French Car Forum

Hi,
under 1000 miles ago, I had a set of front brake pads fitted. Afterwards, I noticed that the FNS pads where rubbing enough to smell them, as well as make the disk too hot to touch, but as I was travelling through France at the time, I didn't have the chance to look more closely at the caliper... After I got home I forgot about the this issue,...

I really don't have much luck with French cars!

I have a '99 Xsara 1.4 West Coast. It's done 154k miles but still drives really well.

I have just changed the coolant (the old coolant was just plain water and the expansion tank was scummy with dark brown gunk).

Refilling it and bleeding it was no problem, but when I ran the engine to get it up...

The rear seat belts on my Xantia estate do not retract fully, the retractor reels are very weak - is there a way to fix them?

Cheers,
GB

Just to let you know - not really for feedback - just sharing the joy of a 1.9TD VSX - or possibly looking for sympathy ?

The abs light came on in about Feb this year just in time for te MOT - you would think it was almost by arrangement

Previously have had new Timing belt water pump and tensioner set fitted together with new spheres all round,...

Hi guys

Does anyone have a diagram of the front height corrector on my m reg td xantia as the front is sitting to high compared to my other m reg xantia is it the same as the rear as ive worked on the rear corrector in the past on another car but never on the front.

cheers
pete....................................

My C5 2.0 HDI 110, 4 year old 54k miles has begun slipping the clutch when accelerating hard in 4th and 5th gear but only when accelerating from 2,000 to 2,500 revs.

The revs rise, sometimes they rise for a second or two then fall back before going back to normal, sometimes the revs rise to around 2,500 and stay there until the road speed...

The clutch on my 1.9 TD Xantia behaves in strange way.
When letting out the clutch it picks up very smoothly to start with then there is a period where it judders and finally, for the last n'th. of pedal movement, works smoothly again.

Before I got it onto the road again it had been stood outside for over six months and I wondered if during this...

Seemingly I've gone and volunteered myself with another 'challenge'.

I bought the Xantia on the understanding it had snapped it's cam belt! Yes, I know, but I AM a bit of a Citroen masochist!! It is a VERY nice car being a FULLY LOADED estate.

The only thing it's the belt is actually OK, connected and whirring round correctly on the starter. As...

Could any members tell me if the pump used on an HDi Hydractive is used on any other models or point me in the right direction for info on the different types used and on what?

Thanks.

Steve.

There's a leak on my Xant from underneath the Hydraulic pump. The LHM is dripping onto the alternator.

I can't see where the leak is from but the 3bolts that hold the pump body together were loose by 1/8th turn or so. The 6 large button type fittings with the torx head recess in were tight.

Are there common leaks on these pumps?

If I take it...

:) When accelerating, my 2.1td Xantia engine makes a noise like it's clearing it's throat! Doesn't always do it. The car runs beautifully and has made this noise since I bought it 3 years ago. Any ideas anyone? Turbo related? Fabulous car by the way.

anybody know where the pollen filter is located on a mk1 1998 xantia 16v there is no mention in haynes,thanks

Hi all,
I own a 99 Xsara 1.4 LX.

Is the sprung rod linkage that connects onto the brake compensator suppose to be loose? Does this compensator only work when the car is fully loaded?

Cheers.

Where can I find a site which shows details and Model codes for the gearboxes used in the Peugeot and Citroen range.

IE: BE3 what models use these gearboxes and its ratio's

Our Citroen Xantias suspension is bouncing around all over the place, the car bounces so much now that it is dangerous so we have stopped driving it and ordered new front and rear spheres.

We now need to fix them in, and here are the problems!

Our car is non hydroactive and we are not sure whether the posts on here relate to hydroactive or non...

We have had our Citroen for several years now and the fan stopped working about a year in and since then no matter what we have tried we are only able to get it to work intermitantly and lately it will not work at all!

Anyone had this problem and managed to fix it?

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

Thanks!

Hi all please can you help, I need a few pointers about cruise control, the car is a 1997 V6 Xantia. It has stopped working, fuse No 6 is supposed to be the one and it is OK. The switch on the dash lights up. I have never had anything with CC before so am a bit lost as I dont know what to look for. Could anyone give me a run down on how it works?...

Hi all,

The other day I bought a '96 Xantia SX 2.0 16V estate manual with 87000 miles. Since this is my first Citroen, I have a few technical questions:
- Brakes: I've noticed that when slowing down, the brake pressure smoothly fluctuates, which makes for a very unpredictable stopping distance. Is this normal? If not, what's causing this?
-...

Hello,
I'm new but follow your comments and suggestions avidly as i am the owner of a nice mk 1 xantia 2.0 16v hatchback,fortunately my suspension seems to be behaving compared to others that i read about but i do have the braking snatching problem which i think i will look at and do something about(plunger under the brake pedal)anyway my request...

just got back off hols and just finished 250 ml journey. Car is a 1996 Xantia 1.9TD with AC. Had a roof rack on with luggage on way down to Isle of Wight and mainly did speeds of about 70-80 mph as an average for msot of way.

When I got there the place is not so big so speeds were about 30 mph average; I left the roof rack on and still used the...

The brakes on my daughter's Saxo 1.1 Desire are not very good. I want to upgrade them.

I think the existing brakes are Bendix calipers, the calipers on the VTR/VTS are ATE/Teves.

I'd like to fit the VTR calipers, but , looking at the pictures in Haynes it suggests that I'd haveto change the hubs because of the fixing holes not being compatible....

guessing its the sychromesh
any one think its worth trying some slick 50 treatment oil?

dont fancy replacing a gearbox!

Hi all,

as some of you know well i have harsh suspension problems, last weekend i bled my brakes, and i got no air out of them, i used a long length of clear tubing (maybe about 5 meters worth in the hope of bleeding back into the resevoir). Anyway, from each wheel i filled about a meter worth of lhm into the pipe, and in the end i bled about...

I know this is quite obvious to most, but there are still some who need to know EXACTLY the best way to do this (inclusding me).... so..

what is the best way to get maximum result doing citrobeotics?

do you have to go from top to bottom or through each position in sequence? do you have to wait a certain amount of time at each one?
how many times...

Hi again people,

further to my recent post about a noisy turbo, i've worked it out, it's lack of backpressure due to a hole in my exhaust.... guess where.... yes u got it, a crack/flaking all round just before the pipe flares up towards the catalytic converter. Damn I say. I'm hoping I can get my friendly exhaust guy to patch it up in some way...

Hi guys,

been reading posts on your superb site for many months, just become a member and would appreciate help. My 1.8i 16 valve Xantia petrol, 2001 model has recently started giving me trouble. The engine will suddenly stop, causing real difficulties, ie no power steering especially when going round a roundabout! I have noticed no pattern to...

Hi I am fitting my new drop links (A Roll Bar) to both sides, (front) to my Xantia TD Estate P reg. I have removed the old ones using mole grips.

When fitting the new ones the nut just spins the bolt around. How do you tighted the nut without the bolt spinning?

Sorry if this is a bit obvious.

Many Thanks
Robert :?

Hi,

I posted the following message on Parkers forum, and was redirected here - I hope you can help - thanks,

Darren

Citroen Xantia. 1995N. 1.8 16v Dimension II. Manual gearbox. 65,000 miles. Hasn't been professionally serviced recently - 2 years+ since last service.

I have had the car 2 years, and until now, the obscure suspension system has...

:) hi every one dose any one no if there is any way or turning the engine idling speed up on the siemans fuel pump as the idling speed seems to have droped cant see any thing on the pump to speed the engine up thanks to any one that can help

I took our third car, the Xsara, for it's MOT this morning. I'd previously given it new discs and pads, back and front, an oil and filter change, and for several weeks, a good dosing of Redex in the tank. Daughter does a 50 mile commute in it every day, so it does get a thrashing, but I was still disappointed to find that it just scraped a pass...

Hi People ,

Just wonderd if any of you guys would be able to help with a few probs im having with my xsara .

The car seems to be misfiring !!! When it gets hot it seems to missfire and sometimes even stall .

This happens sometimes when its cold also .

It also happens when you give it a bit of a thrashing

Does anybody have any ideas as its...

Driving my '94 M plate xantia 1.9td home from work the other day, the RED light of doom flickered on and off.......... :(

I made it home and left it for the night. I went to have a look at it the next day and found a nice puddle of LHM underneath....

To cut a long story short, I found a leak. It is coming from the drivers side front sphere...

(My first posting here. Originally posted at Honest John, they suggested trying here.)

9 months / 4000 miles ago I had a total brake failure on my 1997 Citroen ZX 1.4i, apparently due to fluid fade. The offside front got so hot that the disc turned blue and the insulation melted on the pad wear sensor wire. My local authorised Citroen independent...

I need to to both of these jobs. I am guessing that changing LHM first and then the spheres is better than the other way around.

Alternatively is there any problem with draining, changing spheres and then refilling (assuming I can do all 8 spheres in one session)?

Does the Xantia have the same kind of pin outs that we have on the BX to extract fault codes from the ECU??

If so, can anyone tell me where I find the plug to connect to and also where I find a list of fault codes?

We've got one of the 94 VSX 2.0i cars that keeps chucking funnies and is running a bit rich.
I know there's somewhere on the net...

With the oil prices raising, the government of my country is studying the posibility of distribuiting an ethanol-gasoline mixture (E-85 I think is the name). Does anybody know if it can be used on my ZX without any danger?

I am in the middle of changing my glow plugs, so far i have done the 2 easy ones starting from the gearbox end.
Now comes the 2 hard ones.

What tools will make this job a little easier?

It just looks a right pig of a job with no access :evil:

I have searched but the `no guts no glory` post about glowplugs i can't seem to find.

Thanks for...

Strange question I know, but have been trying to find a replacement aircon switch for my Xantia for ages.

Does anyone know if its possible to use another switch and just replace the front - or even have two of the same switch on the dashboard.

The heated rear window switches are everywhere, and that just turns it on and off, same as the aircon....

Just had a new head gasket fitted now a week later it has started to leak water from down the back of the engine, with out crawling under her just at the moment any ideas??
cheers steve

:( Can anyone help me. I have a Xsara HDI and noted the stop warning light and oil light and beeper are coming on when I start the car and flashes intermittently. After a few miles of driving they stop. I also note that the temperature gauge rises very quickly and then back down and the fan comes on. Is this a thermostat problem? There is no...

Hi,

How do you adjust the gear linkages on a Xantia Hdi 110 engine?

My xantia is getting increasingly difficult to get into reverse gear, and I think that the linkage is the cause of my problems. When it's in 5th gear, the stick almost sits in the centre (where neutral is) rather than pointing forwards. And I struggle to push it far enough back...

Which is which when it comes to the sensor connections on a Xantia td (1.9td '96 estate)?

I have identified the following;
Glow plug temp control - rear of fuel filter, genn conector, 1 pin
Temp guage probe - front of fuel filter, blue conector, 2 pin
Air con fan trigger - front of fuel filter, brown connector, 2pin?
air in water sensor -...

guys,

i have a concern about my turbo... it seems to be whizzing a lot more than usual, before, you couldn't make out the whizzing until it started up at about 2000rpm, but now i hear it spinning up at about 1500rpm, all i do is touch the throttle and it you can hear it whizzing, on top of this i can hear it whizzing when i decelerate at low revs...

I've just bought a 2002 1.6 16v xsara vtr and the clutch pedal seems to have a very long stroke, its a fair amount higher than the brake pedal. Is it possible to adjust it like on older TU series engines, I've done this on my old 205 and 106 with the nut at the end of the cable.

Does anyone know how long the travel should be?

Cheers

Dave

i finally got round to doing them today, i did the front left and it started raining, so i will do the rest tomorrow, i assume if there was air in the system and it came out (even a tiny bit) from the front left it would help? maybe it's just me thinking but the car seems better? what do u guys think, am i just thinking it?

thanks

I have a Citroen XM 3.0 V6 SEi (K reg). Today I took it to have the aircon charged. This system had R12 gas that is banned. The fitter said he had a Drop in gas and was going to charge the system with it.
I do not understand the aircon system so not too sure if I have got this right. The fitter found two connections on the compressor and had no...

I, I have a basic understanding of how the suspension works on my C5. One thing I can't get my head around is this; When the car is fully laden, yesterday for example it was up to the the roof and you can fit a lot in the estate :lol: I noticed that there was no real difference in ride quality. I would have thought that due to the system pumping...

my rear brake pads need replacing on my 2001 xsara. anybody know how this is done? :D

hi gang,

can someone quicly tell me what size hole i need for the pipe to over the bleed nipple firmly?

i will go to a hydraulics shop tomorrow to get a reel of suggested pipe,

i will check back in the morning,

thanks so much guys

Just bought an N plate zx td as a partner for my bx tzd and have been experiencing a few niggly problems, the electric windows only work when the door is shut, is this normal? and once the key is inserted in the ignition there is a relay that goes on for about 30 seconds on off on off ect, but effects nothing, at least nothing i'm aware of.Also...