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This may be complete BS but I have always thought that the brakes would be active before the power steering and suspension as they fail suspension first, followed by steering then brakes.

The rears are dependent on the suspension pressure - although the `anti-sink` sphere supposedly rectified that. Front brakes ought to be up long before that....

Hi DickieG,

Thanks for that - soon after posting I went ahead and drilled the rivet head and opened it anyway, as you can see from this photo:

Yes the plug and socket was my first guess, micro switch was the second - the plug and socket looked fine though, no corrosion, but I cleaned it with LPS1 anyway, and I also cleaned both micro switches...

Is this happening the first time you floor the throttle after starting? If so then what's happening is that by applying maximum drive it causes the glow plugs to turn off, hence removing a significant load on the electric system = faster fan speed.

That'll be it. It's not just the first time, but it's in the first few minutes.

There are 2 possible genuine part no's covering your Xantia model as listed on Citroen service.net :

AUT.GEAR AL4 AND NOT ACTIVA (ADAC) UNTIL OPR 08547 (april 3.rd 2000)

3272 6G
LEFT
REFERENCE 8LN08 8LN49 (8LN49)
- DIESEL TURBO XUD9TE AND AUT.GEAR AL4 AND WHEELSIDE SEAL DIAMETER 17,5 AND AXLESIDE SEAL JB2A AND ABS AND NOT ACTIVA (ADAC)

3272...

Thanks Peter.

The U.J. doesn't appear to have any extra play and is remarkably free of rust etc as per some of the other posts.

Kenny.

You should hear the pump priming for a second or 2 if you just switch the ignition to the second position & listening under the car at the fuel tank. If its not priming
Try this, get a rubber mallet & go to the right hand side of the fuel tank, lying on the ground lean the mallet under & start thumping(not too hard) the tank at the lowest point &...

hi Mike :)

yep about 12 oclock
there is a raised block above and to the left of the crankshaft, the woody should be aligned with the right hand edge

tensioner, very easy with two! with one - I used a strong angled flare spanner lodged against a pulley (see blog) and it took me a few mins!

there is only one, inner hole, for TDC on the flywheel,...

Yes please if you could its doing my head in.ive changed both sensors still no joy

I would recommend a C3 1.4 HDI. Had mine 3 years, 110 mile round trip to work so 90K miles on the clock and 57-60mpg regular as clockwork.

Can get more mpg (65mpg) but 70mph does drag the average down. No problems mechanically, tyres have done 40k twice on the front.

Regards

smokescreen

Thanks for the replies guys. That was my initial thoughts on the depressurising Malcolm. As it was an MOT recommendation it'll wait until I have some better weather.

Thanks
Malcolm

Now sold my 51 plate 2.2 C5. My suspension started to go off after 65k miles. Changed all spheres to 'comfort' spheres and I then had a car with a comfortable ride. Although my C5 was III+ it was too hard for me, I understand the model with only 4 spheres is harder still - go for comfort spheres, gives a little bit of roll but nothing to worry...

What is more common though is that the interior light terminals have melted and no longer make contact, im speaking from experience here! before you go in too deep pull the panel down with the light and clock in it in the front of the car and have a good look at the connections, if i mess abouit with mine they do work but as soon as i let go of...

Thanks alot gents, after having a word with myself i spent nearly 2 hours today determined to find the b*^%$&+ and have! Where was it i hear you ask! underneath the ALTERNATOR! :shock: yes you heard right chaps it runs almost right round the engine bay! anyway, plugged it in reset the ecu and presto, runs like a peach now and the management light...

Three of my four bolts broke when I changed the rear discs. One had a bit sticking out, one broke flush and one broke sub-flush. They were all removed by welding a nut on, the two difficult ones were extended with weld. The process had to be repeated several times but they all came out. Each time of welding heated the area more, which helped...

Got Binky back.
£129.26. 2 Handbrake cables, 2 handbrake channels and labour.

sorry to shock you all but I'm about to make a big confession...

I've been looking in the car ads at what available and I'm veering towards ~54 plated Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 cdti's.

Having had my bug eyed mk-ii Xsara for 3 yrs, I don't want to look at a phase 1 C5 as it looks too similar. I only like the >54 plated C5's and there don't seem to be...

cool thanks guys, i will get it up on the ramps and track them down :wink:

cheers citrojim, any help will be apreciated..
:wink: cheers
Num

yippee deee - the crossed out speaker button works ( i always wondered what that was ) I only bought the car for £80 two years ago, 2 tyres and a wing mirro to get through 2 mot's later and i love it !!! never did get a manual tho - praps i should ;-) who knows what else it can do

Forte Stop leak is seriously good stuff. It's trade only but can often be found on eBay. Expensive but it does as it claims.

Arrggh my ebay purchase has proved in vein. The seller had none left in stock.

Does anyone know a reliable agent in the Manchester / Leeds area ? or at least a web based supplier who can be trusted ??

from taking a ride in my uncles bronze gs and \ yellow 2cv over very bumpy scrub roads in madrid in the 70's then seeing a fantastic black citroen ds every day when i was 8 living in gibraltar, i have always been a citroen convert...but now being old enough i can drive my own :D

I actually look forward to going out for drives since getting the...

Cheers Dicki i'll try and get one of them :)

Thanks for that - the fuses are unplugged and will be replaced in the morning. Hopefully that will help :?

Sadly, no! :lol:

An airconditioned seat would be lovely.

Pull the lead from the fuel filter housing?

Spot on Steve :D The black plug on the rear of the fuel filter housing id the one. It has three or four wires if memory serves me.

The indicator is very, very sensitive and was in fact deleted from later Xantias. You even find a few with the sensor but no light or the loom and bulb but with no...

Mental note taken! :roll:

thats why you lost it so you would get to free of and i hope lubricate the spare wheel rack fixing bolt/thread, you knew there was a reason

regards malcolm

...as long as its also fairly heat proof, if its rubber it should be OK but plastic will go hard and leak again. I believe you can get it in Halfords for not to much money. Yes, they return 'leaked off' fuel to the tank.

Here are the wiring diagrams for the two ECUs in question:

Sagem S96

And

Bosch MP5.1

You will save yourself a LOT of grief if you sketch the route before removing the old belt.

Hello Axford, I've only just read this thread and see you are a little perplexed. Is the gearbox still baulking in 3rd and 4th gear?

If you have now put the correct Total BV oil in the gearbox, providing the gears are selecting cleanly, without baulking, you may have saved the gearbox from any further serious damage.

Do you still have the creamy...

Thanks JIm for the reply,

The relay was exactly where you said along with the other one which i think is injection supply relay.

I tested the supply to the relay fine 12V as expected Nos 11, 8, 15 as per diagram, switched the igniton on to the start poistion and 12 V supplies were received at the black plug no's 1 and 3 which connects to the...

Thanks for all this info.

As a precaution, I've taken a pedal bike inner brake cable with a soldered nipple on, passed it through a hole in the n/s bonnet catch lever & run it down pass the side of the radiator to act as a second release cable.

The rims fit but i am thinking most at the tyre hight.Original is 185/55/15 and theese are 195/65.

thanks Jim,

Hopefully they wont notice it but if so then i will need to get on with it.

Luckily (in a way) my C pillar trims could do with replacing as they have gone baggy. That way i might be able to butcher them to get them out easier then take my time putting the new good ones back in.

Tedious doesnt surprise me.....when i did the back...

GSF accumulators are about £13.50 + VAT :wink:

Hi Kenny

Sorry, didn't reply. Been travelling. Thanks for the offer, I'll see what I find when I strip the door over the weekend.

Cheers
Pete

Thanks guys........in true Vince style i got impatient and got one fitted today at a garage ive known for years. £20 for the fitting, £16 for the sphere...see other thread for how i got on :wink:

maybe i should have posted on here first! how much would you want for it? and is it unlocked?

Have a look here superloopy, I will doing mine fairly soon and this is where someone pointed me. Full of info and a couple of clear diagrams too.

Hope it helps

Excellent :D

You've had a visit from a small rodent who has a particular liking for pink wires Lol...

This isn't so strange as it may sound.

I read a couple of years ago* of some minor celebrity being away on holiday and the alarms/tracker in his Ferrari went off.
The police went to his house, gained entry to the garage, opened up the bonnet...

Check the dimmer rheostat. It sometimes goes a bit intermittent. Wiggle it and rotate it from high to low bringhtness and see if that provokes the problem.

Changed as requested..I am sorry If i caused any offence...it was totally unintentional....

No worries Rob :) I see both points of view. I know full well how we can get very attached to our cars and to tell you the truth, I get quite upset when I see a Citroen in an unloved state or one that has suffered serious damage. Even seeing a Xantia in...

Quick question, take the point about using axle stands when underneath - is there anywhere obvious I should look at placing the stands? Can I use 2 at the same time, to take the whole front or back up in one go?

Finally, once the suspension is depressurised, will I be able to get them out to move them from front to back (or vice versa), or should...

I missed it :(

Anyone know if there's a repeat or able to put up any links to it ?

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Hit the wrong button, sorry folks! :roll:

It's on Discovery Real Time tonight at midnight. And again on the 29th at 9PM.

Sounds about the best sort of description for it to be honest!! I thought it may have a 'proper' name that's all.

I just didn't want to request a part and be calling it the airbag connector thingy as that doesn't really help anyone!

Thanks Wheeler!!

Rob

To be honest for me its more cost saving than performance :)
Wash with good old H&S and then re-oil and off we go :)

I've had my centre console out 2 times on a Xantia and disconnecting the brake cable was the only way I could think of to free up the lever enough to pull the console over it.

It was easy enough to disengage the handbrake cable. So easy that I'd do it the same way if I have to remove the console again.

I don't like giving handbrakes a good hard...

Speaking of rare Xantias, I saw one on a 51 plate a few weeks ago.
I think it was a fairly run of the mill 1.8i 16V, certainly it was a petrol engine, and the owner clearly wondered why I was staring at his car!, but I don't recall having seen one beyond Y reg before.