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It's not usually possible to confuse the connectors. Looks like the EGR is vacuum controlled by a solenoid that may be near the alternator? In which case it's this one: EGR solenoid which looks like it's got 2 pins on it to me.

Yesterday the dealer said they have changed the fusebox and did a test drive, which seemed fine, yet they wanted to do more test drive since i mentioned that the problem seem to be picking up when i restart the car during the day time.

So they sorted out a courtesy cay for me free of cost and gave me the keys to a new C4 Cactus.

This car is...

I eventually found an area among the mess of lexia menus where a percentage of current accelerator pedal travel is shown. It doesn't start climbing from 0% until the pedal is pushed down a Centimetre or two. Can't find any option to calibrate it nor anything stating auto-adaptives. I've looked through all menus under all available ECUs but can...

Suspension pump on a C5 is electric and there is no clicking.
Early C5s (like mine) had a belt driven steering pump, newer ones have an electric steering pump.
The reservoir for both is shared.
The LDS is an orangey-red colour*, your fluid may be contaminated.

*There is a green version - Comma, IIRC.

I replaced mine with a set from a 5 door xsara mk1, as the speaker connectors changed around the time the bsi's were phased in. Big yellow plugs on them. Basically anything PSA pre 1999 to be on the safe side, think fronts are 17cm and rears are 13cm.

Thats if they're not just loose of course!

When this happened on my company Xsara Picasso (54 plate) it was stuck in 3rd. It was recovered to Citroen (as per the fleet hire), and they took 2 weeks to sort it out. Not what you want to hear!

Thanks Richard, I'm ordering the bits now. Getting a nut and bolt too, can't be a bad idea. I'm not driving further than I'd walk home at the minute as I'm sure its going to snap soon.

it had crossed my mind about the state of the battery...sometimes it sounds sluggish if trying to start on a cold morning,although when the engine is running the alternator should be producing enough voltage for the dash lock/unlock to work,but it dosent.....

How do i remove the door cards to get at the door locks? i cant see any obvious screws...

Richard W, thanks for that mate, unfortunately or fortunately whichever way you look at it I live in France and cant take up your offer, but I just thought that if it had a radio/cd fitted as standard I might pick one up at a breakers as I am sure they are full of dead xantias,very popular car over here, my 1.9tdi had a cassette player that chewed...

engine not out yet....so I still have it.......fly wheel/drive shafts etc... and all the electric gubbins as well if needed.

Without a picture I'm not sure however if they are just vacuum pipes into a block there'll be a 'feed' from the vacuum pump itself (I know feed is the wrong word but its easier to visualise it that way) and I suspect one or more of the others will go to an EGR valve if you have it fitted.

I don't know where the throttle pot is on that engine, but I would check that the connections to it are OK before spending money.

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Thanks, I'll see if they can remove it now.... :wink:

Thankyou for your replies.

Not only do members try to help out, they give credit when credit is due.

I also enjoy the banter and humour, as well as the odd trip off-topic :)

Got it done anyway, wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be!

Hi,
After some proper testing it turned that the transmission fluid temp senor is working fine. So it seems that the current AM6 software version (v0.6) doesn't need the parameter.
Same car, same transmission with v0.9 is detecting the temperature.

Is it recommended to upgrade to the latest available version? I have some abrupt shifting.

Any...

DAM
they could'uv used them on Scrapheap challenge last night,

as the teams had to build a cannon they had trouble with there balls :yikes: :eye: :eye: :missile: :missile: :twisted: :-D :lol: :rofl2: :rofl2: :wink:

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They've most probably gone to the scrapheap in the sky by now ... OP hasnt picked up my mail yet :(

Whoops, missed the under the engine part. My bad.

To be fair a lot of the time we can be throwing ideas at the wall unless we've actually seen the car. Mine leaked like a sieve and i thought it was a bust height corrector, but the pas return above it had a hole just big enough to leak all over the bottom of the car!

You are NOT thick, you just lacked the required knowledge. You not only now have it, you have also passed it on. Learn from your mistakes (and you have).

well mine is still doing it, mainly stalling

I got the best results on mine by doing the following
Tar remover (Tardis), Iron X, Clay, Poorboys Black Hole & Nattys Blue wax, recomended for black & red cars

See on C4Owners here

Thanks ! :wink:

Hello there, did you manage to solve that? If so, what was the culprit? I'm having similar issue with a Citroen Relay 2.2 HDi 2006... Before I start stripping all down...

What is failing on the injectors?

You need to establish where the movement is. I had trouble with one where the hinge was coming away from the door. Could also just be a failed hinge pin. Some hope :mrgreen:

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But you need to choose whether to also fit the narrow S1 wings which were fitted to 4 cylinder cars (except the TCT). TCT and V6 engined cars had the wider wings as used on all S2.

That should occupy your mind for another sleepless night :roll:

Well done :) looks great

Diagbox will only tell you if the low pressure cut out has activated I think (ie no gas pressure). You only need it to be over 4 deg and the AC will cut in. If it's over 10 then you will easily be able to tell if it's working or not as the pipes will get get cold, and the rad fan will run. It won't tell you the state of the charge though....

Not the easiest one to get in and I am not sure after all this bending and pushing if it isn't crushed up. I guess I will find out if I have to clean the dust every day ;-)

All done :)
As was suggested, it was the transistors..... I changed over the one in my Exclusive and now it is working fine! Will now have to order transistors to effect a repair!
Thank you for all your responses - yet again.
Kind regards,

on a goooogly search this came up relating to P0483

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if the link is corre4ct its the cooling fan/circuit

Change over occurred at RP 7553. Most of the internal parts seem to be the same so it may well fit.

No chance! I see, cheers :)

I had to switch from Croatian to English, and now I can't seem to find the exact page , or to be more accurate, seems the different languages have different pages, how is that possible, I don't know ... but, I've managed to land on a Hydractive Suspension 3+ Summary page, where there is a lot of stuff available, but as I just can't publish...

Great, glad to hear it!

I think I can manage to pull out the seat full stripping procedure if you'd like

Hope I wont have to strip everything just to replace a switch :-D

(Shoot me but) I do not think there is any way you can do that without taking out the seat to get to the switch....not on the Mk1/2 for sure
It is not a big job, 4/6 torx screws per seat. As said,...

the ends are ok with no play but seem worth changing doing such a big job while the rods are off. The play is in the ball joint at the rack end so definitely need changing, thanks

Concentrate and Distilled is cheaper

I host mine myself Sticky, I use HTMLy blogging software... Very simple but very good...

even better....

The pipe clips you are using are the wrong type as they pinch the fuelline hose & can cause it to leak. You need the type that has a band that goes completely around the pipe. :rofl2:
I'd also treat that braided hose with a bit of caution. Is it petrol proof? It also looks too big in diameter to fit onto the unions tightly. Dont forget, the fuel...

Suppose i get to keep the flappy panel too aswell, result!

I think the expensive ones are the handles which have the chrome middle section

Great ill be having a look after work today hopefully. Cheers for replying. I'm in work right now sorry ill get back to you on the 8 digits