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Sorry for the late reply, i managed to get the car to a side street garage who drained 1L of oil ! and he said it should pass now drive it hard for 5 miles before retest in low gears, so i did that the car was screaming just to get there and been told by the guy at kwik fit it still send blue smoke out the exhaust but itis better than befor and he...

I had once parking brake fault and the parking brake wouldn´t release automatically, or with switch. I released it manually, drove home and re-charged battery. The car has worked flawlessly since that. I got also fuse box 9675877980 changed because once my indicators acted strangely, and economy mode was frequent.

water/phosphate (with a tiny amount of washing up liquid to wet) mix, apply by scrubbing it on with a scotch pad, let it dry, then rub down with very fine dry scotch pad and prime with a two pack etch primer immediately. Allow to dry without heat. Even if only a thin coat, always always top off your primer with a topcoat, never leave it exposed....

I find my volume drops randomly when my Facebook app is open in the background. Double tap the home button and swipe the FB app upwards to properly close it (assuming you use it at all), and that might fix it.

I think I've linked it to the videos that the FB app sometimes automatically plays, and drops the volume so you can hear the video...

Thanks Malcolm, got the diagram of the service citroen site now.

Kenny

ah right. maybe i'll grab a reg number for a 2.0 litre and check out and compare sizes. cheers

right, seems they are the same height/width and length for the filters so i'll grab one and give it a go. Cheers all

As long as your cable is intact, it only takes a couple of minutes to get at the heater controls.
Two torx bolts to remove the ashtray, and then four to remove the heater switches....

I was lucky as the assembly had failed and the cable was not being pulled by the unit. Disconnected it from the unit and then pulled to make sure it was open.

Then...

Oh yeah, ok thanx for that info! I will do some checking tomorrow. Or steer around them!

Cable tie the transponder key on the steering column somewhere and use the original key. Should work!

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YELLOW Wax marker pencil for me (chinagraph type), Tip Ex comes off too easy.

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Great things, even writes on an oily surface :)

I have heard of Cleaver Cars on the Portman Road, but I cannot give anything more on them. I believe that Nothern_Mike has used PTS, but again I have nothing further.

Malcom - I will see you at Bodium ... any other interest for the day ???

this meet/get together is really just an informal get together, we usually just grab something to eat and have a natter

it's an 096 recommended for the C5 2 litre HDI so I'd guess the Xantia would be the same... looking online though you see them advertised in different places all showing slightly differing CCA and AH which does get a bit confusing as I thought they'd all be the same...

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it might pay to get it hooked up to a LEXIA ( equal to the dealer type analyser )
there are members on here with them who are happy to plug them into members cars for the likes of :teabag: :teabag: and choccy biccy;s, check the Lexia location map for one local'ish to you in the link below

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Hi again. Thank you for your help it was indeed the diode but the previous new where's were normal xantia ones not the one for the hydra-active VSX. They had removed fuse etc from the settings. A trip to Westroen this am in Manchester for 8 new shares and a diode fix and my old girl is back how she should be!

Thank you again for your help

I usually tend to avoid garages for three reasons: 1) because they are too expensive, 2) i like to do my own work and 3) i don't trust them, they can either blag a new job, or create a new job by shoving a screw driver into a bush or seal or something... (Dantom Autos did this to me before, again on Smithdown Road, Liverpool)
The only time I tend...

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thanks mate for the quick answer and feedback. I will take a look at the fuse box and bulbs then.

regards

cicero.

If it only occurs as you are turning the wheel, then can't see it can be anything but the rack - worth a check though that it's not the strut top bearings (turn the steering lock to lock with it jacked up to look for juddering as they turn). Can't get a price from service.citroen, but anecdotal evidence suggests it's £lots :cry: bba-reman appear...

HaHa! Patrick Troughton, The Army Game, I've got my beady little eye on you - to Springer :)

Thanks Jim. I'll give that a go, rather than Hydroflushing.

James

I traced the fault using this forum. I Found the engine loom wires just behind the oil cooler had rubbed through and gone green causing a high resistance. there was no damage to the tracking that was meant to keep the looms in tip top condition. a few heat shrink connectors and job done.

If theres a continious hissing when running the Servo is goosed!

Had this on a 306, instant MOT fail, so I fitted one from a L reg 306 to a R reg 306, all was well again. Not quite as hard as I expected it to be.

Have found this one, seems to be an OE part although have asked them to confirm it includes the sensor.

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I'd favour nut & bolt rather than self-tap, although the latter would be a good way of setting up the tray & supports temporarily to see how it all fits.

First though, I'd want to sort out the size of battery (physical dimensions) before committing to a particular size tray.

Oh unbolt the main feed cables with a 10mm on the end of the fuse box..

Hi Addo

What is tachymetric ? From your experience can this relay go out of order ? Do you have the wiring diagram for the relay i.e. the wire/wires that powers it ? And what does it power once it is closed ( I guess by the car main switch )

Thanks
Zohar

I'll be changing mine later. I'll do some pics to show why its easier to buy arms. I've got time on my hands and no work so bushes makes sense for now. If I were working it would've been arms.

Dunno....no fault codes related to it, so I'd ignore it for now - never checked mine, just refitted it when I changed the filter.

No idea... There's not many C4GP on here (mine and yours now by the looks of it.... :-D ). Having said that, ours (2008 1.6 HDi) is giving trouble with the fuse box I believe (handbrake / ESP stops working). I speculated about whether the later board could be fitted, but shied away from doing it (thread) - I have got a 2nd hand one to fit - was...

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Thanks

Had the glow plug fault showing on our C3. All plugs were replaced, and it's never come back. But never suffered any starting issues either.

James

Pull the fuzes and see which one cures it....try radio 1st then ..rear wiprs etc

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Hi Sam :-D

Good to hear from you!

I think I've also found a faulty injector .. no. 3 which at 1250 RPM where my missing seems to happen, and above is the only injector to have a positive value.. all the others are closely matched on a negative value.. So I think I'll try an Injector swap tomorrow, together with a look at the pump connectors, and run the tests again.

I replaced...

Glad to hear it's working ok!

The seepage pipe will take an amazing flow of fluid without popping. I was amazed after removing mine for engine replacement to discover that the pipe was completely full. I then started the engine to discover that fluid was spurting out and travelling some 10 feet through the air.......

And no, the pipe did not pop off and there was no jubilee...

i think i read on a forum somewhere of someone requiring this, and it had to be had/got from the manufacturer to be valid

If it's the transponder, then neither the odo nor the speedo will work. If it's the speedo head, then the odo continues to count. Normally :lol:

In a way... just not my piloting error - read here:

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Yeah pretty gutted. Was so looking forward to having a nice car - now it will be two toned ha ha - have found a wreck to salvage parts from but it'll never be what it was sigh. A witness called police about it and the cops left a note to call the station on the windscreen - which we did but they only gave us the bad news that they other party had...

Its is Sir, nice and snug with a pillow and a onesie.

Don't know if it sheds any light on the situation, but I think video on a screen visible to the driver is supposed to be disabled on all cars when driven faster than a snails pace - although I'm sure there will be countless exceptions to this and somone will be along shortly to prove me wrong :)

Moving at all I think, all the aftermarket dvd...

I would think that if you determine the resistor value first and connect the capacitor across it and switch it to the solenoid, the charge in the capacitor should be enough to engage it then the voltage will decay to the resistance fed value.

You shouldn't have to much difficulty getting large value capacitors, I have drawers full form before I...

Now see posting on the 'Supersticky' for FCF Couriers.

Ive had a look at the recalls, and got mums chassis number, but its not high ennough, so its back to the drawing board, and look into this again...

Thanks for that. So long as it doesn't stay on am okay with it! So far has only ever blinked for a fraction of a second, so not a worry.

Bet if it did stay on that would cause some head scratching at the MOT. What does the testing manual say about a warning light being on for a system which does not and has never existed?

Where have these been all my (Citroen) life ?
Thanks for the general link, now have one for the Xantia, hopefully it will help with my current problem.