I reprogrammed my wheel sensors into the BSI on Saturday using a borrowed S.1244-B.
Inside the unit there is what I think is a 2.2nF cap in series with a coil on a Ferrite. The coil wire looks like about 32AWG.
I put a scope across the cap and coil combination.
What I see is a simple 125kHz square wave with amplitude a bit less than a volt.
I...

Just glad it didn't fail on you when on a motorway.
Hopefully the garage will sort all the damage out, just make sure that the strut moves freely before you take it away.
Rob

It will almost certainly be a faulty switch, on your Xsara you have the type of switch known as the COM2000 which is a combined light & wiper switch unit, airbag rotary connector & remote plip reciever. Unfortunitely as you have probably guessed they are quite expensive (well new anyway) & there are also loads of variations aswell.

It's us airsofters in hot climates using it to power our pistols :)
Propane (an alternative gas used in airsoft) is often too powerful for summer temperatures.

hi, anybody now what size the bolt head is on the flywheel