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This is a car I may be offered for a song. 2001 hdi 110 bhp estate,
Drives well though!
There are a few issues most of which are common enough. I have been told that driveshaft oil seals are leaking and it is a song and dance to fix?

True? or not! Anything else to look for? Well of course there is :lol:

The red oil warning and stop light stays on on my C5 2.0 HDi for about 2 miles when starting from cold, have checked the oil level which is fine.
Could this be a failing oil pump or just a faulty sensor - any easy way of checking?

Hi, I have a new, still in box sunroof deflector citroen part no. ZC 9877153U which I was going to try and sell on e-bay but I am unsure if it is for a ZX or BX can someone help. thanks

I did post this under another forum, but not sure it's the right place.. anyway, is this the clutch clip that breaks? The pedal on the 1.9 has hit the floor, and I need to know if this is the problem, and what to ask for at the dealer's.

Has anyone got a N/S door mirror (electric) and a factory CD player for a Xantia 1.9td on a p reg

I've had my 2.1td 1998 Xantia for around 5 years now and fancy a change.
The Xantia has been very reliable in my ownership and other than regular maintenance has never really needed any work doing, what it has needed I've been able to do myself (abs sensor,hydraulic pipe spheres etc)

Now I'm thinking of a Xsara 2.0HDi as a replacement but can I...

Carrying on slightly from my earlier posts, coming home from work yesterday morning, my car, a 2001 C5 2.2HDi Est just cut whilst doing 40mph with a big plume of white smoke behind. I did notice that the ESP light flashed up as it happened but also went out almost imediately. Quickly pulled over but it would not restart.
Called RAC out and lo and...

Does the gear knob on the mk1 C5 screw on like the Xsara/ZX/Xantia or is it like everything else on the C5,some exotic fixing method, its just the chrome on the top where the gear markings are and has split and broken up and is sharp to the hands,and I feel a twonk driving round with one glove on (ala Michael Jackson) ,so I was looking at a cheap...

Hi, had this car for about 5 months and all has been AOK, even sailing through new MOT. However, since yesterday I now have a problem with the rear suspension and could do with advice!

It will jack up to high and sink to low but nothing in between. If it is low and I move the lever to normal the front rises but the rear stays low. If it is high...

hi all, are the handbrake cables on the rh and lh sides of equal length? can they be interchange? i have a broken LH side and intend to replace but the spare i have is the rh side taken from another car which i have scrapped. any tips how to make the job easier? thanks

Hello all, i am a proud owner of an 05 Reg Citroen C5 1.6 HDI VTR Tourer. I was browsing through the owners manual and saw the navidrive system that the higher spec models come with.

I have come to realise that you can infact use this navidrive system and hard drive for a whole host of different uses - especially with the mp4 jack installed in...

My NS mirror is showing the signs of numerous close (well, too close actually! :x ) calls at 30MPH in narrow streets, and snagging on the hedge while reversing up my driveway. It was always cracked somewhere inside but now it's quite floppy.

I'd like to effect a long term repair before reaching that embarrassing stage of a mirror attached with...

New to forum, and fairly new to Citroen's, HI.

Just done the broken clutch clip job on my xantia hdi.
Oh no!! big job and me only a armature do my homework first and read up on this forum ect,

All went together OK

Only problem if found was that the pedal was a bit sloppy when the bolt went back in, pity as i was almost there, :?, what to do?...

Ok so the car is going in tomorrow morning to get the front caliper freed off and a new set of pads fitted.....It wasnt much fun driving to work this morning with little braking efficiency....

So, I got in the car after work today in Huddersfield to drive back to Oldham on the m62 and just before i get onto the motorway the back box shears off...

Hi Everyone
Just bought an Xantia Exclusive with the 2.0 HDI engine. Very pleased with it so far although i have only owned it for a week.

Just wondering if theres any special or imprtant things i should look for or know..There does not seem to be any problems with it but i do like to be prepared..I did own a V6 Omega before buying the Xantia but...

Ok so my brain has been working overtime on the flickering headlights.
My thoughts are that the hydraulic pump is now electric and will draw a large current on startup BUT that would make the lights dim not go brighter, now when the pump turns and the headlights etc are on the alternator will kick up its output (amps and volts) to cope however...

Hi all,
The passenger side electric window on my 99 Xantia stopped working the other day. So
I took the whole mechanism apart and saw the plastic slide (the one sitting on the rail
and is pulled by the cable and has a pin hooking up to the window glass) is broken.

Easy I thought. Shouldn’t cost me more than a few cents to get this baby replaced....

Hi all. I've had a bit of a disaster this week - a river of LHM from the front anti-sink valve, the seal has gone on one of the ends. It doesn't look too difficult to repair, however I've spoken to Martin at Pleiades who very kindly sent me a photo of what a replacement should look like - hence the puzzle. There are only 4 pipes coming out of mine...

As we all know, we have a fondness for Citroens.... :P

I perhaps am worse than some in so far as i also have a compulsion to have a car which is kept as clean as possible...most of the time.

That said, i have just been under the back of my Xantia for the first time and noticed its all a bit rusty under there and looks a bit tatty....That just...

Hi All
M reg 2ltr Xantia C/L stopped working on the fob. Tested both fobs IR with camera and working. Locks with keys. Disconnected battery over night but still the same (thought there might be some default if I did this)

Only problem since doing this is the headlights flash for about 10 secs. They stop if i pull the fuse (no17) or pull out the...

hi were having real problems at times starting our dispatch ,sometimes it will start 1st turn of the key after glow plug light as gone out other times it just does not want to know ,it will turn over and you think your away but then it just dies ,do these vehicles have problems with the immobiliser as i seem to think it could be this ,is there...

For a while now i have been having problems with my front passenger side caliper.

Ive had the handbrake cables changed and yes less noise but still the grating sound and a heavily dusted passenger side wheel.

So finally, today i took off the wheel to check what was going on.

Result: Outside pad worn down to the metal, the inside pad, not...

Hi all,

My parents' Xantia is in trouble again. It's the 1.8i 8-valve petrol version. The radiator was leaking and whilst out driving the engine overheated. When they had a look under the bonnet, it was clear the head gasket had blown, there was oil seeping from the junction of head to block.

My concern is that if overheating caused the head...

I have started getting a slight whiff of coolant inside the car, as it rises to temp. Heater matrix on its way?

I was only thinking the other day that it has lasted well (13 years) and then this! I guess I was tempting fate.

I could put a bottle of K-seal in and hope for the best but I think this is only a temporary measure. I have a local...

What size tyres will fit in the spare wheel cradle on my 1.9td? I tried a 195/65 in when i bougth the car & it wouldn't fit, the current spare is 185/65 but super bald.

Will 205/60/15 fit, to match the activa alloy size? Need to get it changed before my trip to London this weekend..

i have got squeeky brakes changed the rear pads but its still there not as bad and not allways doing it but still drives me daft :D
as anyone had this problem?
Thanks andy

here i have my Xantia sensation she is 1999 with an 1.9 TD engine... some time's the p/steering works and some time's its very hard 2 turn, if the rubber boot was busted on the steering rack (gater) would this stop the power steering 4m working some times:?:

Reguards: Paul

Eventually I've managed to fix my Rack and put it back together and back on the car. 8)
But :cry: The steering is very heavy.

Is it possible to an air lock in the Power ram/rack and how do you clear it :?:

I've started the Citro areobics but ran out of daylight.

Any suggestions

Kenny

Got a gearbox oil leak on my 52 plate Xsara Hdi 110 can anyone tell me before I go changing the driveshaft seals how do you refill it. I can see what looks like drain plug but no filler plug. Thanks iadvance for any help.

Hi, I have already posted a topic regarding my 'ESP' & 'anti-pollution' fault messages which i am still trying to solve!!
However, on my searches, i have noticed a small hole on the Intercooler. Well, i cant see the hole but judging by all the crap it has left around it, it was worth removing and checking.
Checked it out in a bath of water and it...

Hi guys,

Does anyone know the ave mpg figures for all of the Xantia engine range? Please add any engines i have forgotten. Thanks guys..... :)

1.8i
1.8i16v
2.0i
1.9d
1.9td = 42mpg
2.0HDI
2.1TD
3.0V6

Je suis la deese :P

Ok, firstly Hello...

Next, the last Citroen I owned was a Citroen GS Pallas Club, way back, blimey that was a good car in it's day, and very fast and responsive...

Any way moving on, recently bought a Zx (K) Plate, with 11+ months mot, tax 3+ months, 175,000 on the clock, VGC Body work etc, and knowing the clutch was slipping, took a chance and...

In the Citroen Workshop Manuals they use a strange (to me anyway :roll: ) method of measuring torque wrench settings.

Typically...

Tightening torque = 3,5 m.daN

I'm not at all familiar with this unit of measure.

How can this be converted into something I understand like foot-pounds?

Thanks,

Confused of Newport Pagnell...

Didnt know these existed...i presume they were deemed too good for blighty :roll:

After a bit of digging, i came across this info. Clearly they were mistaken...

Heuliez designed in 1996 a convertible version of Xantia. Unfortunately this idea didn´t never see the day light. This Xantia had retractable hardtop.

1. Today I tried to fit new front brake pads to my 1998 Xantia,
whilst trying to screw in the piston turnning it clockwise it would
only travel in about half way, the piston still turns but does not
want to travel in any further.
I tried lowering the suspension to let the pressure off but this didn't
help at all.
I have changed the pads...

Hi all.
Im looking to buy a 2001 C5 HDi at the moment, the one i have found has 2 problems:
1 the speedo doesnt work, is there a common fault with the speedo's, if so what could it be (guess that it is electronic)
2 The remote locking isnt working (so im told) but it will lock with the keys and set the alarm, assuming its not the batteries in the...

I've had a read of the other recent similar problems but they don't seem to be the same. Friend's C5 is blowing the fuel pipe off the priming balloon and covering everything with fuel, done it twice now, last time over the mechanic :shock: :shock: (he wasn't happy) any ideas what that'd be? Mechanic is stumped.

Should there be a clip on the pipe...

I have just had to replace the battery in my Key Fob.
I believe I have to reprogram the fob after this?
I have tried the only procedure I can find on here (Put key in ignition, turn ignition on, hold Lock key for 5 seconds, remove key from ignition, leave 5 seconds and press lock again) However this didn't work for me, tried it a few times but...

Hi Gang,

My bosch pump is not pumping through fuel under pressure into my injectors. :cry:

Does this mean removing pump and overhauling it to fix problem :?:

Kenny

Confession time!

I’m thinking of scrapping my ‘98 Series 2 Xantia 2.1TD Exclusive. The cambelt jumped for the second time due to a stripped auxiliary belt when some of the bits of the auxiliary belt got inside the cam cover. Although I subsequently reset the timing and got it going again, its not happy (ok once its running but reluctant to...

For the third time in 4 months the alternator on my TurboCT failed. Its a Mitsubishi unit.

Anybody have one I can buy from? This one seems jinxed... two regulator failures and now a diode bridge failure.

Related question, anybody have the part number or the page from the parts catalog to try and find it on ebay?

hi all
NO :shock: suggestions to my heater/blower problems then posted before the weekend ??????? obviously not a common problem
dissapionted manicming

I've just come back from a car boot sale, I managed to strike a deal with a 'booter..... :lol:

Boxes and boxes of Citroen parts a fair amount of it OEM :D :D a couple of renalt and suzuki bits chucked in there too.

I've had a rumage around and come up with a rough list:

30 - 40 Oil/Air filters
Relays
Big thick wires
round disks of some...

Posted by request but thought they may be appreciated by all owners of a Xantia with the AL4 automatic gearbox.

Gosh, it's complex!!!

AL4 Circuit

AL4 Harnesses

AL4 Component Locations

Sorry for the quality of the first two images. Later Xantia diagrams are printed on what appears to be recycled Andrex :twisted:

my rev counter has always read just under 10,000 when ticking over. lately it sometimes jumps up to 20,000 or well over 10,000. then if i rev a bit harder, comes back down to normal. anyone know why. thanks tom.

the blower/fan on my 1999 synergie 1.9td sx has an intermitant fault as in somtimes it works somtimes it doesnot sadly mostly not! it is the type with the digital display (not the sliders) we have replaced the panel with all the controls on (with a working 2nd hand one) but still no fan/blower! all of the other functions work fine (you can hear...

Hi, trailers are very expensive to hire at the mo around a hundred quid for two days/ a weekend, :shock: if anyone knows could you please advise the weight of a Citroen GSA please so we can decide which size trailer to hire and possibly save some pennies?

we might be able to use a flatbed trailer that has ramps on it which is a lot cheaper to...

Hi folks, when I replaced the bellows on the steering rack I tightened up the clamp bolt which connects to the 2 parts of the divided track rod. There was no indication at what angle I should set this to but I reset it to where it was, approximately. No real problem here.
My query is that the track rod dips in the middle at this setting and there...

Just found this, like the way as the speed gets higher so do the amount of warning lights on the dash lol

Hi,

does anyone have the unusual experience of going to a breakers for some new front seats for an AX and getting four door front seats instead of three door front seats? (I know I know it was a stupid thing to do).

Now the new seats don't lean forward like the old three door seats to allow a passenger to get in the back but they have a blank...