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Thank for the pic steelcityuk.

C5driver

Hi,

You don't say what car, but I assume it is a C5?

If correct this is not an uncommon event.

The C5 electronics are very sensitive to battery voltage and if there is a heavy load i.e. lights/wipers/heater fan and the suspension pump also kicks in it can cause the voltage to drop momentarily and trigger ecu reset/glitch.

This is more likely...

I agree entirely with Xac's analysis.

It may only be worth £500 if it's done a lot of miles, but it's not much in depreciation terms. So many people delude themselves about the true cost of running a car by conveniently ignoring depreciation.

I have a similar Xant to yours Bren, deliberately choosing an XUD9T over the HDi for the simple...

Hi Guys and thanks for the information.

Originally my plan was to replace my broken citroen radio and replace with another and re-code myself. At present it has a non standard unit in it, there is no sound from the original unit.

I have tried a plug in code reader just to see if there where any faults but this unit failed to register (as if no...

Hi Toby.

In a DIY application, carefull making or measuring should be ok and put everything back to the original marks, this should leave it as good (or bad) as it was when you started.

But.

Any garage doing any work where the steering is upset at all should check and re-set (if needed) the tracking at the end of the job.

I would just pop them...

Your quite right, you dont have to remove the wheels, although i thought i would just to make it easier for myself.

That might be an idea if the allenkey bolt rounds off, although i would try that first, Its much easier to do that than try and pop the link out.

A few days before i replaced mine i sprayed WD40 on both bolts on the link a few...

Hi Steve.
Birthdate of my car is April,2008. I think It will work.
I saw demo version of this program downloaded from site.
This program cause OBD codes and some information from sensors.
But I did not find such a parameter, like injection time inside a program.
Lexia shows this parametr without any problems.

Your £2.75 from Citroen (I'm sure they were £2.51 in July) also includes a new bulb, backing plate and wiring connector. Quite reasonably priced really.

You'll have to dummy the circuit load for the airbag, by bridging its lead terminals with an appropriate resistor. Not sure what the value may be, as I don't know anyone who's put a multimeter across them!

Not sure if your joking or not about the multimeter across the airbag/pre tensioners but never do this as it can deploy them.
I believe the...

if its still fitted with ther original locking nuts it might have left the factor with, then you should just be able to go to any dealer and they will be able to sort a replacement locking wheel nut tool

regards malcolm

:oops: hi folks sorry about the last thread being in capitals,as well as being a novice with diy car repairs i am also a novice with the computer skills,anyway thanks for the replies ,it has finally put my mind at ease as i thought i was going mad not being able to find where the fuel filter was located,thanks yet again for the quick...

there seemed to be a hole or depression at one point.

They are quite soft alloy and are a bit delicate, especially if someone before you has tried to get a sphere off using , err, brutal techniques. The face that's important is the one in the resess where the seal fits, afew dings on the very top surface should not matter overly. A good sphere...

Here's a link to the proper self-adhesive foam membrane on a roll from Kent Europe:-

Paul

The pricetag for this regulator is equivalent to some £300 in DK.

Now try look up the pricetag for a High pressure hydraulic pump for the BX model range ...

£3000 !

yes : 3 thousand pounds ...

If you look at the spec you will find that paralell is within tolerance, but its quite easy to adjust the the required tow in/out using this method. I have been doing it this way for around 30 years and and getting on for 1,000,000 miles and my tyres always wear evenly.

Well, I've put the car on stands today and took a good look at the height corrector. Since the pipes nuts didn't cooperate, I've managed to take the the height corrector out and cleaned it out.

As I suspected, no rust, and no mechanism was seized. However I've noted that the metal pin linking the brace on the torsion bar and the plastic link was...

It wasn't after this tip was it?

My best method :

Loosen all wheelbolts on stuck wheels, but ensure they will still keep the wheel to the hub.
Drive - very careful - a short trip round the block, while you take advantage of as many turns as possible to put side forces on the turning wheels.

Works every time.

I found this an unbelievable...

thanks for the replys, its a 1.9,

all the best

barry

the easyest way to tell the diferance between hydactive or not from under the bonnet, is the pipe type/diamiter hyractive stut feed pipe is made up of large diamiter reinforced rubber sections with short sections of 6mm metal pipe with 12mm pipe nuts, standerd susp has 3.5mm pipe with 8mm pipe nuts

regards malcolm

Thanks for that. It looks a bit complicated :shock: I've learned of a 406 with broken engine so I might see if I can get the pulley/bearing off that, it might.

Does anybody know if I can bypass the compressor for now?

Thank you for your very informative reply; I for one shall be buying only Total LHM from this day forth :-)

Thank you Malcolm
It looks a useful tool and your reference to it was most helpful.
I managed with a couple of bits of 2 x2 and length of 4 x2 with 3 small ratchet straps it worked a treat most grateful for the idea.
best wishes Patrick

My diesel Xantia had the same sort of problem. Not wishing to be alarmist have you checked the cam belt? Mine had jumped a cog and was running like yours. Shortly afterwards the cambelt went through the cover and caused terminal damage.

I do hope you don't have the same problem.

Mine is like this some mornings Lazza :D

feels like it has flat tyres, and can take from 5 - 20 seconds to extinguish the light..

I am ignoring it at the moment... some mornings and every afternoon it's fine...

no actually what i meant was moving the suspension from low to high the front goes up and down nicely but the back stays put ,except once when having a play around the back went all the way down and back up to normal height but would not go up to max.

Robin, this sounds like the height corrector is not a happy bunny. Is the white plastic link...

if it aint got air con isnt the resistor pack in the heater air intake knozle, bit like the ZX were you go in under the scutle rotate it quarter of a turn, pull it out and then unplug it,

with this type GSF sell them

regards malcolm

This one has aircon.

Hi Ohms,

Is it a car you just bought? reason i when i bought mine the plip remote i got with the car wasnt the right one so wasnt tuned in to the car. There is a method of doing this but i cant remember how at the moment.....

Intermittant wipe not working...column stalk?

Hi,

I'd be quite surprised if a VTR had steel wheels originally, they always seem to have alloys. Nothing to stop you fitting steel wheels though if you prefer them, the LX spec Xsaras tended to have 15 steel wheels.

...I've a feeling the 4HP20 ECU takes a lot of various signals to come to it's conclusions about which gear to select and when.
AL4 is the same. Road speed, RPM, fluid temperature, mode selection, throttle position, kickdown actuation ( excition :lol: ) and I think somehow - maybe by pressure sensing? - the incoming load via driveshafts (as it...

Hi,

I have just purchased a '98 model Synergie with a failed clutch, what is the best way of removing it? Does the subframe need to be dropped or can the gearbox be removed by sliding it out the side of the arch. It was mentioned about following the Haynes manual but according to the Haynes website they didnt produce a book for it only considered...

Nope; that's how they are made. It's for the seatbelt warning light - not the airbag/pretensioner harness.

Thanks.

A colleague at work is on his second Peugeot. General opinion is that it's fantastic for what it is. Seems well built, a cheap to build car as opposed to a cheap built car? Sounds great - to me just like a 911. It accelerates faster than average hatchs and sips fuel. Very reliable and no out of general servicing faults.

He is only on his second...

Thanks Old Guy.

I got the belt from Halfords and believe that I have the correct one. I did double check after the bloke on the accessories desk looked it up on his computer then tried to give me the wrong one.

The phrase Xantia, err that's a Citroen isn't it ? Didn't instill much confidence, hence rechecking on their customer list.

The reason...

The new high pressure pump was a fault after this issue then? :twisted:

Nope well before :cry:

The wiring should be the same on both types so i would also say it looks like just the bulbs are gone, there are 3 of them if i remember correctly.

I thought as much, they seem to be delicate as the old one removed only had one working bulb. Looks like a trip to Maplins or halfrauds

It was the bulbs, all changed and display now illuminates. :D

Regarding the ABS Sensor testing, take a look at the first section of this guide:

It is possible to test without a Lexia. Though if none flag up faulty, it still could well be a sensor that has become faulty in a different respect as not to affect the ohms rating.

Your electrified GS isn't a first (as I'm sure you know) here's a link to another leccy GS:

Yup. I knew it... there is also a electric ID in Canada.

If I've got it right, the rear A/S accumulator sphere is also part of the rear braking circuit, which is (as Jim says) a dead-end beyond that point. If you were to change the rear pads immediately after changing the A/S sphere then I reckon you would probably purge any air - otherwise the brake lines will be full of dirty old LHM.

When I did all...

The difference in real terms is a power increase without any increase in smoke. If the tuning box just plugs into the fuel rail then basically it's just fooling the ECU into thinking that the fuel rail is under pressurised so either the ECU ups the pressure or opens the injectors longer, hence more power and to some extent more smoke. With a...

First of all :

Be sure it really is engine oil, and not some black moisture from the rust and sooth in the exhaust.

Hold a cloth against the exos pipe while engine is idling. The cloth should be large enough you wont burn yourself, and the exhaust is still able to breathe through.
After one minute or so, there will be enough condensation on the...

Have a look through this thread:

I'm guessing yours is a Mk2 being V reg, so will have the relay fix fitted from factory, could be the relay has died.

The part shown is attached to the blower motor, to be in the breeze, but covered with a perforated metal shield.
Some models have it in the air duct, very near the blower.

The fuse link is the silvery piece with yellow tip.
A failsafe nail would be good to test for a short while, because if the resistors get hot because of lack of airflow, you...

It would appear that the ball-stud that the plastic link arm goes on to is missing off the corrector :shock: There's no doubt about it now,it'll have to be removed,stripped and cleaned up :( However,it looks like it can be repaired. :) All will become apparent when we get it off the car!

Cheers, Jon.

If you do a search on the forum this very subject was covered in detail (with a solution) a couple of years ago.

If the hub nut is very stubborn, you can arrange things so that the end of the breaker bar is on the ground, and VERY carefully move the car under power to start the nut!

Can't you just run a new wire then ?

hi steve
many thanks for your advise after a few beers i have persuaded him to try to change the thermistor so next week we are going to gsf in liverpool to get a new thermistor and if he chickens out ive his permission to go to a local auto electrician
again my thanks for your advise
ron :D

It turned out to be the brake light switch, for some reason the plunger at the end of the switch was jammed in and would not move out therefore the light was always in the off position.

Hi Pull.

I see that you are online now.

I am about around the workshop today, if you want to call feel free, I dont come on here to try and sell bits, so I wont be pushing you to buy something off me, it may be easier to help by talking rather than typing.

01487 831239

Regards
Martin