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As Jim says, the two wire type. Again, as far as I remember, the 5 wire type is a two wire motor with an internal changeover switch so that front doors can operate the central locking. You could leave this unconnected if replacing a two wire.

Note that cars after about 2000 may use totally different door locking systems.

Fred

Thanks for the replies guys :D :D

Have managed to aquire a second hand lid from a donor vehicle and all is now well again :) :)

Must remember not to be quite so aggressive in future costs money in the end :oops:

Colin

Hi Jim,

Thanks for that advice, I've undone the joint, loosened the clips, cleaned it all up and re-assembled and...... Bingo! no more leak :D

Thanks so much for your help over the past week. =D>

Next is the timing belt....... but that's for another thread, if it passes it's MOT on Friday :-k

Cheers
Pete

We do Ultra sonic cable joins in work now...!

Its quite fascinating really

Paul

Thanks for the offer MJM :)

I made some last night and have fitted one which looks a treat 8-)

Printed on paper, laminated with a piece of thick sellotape front and back and then stuck on with industrial strength double sided tape.

Looks great and has lasted a fulls days driving so far with no complaints :P

And the best bit...cost = Nowt :D

I know the Mk1 SX did (I used to own one and the new owner loves it as much as I did!)

Ben

Yes i do! Ive just done 700 miles in it this week touring around Scotland with lots of luggage, 3 people and 3 bikes on the back. It went superbly, returning 45MPG even with all of the weight, drag and lively driving! 122K miles and going very nicely. The...

I asume the 2004 Picasso is a 2.0HDi?

The 1.6 is supposed to be a good engine, possibly more ecomomical than the 2.0 too. The FAp system isnt too much of a pain on the later cars, mainly the early 2.2 C5s. So as long as you get the fluid topped up when its needed then it 'should' be fine.

Id go for the later car, which will be the facelifted...

Just an update on my exhaust.
Found a local place that sleeved and done away with the cat.
Called in there yesterday as i've been away most of the time and he said i will open early on Saturday morning and do it for you before i start the jobs i have booked in.

Local garage to me and an independant garage.

Job done for £60.

Guess who will have...

Quick update:

Just as I was about to purchase some seals for 8 quid, a friend managed to find a cheap 2nd hand pump for 20 quid. Thought I might as well get the pump and replace my old one. I spent all morning fitting it and servicing the car myself. I couldnt get the belt back on until I realised there are 2 tensioners for the belt, how silly I...

Visual inspection with a strong magnifying glass would probably show a stress fracture caused by the bending process in the first place. With each gearchange that put a load on this side of the bracket, the crack would extend at an increasing rate until failure occurred. Bottom line: a manufacturing defect, perhaps due to a flaw in the steel...

i was under the impression that the final angle tightening sequence was in two stages of 90 degrees :?

Quite right Jim, if I had a MK1 I could take readings off the harness connections and work it out from there.

The switches I have are Hazard, Air con, Rear screen heater and Rear electric window defeat (or is it internal alarm sensor defeat?)

Is the dash lighting all 12v?

Yeah try it on full lock...it should be worse. Are you riding at proper height settings?. They can sound strange if not although it sounds more drastic than this.

i had the exact same problem with my berlingo van last week, in all my year i have never seen such a stupid designed clip for such a used pard, i tried bending the clip back through the whole but no joy it kept releasing again, however that hole with the rubber grommet it just big enough to get the end of my mig welder through, i can tell you now,...

I found the problem ok and it was as you said handyman a broken wire between the body and tailgate.
I had to cut open the rubber at the tailgate.

thanks again guys.

whamni

looks like it must be a dodgy button, the display has now got a mind of its own flashing up English from time time and occaisionally scrolling through all the setup pages.
It's very hard for me to access the menu to make any changes, but at least I've got it showing the correct time & date.

Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade the...

thanks for all the advice..
i was going thinking about getting another car anyway, as the xantia was not really big enough for my needs now , and found a v70 estate that i have now got instead, so i am selling the xantia, i'll list it on ebay next week when i get some pics done..its quite solid, a few knocks and bumps etc., but it has been a...

The one on riverside drive/sefton street (by the dock road)

Thank you for the info Wheeler, i have chance of a set of injectors off a 110bhp picassothat has done 40,000 miles but mine is a 90bhp, do you know if they are all the same, or do i need a specific one for mine.
Regards
Rich

Done what you said and the window works a treat, many thanks for your help.

The interface, there seem to be two versions of this commonly available on flea-bay one is the earlier V3 Actia box looks like well.... a black box.

Software there are several flavours of software about, originally Lexia V3 would have gone with the earlier box however Lexia V4.2 works fine with it as well. Don't know if Lexia V3 works on the...

Another suggestion for dash bulbs - look on ebay for fruit machine bulbs - they are the same as many dash bulbs and very cheap to buy this way - I got a batch of 100 for a few quid a couple of years ago.

Obviously I haven't used them all so I could put up a pic of them if anyone is interested, would send them out to anyone who wants a couple -...

There's an option on the Lexia to clear the fault codes.

A lot of the time once the codes have been cleared they don't come back unless the sensor is actually faulty.

It could of been a sensor that gave an out of range reading that triggered your light.

David.

So far so good - sort of.

As for the HP pump, the feed pipe joined OK but the left hand union (nearest the aux belt) is weeping slightly. I've tightened it as much as possible but no joy. I'll try loosening it and re-tightening just to see if that works.

Cheers

Duncan

Don't over tighten that union! It's only supposed to need 'nipping up'....

Thanks for your help.

mind you dont allow the inner most inner race to be pushed out of its seal/seat whilst you are installing the drive flandge into the outter inner race,

i usualy use a length of threaded bar with a nut at each end and very thick washers, and one of the old inner race's against the inner most inner race and the rod all the way through the drive...

I was lucky, I pulled out the radio and the code was written in marker pen on the top...

All my early cars had three front seats - and then they brought floor gearchange :(

Anyone????

Rhodia is the chemical company that makes it. I don't know if the chemical industry works in the same way as the pharmaceutical industry. When a pharma company discovers a new drug, they have sole rights to manufacture and sell for ten years. They can charge what ever they like. In the '60s Boots the chemists discovered and marketed a new drug...

follow the cable from the sensor to inside the engine compartment there should be a plug you can detatch

The ECU doesn't need the signal does it? Or is it purely there for the oil light?

I am not 100% sure to be honest, I doubt it would use that, although it would make some sense (regarding operating the fuel pump) but I doubt it does use it for anything.

Jim wrote
2. It is pulled toward the back of the picture to disengage the clutch.

errrr Jim it actualy is pulled towards the front of the car by the outter cable,

which in turn pulls the thrust bearing away from the flywheel (back to front clutch),

and the inner cable is attached to the fixed bracket,

regards malcolm

you can remove the seal on most sealed bearings as long as you are extremely careful not to misshape the seal as this will render it useless

They're the 3.5mm ones. Ether get them from GSF or Pleiades. Main dealers should have them too..

A few seal tips: Make sure every trace of the old one is removed from the height corrector.

Lubricate the new one with LHM and knead it in your fingers a bit to soften it up.

Push the seal as far on the pipe as it will go, right up to the flare....

The reason the handbook doesn't mention these fuses is that they are supposed to be a dealer-only replaeable item.

Have you tried the discs from the 5Gb download? Any good?

No been drowning in diesel :-) and I reckon that it could take me a few days to find the time. PM me with yr normal e-mail address and indicate which areas you are interested in and I will send you the iso files then you can burn them yrself.

cachaciero

There's plenty of 1997-early 98 306's with 'the dreaded DHY' engine where they've thrown a conrod through the block. This is the only reason I'd never own an R reg xud engined car!!

Do I need to be a member?

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...