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I just looked a 2002 C5 V6 Exclusive Estate. Seemed to good to be true, 42000 miles, less than £1500.

I have deep suspicions about the documented mileage. The brake pedal was worn as much as my Xantia's at 132000, the drivers carpet was worn, the rubberised coating was coming off the door pull, and the steering wheel leather was badly worn...

The problem is without the correct machine tyre fitters try and balance using an adapter with four studs and unless this is set up 100% it will be balanced incorrectly as I found out.
Thats true i took my c5 estate to Kwikfit to get two new front tyres balanced.I never thought to take it on the motorway to test it.A week later i set off to france...

Citrojim

No not looked at resistors will get it up on ramps and see soon

thanks for your wikipedia full knowledge

Paul

I'm no expert on leather coverings etc, but I frequently observe people at work who assemble leather seats.. One of the techniques is to iron the leather cover once fitted and hey presto the wrinkles are gone, it is the steam from the iron that does this apparently... surely worth trying the wifes steam iron on a wheel that you are prepared to...

not yet Jim

but will do once she is on the flat bed, before going to see the metal crunching monster, i was also going to remove regulator, flow valve and the ECU's, if there is anything elss you think might be worth whipping of, that can be done quikelyish,

i have removed mirrors, speakers,sun roof motor/relay, several switches including stalks...

i agree with malcolm i think you should get the head compression tested get the garage to do it they are liable

PM sent - thanks.

I'd suggest also that the smoothness of a standard Xantia might have been overstated to the OP. Mine's in good hydraulic and general suspension health (touch plastic) and it responds differently to normally sprung cars - but does not magically smooth out a ragged surface.

As addo says, the ride is not quite magic carpet, albeit extremely good....

BUT PLEASE DONT BUMP START A DIESEL,

as the torque involved can smash the clutch plate to bits
ABSOLUTELY... in extremis, engage 3rd gear (or even 4th), and as you release the clutch, engage the starter - even a semi-flat battery will add some energy and help the engine over compression, which will help avoid possible gearbox/clutch/driveshaft...

Thing is, if they do it during peak hours, it saves them bandwidth costs as it stops people using the internet, also saves them overtime/nightshift pay.

Isn't prefix B for diesels and prefix E for petrol engines? It's confusing not least because ethanol can be made from crops, making it a bio fuel :?

This is what wiki has to say about E85...

E-85 ethanol is used in engines modified to accept higher concentrations of ethanol. Such flexible-fuel vehicles (FFV) are designed to run on any mixture...

It is rare in the UK

So rare that I often had a problem getting Citroen dealers to understand what it was.

I had a MK2 exclusive estate with the same engine. When the thermostat went Citroen supplied 3 wrong ones before I gave in and got the right part from a Peugeot dealer.

Open the bonnet, stand in front of the car, and look down between the engine and the radiator, you'll see a green sphere.
That's your accumulator. It keeps the pressure up when the pump isn't running, which is important as you need it in working order for braking if your aux drive belt snaps for instance.
About £20 to replace.

Hi.

Just thought l'd offer a little advice if anyone out there needs to know the spec of their car... e.g hydractive or non hydractive ?? etc

Call your local citroen dealer and provide them with the last few numbers (think it's the last eight numbers) of your cars VIN number.

With this they will be able to provide you with the full...

Absolutely agree with John :D We've all done it. You get a lovely induction roar :D

In fact, you don't need to remove all the ductuing to get the pump off, Just the one that runs across from the intercooler to the inlet manifold. The other one will move far enough out of the way to wriggle off the pump. Jast as well as the two 10mm bolts that...

If there's no obvious play in the trailing arm bearings, then it probably needs new rear subframe mounts:

Subframe mounts info

no thanks to the BOL!

How often has that been said over the years? :lol:

Perhaps it would helpful if one of you experts could write a simple instruction sheet to help them avoid the potential pitfalls mentioned and post in the Handy Hints section?

Andrew I think Addos an ozzy :)

You're correct Steve, but this simply stops the Klaxon alarm but has no
effect on the flashy lights bit of teh alarm. That'll be why you see some folk
in Xantiae on ebay worrying about the lights doing their own thing after
fitting a new battery etc...

Andrew

2 inch it is then. Cheers!

Cool! 8)

Thanks clogzz. Have checked and cleaned relays. Also switched them round cos l/h worked with a/con on. Relays are fine. I think i'm going to have to renew r/h fan.

:) Thanks very much.

With Stempy's description, I can reasonably identify P/N 6547 GT as the support bracket - confusingly labelled here as item 11:

Jim - I know my compatriot Pottsy is still keen to locate the (donor) cruise ECU in his MkI estate retrofit. We've sourced the factory wiring diagrams (courtesy of an AussieFrogs lurker) but...

Can't believe that others have the p**s taken because of xxxXantias... I only have 3, but my son never stops asking why I don't wear a beret and flog onions.

You need an H Van for that Lol, not a Xantia :lol:

I've found the best way to silence the critics is to take them for a spin in one. Works every time :D They soon get the message!

i have a genuine citroen TOW BAR/kit for a XSARAb ut at the moment im not sure if it a saloon/hatch or for an estate, the part No. isCIT 1086,

i dont know what citroen would charge but it wont be as much as that

regards malcolm

oh my goodness, that sounds shocking!

there is a moral to this story, check sunroof fittings... sounds like a one off of course, but still you gotta ask what if? don't you.

A crude, one-off, variation on CitroJim's method is to grab the female end of the extension bar with a mole-wrench. Like Jim, used for my 1.9TD cambelt tensioner. Chewed up the extension a bit, but the whole kit only cost £4.99!

very much a head turner

regards malcolm

Indeed :roll: It turns your head toward a bucket so that you can be violently ill :lol:

Handling must be , err, interesting...

A flat bed trailer is definatley your answer here, although I have towed robin reliants with the front wheel on a boat trailer and the rear wheels still on the road , the chassis rails used to fit the trailer rollers perfectly and i was never stopped towing an untaxed car even driving from the devils puchbowl to portsmouth.

if you shop around...

my xantia has three pulleys on the serpentine belt and 2 of them are tensioners when the belt failed it cost me £400 in a citroen garage for three new pulleys and a £10 belt to be fitted. the top tension pulley behind the fuel pump is a bit of a nightmare just looking at the exploded diagram will make you want to run a mile, I'm fairly...

The rear wiper unreliability is another issue altogether (internal fatigue of solder joints). I dealt with it recently, and added a small write-up to an exisiting thread - search by my username, rear and wiper to find it. Happily, it's a straightforward and fairly quick repair.

Regards, Adam.

On the Hydractive Xantias they are common for problems with it sticking in firm mode. That said, perhaps the one that way unplugged was the suspension one in an attempt to switch it off?

If in doubt, speak to Citroen, They will tell you which is which :wink:

Another reason for putting the locking bolts in, is that it allows you to remove the pump without disturbing the cam belt.

Jim
i think you have stated ass about face (TEA HE )

It's the time of day Malcolm. I'm still waiting for the STOP light on my brain to go out :lol: I've not quite achieved full brain pressure yet. My low coffee light is also on...

The door handle is connected to the lock by means of a long piece of wire.
There is a bend in this wire which sometimes stretches.
What you need to do is remove the door panel and take off the handle.
Unclip the wire from the handle end and shorten the bend in the wire using a vice grip or something similar.
The door panel is easy enough to...

Coolant temp sensor on the side of the head. Often mis-diagnosed as coil pack or stepper motor. Think its a green one and a brown one. Works out about £40 for the pair from the stealers, as most nen-gen suppliers can't seem to get them right!

Might not be for sure, but I reckon it probably is. Usually screws the idling and fuelling up a treat too.

Best to change them before they break :!:

Most seem to think that around 80,000 miles is optimum but it really depends on how the car has been used, like so many other things.

I can't be sure if mine was done at 100,000 (just before I bought it) so it is being done in a week or so just to be on the safe side.

My pleasure and absolutely no hardship.

Good to see the dealer did the job properly this time. They should have donkey ears for a stunt like that.

m&m motor engineers originally supplied strut top bought of ebay still boxed , seller was in doncaster. Rides a lot better now :D

If your buying the WVo i'd be very carefull what they claim has been done to it. Som will give it a quick warm filter thru a pillow case and stick it on ebay or the like.

Get a big clear plastic bottle and stick a few litres in there and leave it outside for a few days, and then a week or two and see how it settles out.

When the water and stuff...

What ever it is, I'm pretty sure it won't be the glow plugs. It could be the low pressure pump - try wheeler's trick of whacking it under the tank whilst cranking. Otherwise, I suspect it will need to go on the diag computer when it's doing it so that the live data can be read to see what is amiss :cry:

THANKYOU Peter and Clogzz..

The diagram cerainly will help me out now... It has to be the ONLY problem left...

Peter, I did wonder if it was the same system, thankyou for confirming...

Rgds
PAUL

senna,
did you get the display fixed?

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If you mark the flange of the pump and the mounting plate, mark the replacement in the same place it should be near enough correct. I have found that the best way of setting the timing is by ear. Listen to the sound yours is making now at various revs and try to remember it, or listen to another car. If it is to advanced it will knock excessively,...

Yes you can easily swap rear seats from a MK1 to a MK2. You must however obtain the inertia reel lap belt (a static lap belt is in the MK2) and the two lower seatbelts as these are shorter in the MK1 as they live in cutouts in the seat bases rather than clipping onto stowage clips in the MK2 when not in use.

The seats themselves are easy to swap....

Welcome aboard the board,

You could be right about the picasso with it's lack of problems, although personally I think it's more to do with the fact that the Xantia, zx etc is a more 'involved' car (not so much the XM as that has it's own separate site).

Problem with newer cars is that it is harder to work on due to the technology and problems...

On the 109 bhp engine there is usually Bosch fuel filter. You have to undo two fuel pipes leading to the filter cover. Press the green clip and slide them off. Then you can drain the diesel from the filter by opening the valve at the bottom of the housing. Then turn the cover anti-clockwise. I usually help myself with a spanner in one hand and the...

Unfortunately you can't adjust hydraulic clutches - it sounds like it's new clutch time :cry: Even worse, this has a dual mass flywheel which should be replaced at the same time: £££ :twisted:

I used to work for a company that had C15 vans. One of them the noise the pump makes when the screen wash was empty was louder than the horn!
It passed two MOTs like that before another MOT caught it.