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Na, na -

No nagging on other good members here 8)

I had my instrument panel out a couple of weeks ago to change the ABS bulb. My car is also a 1997 SX TD but a hatchback version.

I didn't realise the bulbs were capless, I replaced them with these from autobulbs- selected because they looked closest to the heater and clock bulbs, which were also needing replaced. You can imagine my...

I would even go with the tyres check. Even different brands of tyres can cause a significant pull

Thanks Jeremy :wink:

and heating oil is the same as DERV,

Nope.

Home heating oil is 28 second viscosity, and is not dyed. It has far less lubricity than road diesel, and (slightly) lower calorific value.

There are two types of home heating oil, one is pretty much the same thing as paraffin and the other is the same as red diesel. Red diesel isn't very commonly...

many thanks Derek wil look thru

John

Having doubts too.
Why couldn't they start with something simple and cheap like the fuses ? :evil:
Check brown 5 Amp and red 10 Amp fuses in fuse box under dash.

well an interestin program definatly... what publicity stunts they did back in the day... a bus full of people resting on the roof of a car to prove how safe it was..... immense!!!

although i do agree about easily another program would be needed to fill the more modern cars information, ownin a zx all i saw of a zx was the desert rally version,...

Just done the manual aux belt tensioner on my TD Xsara. Cost £22 from a French car specialist. Slackened the belt, then undid two allen-key cap bolts and it was off. A simple and cheap repair - hopefully yours is the same.
No problem sourcing the part, and they had loads in since they do wear out.

Changed the fuel filter housing as suggested and lo and behold it now seems to be fixed. Two full days now without an occurence makes me fairly confident. Thanks for the ideas.
Dave

Last time it was out in the rain I covered it with a black garbage bin liner and as soon as the sun came out again, it melted it to the roof and took an hour to get off. :oops: :shock:

I'm off on a 3000 klms trip @ 3am in the morning, so at this stage I've hit it with a layer of silicone grease until I get back in about 3 days. I doubt that I'll...

Sorry - no idea.

But my experience is that new droplinks in general may be very sparsely greased. Its no big hassle peeling down the small rubber gaitors and then insert a good squirt of general purpose grease.
If not possible - get a small (4mL) cyringe and inject directly thru the rubber.
It will certainly prolong the life of the balllinks.

Mind you that spark plugs with electrodes in perfect condition is no guarantee that they will function - at all :?

The problem is micro cracking in the porcelain isolation, which develops as a common aging process in the plug (heat & vibration). The result is that more or less of the spark energy finds its way to engine earth before it reaches...

Great I think I will be following Stuarts advice and doing the following

1 Replace inline fuel filter
2 Clean and regap spark plugs
3 Undertake following suggested by Stuart

Another thing to check is the idel stepper motor, again this controls the idel speed by sensing the vacume from the manifold. Unfortunatley it too has a tendancy to collect...

Is the car actually riding at the correct height? If my BX front doesn't rise properly the ride is rather harsh. The reason may be something really simple like the height control mechanism is stiff and needs greasing/oiling.

Be careful and support the car properly before getting underneath. These cars can KILL.

The linkage goes from the...

Just to complete the thread in case anyone refers to it in the future:

Thanks for the advice Labman and easterroad - putting in an Autoleads PC5-52 ISO adaptor solves the problem completely.

In spite of what the car audio experts and Halfrauds specialists I visited insist, some late Xantias do have amplified aerials. As a check put a multimeter...

cool, post some pics up. I've been thinking about 16's but I dunno! lol

I would guess the problem is in the passenger door lock.

The solenoid, switch or whatever operates the central locking is either not functioning or the wiring is damaged. This has left the rest of the doors deadlocked (can only be opened via the central locking) and the filler cap locked by the locking pin.

HUZZAH!! We have fog light lift off! :lol:

Thanks for the info fellas. This morning I had no fogs, now I have 2.

Sweet

Thanks again!

Pete :D

Probably wouldn't have taken 2 hours had it not been dark and cold, but hey!

It's pretty easy:

Remove speaker cover and then unscrew and remove speaker (careful not the strain the wires - it's easy to break the wires on the speakers.
Carefully lever out window switch, and disconnect the wiring connector(s) - if you've got manual windows you...

Well we Pome's are a bit eccentric. :D

Before you go spending pots of money, make sure its not just the flexible brake hose collapsing internally and not allowing brake fluid back up when you take your foot off the pedal-Its a pretty common fault and easy to check.

I'm sure i'm not the only person who has spent ages overhauling a caliper in the past before finding out it was just the...

i guess then theres not a huge problem to doing it?

Hi JT

I have found a company in Belgium that manufacture C5 (And all other citroen) spheres.

They are :
I.F.H.S. - Intern. Factory of Hydraulic Systems N.V.

Address Z.I. Noord, Klaverbladstraat 2 C, 3560 Lummen
Phone 013 53 19 67
Fax 013 53 15 50

Not sure if they will deal direct.
Check out this web site, they have the IFHS Sphere...

Talk of tube heading into the wing, and other ideas here:

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The braided hose is vacuum for the brake.
The ignition coil can't be tested for intermittency.
The throttle potentiometer may need a clean, as they get dusty and intermittent in the idle and low rev area.