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I am not familiar with the BX 4x4.
What are the practical benefits compared with a standard BX?
What market segment were they targetted for?
Are these cars just a historic curiosity?
Mike

My deadlocking still worked when the battery`s were low.Do`es it still deadlock with the door locks?Lock the car with the key in the door,then turn the key again to dead lock it.

So does anyone know when the system should be bleed ie. engine running? hard or soft mode?

Silver loaded epoxy resin glue will fix your HRW - available at vast cost in small tubes. I recommend using small rubber wedges to hold the joint tight, and leave them there. I have had total success with this method.
Bad luck with the wiring - a case of cut and splice I think. Make sure you definitely find the cause of the original short, and fit...

I'd also like to know the answer to this one!! I've got used to it as a typical citroen electrical bug but would like to get to the bottom of it.
Is there a known dodgy door switch somewhere, for example?
Simon

Probably better to source a working caliper from a breaker.
Stewart

Have you checked the pipes too / from the fuel tank, where they go down the back of the engine? If you follow the pipe with the fuel bulb down, it joins with the fuel return pipe and they have some bends molded into them.
These are prone to cracking around their bends which can cause air to leak in (or diesel to leak out) of the pipes. I had one...

If you had waited a few weeks you could have rolled in snow whilst changing it;)
Stewart

Ralph
If they are the sort where there is a ratchet that screws itself along a rod, propelled by a spring pawl, then if you have left the pawl out, it will slowly unadjust itself.
I would categorically say that it is not a good idea at all to leave bits out of a brake assembly, or not to cure all faults as found!

To avoid damaging the ABS valve block it is recommended that you open the caliper bleed nipple when pushing the piston back, so that you push the fluid out of the nipple rather than back through the ABS gubbins. Don't forget to go careful with the nipple, top up the fluid and bleed the brakes on completion!

There's only one choice of tyre for your situation, Goodyear Hydragrip. It has just superceded the Eagle Ventura, and has also just won the Autocar magazine tyre test by a huge margin. Its wet weather performance is unbeatable, and they aren't that expensive either, similar in price to a NCT5.

I suppose you could buy it on the off-chance that the other half turns up somewhere.....
Mind you, I think it would look great on my mantelpiece

If you reduce tyre profile so the overall effect is the same diameter, the only change will be in speed of response to steering adjustments. A larger overall wheel size will decrease acceleration by a small amount, but would tend to reduce fuel consumption on highway runs because the engine is running at lower revs and higher throttle setting...

I think its the same as the Xantia - ie in a black plastic housing on top of the thermostat, the top is held by 4 allen bolts.

1) the suspension height linkage runs under the car - simple steel rods in guiding clamps. These may well be dry - and more likely than not - the rear linkage mechanics has seized by rust.
BTW : you are sure to move the lever towards you - releasing it from the locks - before trying to move it ?
2) That would be the 3 pole thermoswitch on the side...

It couild be the ignition switch that has burnt out - unfortunately a common problem on Ph1 Xantia.
Try fiddle with the ignition key switch while you have the problem. If you then can get the blower on at short moments - you have found the problem.
If you do a search on heater blower - you'll get loads on this problem.

Wife'sPeugeot 106 neede new discs after 15k miles: she drives and brakes gently. Since I changed them myself with parts from H######s for abouit £55 I dsrive it once a week and give it an Italian tuneup. No problems now...
Brake hard at least once a week. If you wash the car and let it dry normally the discs will corrode. If you use wheelcleaners...

It's just an air vent pipe.
Just push the end of the pipe behind the tank.

Just noticed there is a bleed nipple on the top of the hydra block at the rear, could it need bleeding?
If so is it done with engine running or not and hydra. on or off?
I say this because i've just removed the lhm and cleaned the filters and replaced with hydraurincage. Since then it's gone a bit strange ie. hard then soft etc. I have done the...

Pat -
If the rear suspension suddenly drops and then feels ok after quite some delay - then you have a problem with the system pressure building up fast enough. This is also indicated by the 30sec's STOP light.
What happens is that the system pressure at one point (after some 30sec's) is exactly that large, that the antisink valve opens the rear...

Yes, it appears the airbag light is part of the test, check out this link for the MOT check list

I've never heard of them giving any trouble, even on very high milage cars - so you should be able to pick up one from a breakers.
By the way - do you know if the car is fitted with DIRAVI steering (does it automatically return to center, even when the car is standing still)?
//NiSk

It's not as bad as it might seem at first. what exactly have you broken? Is it the shaft on which the temperature knob turns?
Firstly, you need to establish why it broke - I suspect I know why. The heater valve which supplies the matrix is found in a rather inaccessible spot under the driver's side of the dash (on a RHD car), to the left of and...

The worst that will happen is that the fluid will spill over the top of the reservoir and make a puddle under the car.
Personally I have always checked the fluid level on my Citroens by putting the suspension on the minimum height setting, then filling the reservoir til its almost brimming full & completely ignoring the level indicator altogether!...

This is a very common problem on the Xantia, do a search for clutch clip - its been covered loads of times before.

no,just a single bolt holds it on but use threadlock on the bolt & it MUST be torqued correctly.

The locking fuel cap cover should open at the same time as the rest of the doors. In the worst case, you can order a new plip from Citroën (or peugeot for that matter - for some vehicles thay are cheaper - its the same as the 605 series).
But do a scan on the Internet - I've seen a number of companies offering new plips and radio code busts (they...

Regulator, On citroens of hydraulic type decied where and when hyd pressure is required and dishes it out as needed, an accumulator 'regulator' sphere is what holds the spare pressure for the systems requirements (or if its an older car a regulator could be what controls the alternator voltage but probably not what you meant)

Anyone correct me if I am wrong but as long as a diesel does not suck water in the air inlet or get it up the exhaust they should run underwater. If you are lucky an electrical item has got wet and stopped the car. If unlucky water in engine and hydraulic lock has occurred, very bad.

Now thats good news! I had kind of stopped getting stuff from GSF because of the cost of P+P, quicker and easier to just scuttle accross the road to the motor factors! Deffinately a good thing in my opinion!
Out of interest will the HUGE drum of LHM be included or not (www.magic8ball.com says the outlook is not so good!)
Time to get the christmas...

Depends on your car DIY experience
But I'd say you're starting out correct
If this is your first diesel, then note that after a fuel filter service you will have to pump up (prime) the fuel system, to get the engine started and then taking in the fuel itself.
It may take surprisingly long time working on the primer bulb (up to some 50 strokes)...

Why not try an independant - recon drive shafts are very common. have a look at the online shop - you will probably be surprised at the prices - also a way of checking if the 306 bit is the same - look at the part nos.
its also possible to replace the drive shaft boot. the split stick together bits aren't recommended but others are ok if a bit...

Could he be talking about the group B rally cars? Have a look here , although the cutaway BX drawing shows the rear seatback, despite having only 2 doors. The bare BX bodyshell picture is quite interesting.

The existing flywheel determines the clutch size, which in effect is the diameter of the friction plate.
If you want change clutch size, you must go change the flywheel first, and this then determines the clutch size.
The clutch size in turn is factory designed by the engine torque figure.

I bought a T55 from Halfrauds for about a fiver when I did the head gasket on my BX. Other than Xantia front calipers, I can't think of anywhere else it is used - although I have a dim memory that the engine mount on my mate's Xantia HDi had T55 bolts in it.

Its not worth it unless dirt cheap... mine has it but only works if you point the fob through the window, which is close enough to unlock it anyway!

The circlip IS (or was... ) the adjuster. Pull back the plastic ribbed tube to take out the slack in the cable, then push the clip on to hold it in place. I expect you can get a new one without cutting too many arms off at the local dealer - otherwise down the scrappy - most Cits have been fitted like this for years.

Check teh LHM again - car on high and tap teh sensor as sometime stheya re stuck.
Check all silly stuff first - oil level, Water level.
Then clean and check sensors for heat, low oil, low water etc etc..
If still aproblem come back and we'll ahve more tips - but then maybe be serious stuff
Also - What speed were you doing? What did Temp gauge...

2 spheres in parallel equals :
double sphere volume = softer suspension
double flow restrictor area = less restriction = less damping = even VERY soft suspension (US car syndrome)
If spheres are not equal, then double means the sum of the 2 sphere specs
It all depends of the end goal you want.
If you want a rock hard, very stable suspension at...

In my experience of the normally-aspirated 1.9D XUD engine (in a BX), it's VERY difficult to drive the car hard enough to cause MPG problems because of the very lazy, torquey nature of the engine. Mine seemed to give an average of 45mpg or so in both urban traffic and even when driven full-tilt on a couple of motorway dashes. Yes, I do know,...

Stuart have you tried bleeding the brakes? The other thing to consider is that the ball bearing behind the 12mm bolt has not seated correctly. Did you by any chance undo it by several turns rather than just enough to release the pressure as this could cause it to become unseated. Options here include gently tapping on the head of the bolt and...

It's been a few weeks since I posted my cam belt fitting problem on a 2.1 TD XM. Well, I'm glad to report that after advice from members on this forum I did away with the fuel pump locking pins and turned the pump slightly ahead of where the holes should be. This allowed the belt to mesh correctly once it was fitted around the cam, water pump and...

I know that most headunits can have their lighting replaced. Have changed the small bulbs in Philips units a couple if times and can confirm that they were the very smallest of capless types.

wow thats very expensive i thought portugal was cheap .Surely you would be better sourcing a car from spain/france or holland.

Sounds too loose. Under firm thumb pressure there should be around 5mm of movement on the longest stretch between pulleys.

Not sure about cheap but I got one at my Citroen dealer. Just walked in asked for one, gave my reg details and walked away with a brand new one that works perfectly.

mine does this too. hopefully someone can point out a remedy

accumulator sphere. a quick change should sort this?

As far as I know, after you've replaced the filter all you have to do is pump the prime bulb to bleed / prime the fuel system.