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Hi Guys I am new to these forums but have been reading and searching them for the last few weeks.
I have recently brought myself a new (to me) C5 estate 2.0hdi (90hp I think). This isn't my first C5 I had a 2.0hdi 110hp exclusive se with all the extras a few years back, needless to say I'm currently missing a few of those options.

I am looking at...

Evening all,
seems the washer bottle pump has given up on the wagon, are they a specific part or are they a kind of universal thing?? i know i need a twin front and rear pump output, as per this - onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
Basically wondering if its worth a trip up the yard and grab one for a couple of quid or pick up the one...

Hi all, as title I,m looking for some advice regarding my Citroen van. It's an S reg. 2.5 diesel relay. The problem is the engine has seized due to lack of oil. It is not financially viable to replace the engine so I thought the last chance saloon was to strip the crank and replace the shells bearings etc and hope that this did the trick. The...

End of August, I'm taking a 3.5T recovery truck to collect a Citroen near Cambridge & bring it back to East Sussex. As the truck will be empty going there, does anybody want anything large shifted around about that time. It would have to be either on the route or near to it as I'm only hiring the truck for 24 hours. :shock:

PM me.

Handyman

Hi

I need to change the spare tyre and realise I cannot find the tool that allows you to drop the cage from inside the boot.

It's just a round circle with a groove in the middle?

Are these tools available?

Or

Are they hidden away somewhere on/in the car?

thanks

Hi All,

I have a citroen c5 2011 exclusive

Under the rubber lining in the centre console is a yellow strap , some kind of release ?

Any ideas ?

My first post. Having been sold a 2003 3.0 V6 C5 estate with a dodgy auto box. will a low miles box from a 2001 model with same engine fit my 2003. If engine also available would it be easier to swap engine and box without splitting. How much re-programming will be necessary? Thanks in advance.

Hi, everyone. I have just bent my key and it snapped trying to straighten it! I have a 1999 2.00 HDI TD, citroen have said 10 days for a new key? What are my options? Ebay seem to sell them, but all this recoding stuff has me well confused. Could one of you kind people explain the process to me in idiot speak?
:cry:

Unimpressed. Had to locate the fusebox for the hydraulic pump, looked briefly and assumed the red-topped box between battery and inner nearside wing, was xenon ballasts.

Hello!
I wonder how to know if the load lever sensor works properly.
Someone said that it functions as a potentiometer with three outputs, so I made seven measurements on the two I have.

Have tried sketching the plug to the load lever sensor
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i am sure that I have seen the info I want somewhere but can't find it now I need it :-)

Basically the additive low level light has come on and despite sticking in a couple of litres of Eolys the Lexia won't clear it, also it is saying permanent filler cap error
even though on the parameters pages it clearly shows when the cap is fitted and when...

Howdy,

Todays condrum is:

I changed over the high pressure regulator the other days, it turned out not to be a working replacement as when I turned the car over it wouldnt start. Anyways..

Went the unlock the car there with the blipper and and no response from the car, went to try both locks with the key, which I never normally use and they are...

Driving on a quiet lane in Ulster today we stopped at the gate to Duneight motte and bailey. Whilst we were there a Xsara pulled up and the drive began to talk to us. He told me he had a 1985 CX Familiale with a rebuilt diesel engine. He said that apart from the drivers front mudguard and door it was in generally good condition. He mentioned that...

When i drive at around 40-50MPH it will stay around 90 deg but when I drive up to 120MPH the temperature reaches well over 90 deg on the dial, close to 100 deg
I had the coolant, thermostat and temperature sensor on the engine block recently.
Its a 1999 Xsara 1.4 with a TU3JP engine.
Any help much appreciated!

Hi

First things first...I have had my 2001 110bhp Xantia HDi for 7 years (coutesy of ebay) now with 104K on it and I LOVE it!!

However, having read just about every suspension related forum entry, I can't see one that exactly replicates my issue so....

For last 18months or so on probably 7 out of 10 occasions when I stop the car and then get...

hello all

this is my first post and i was hioping that you may help me on an issue with a xantia automatic gearbox, i can only select reverse gear, i have no forward gears?

anyone come across this problem before?

thank you in advance...

Anybody know where the chip is in a MK2 Xantia remote? Is it in the blade, or in the fob housing somewhere? Trying to see if the ECU from my car could be fitted into Paul's without the key code (which I don't have....!).

Hi any one know the type of engine oil to put in citroen c5 x7 2.2 diesel for oil and filter change

Hi all. After driving through and in the remains of hurricane bertha on Friday, I noticed today that the blower only works on max speed, Also noticed on Friday that the passenger footwell was slightly damp. So I assume some water has got in.
can you get to the resistor pack from the footwell or through the engine compartment ?
And are they good...

Hi all,
I tried connecting my phone up to my Citroen c5 2009, but I need a pass number where shouts do I obtain this info as I've looked all around but I cant find I in the books I got with the car.

Cheers Dan

My C5 III Tourer Exclusive has been going into Warning message overload - Anti-pollution fault, followed by numerous other faults and engine cutting out. After several episodes of having to pull in and re-start (which seemed to do the trick), I visited Citroen main dealer who diagnosed all the error codes (lots of them) and have replaced the fuse...

Cit nearly gave me a heart attack today.
Running late for an important meeting, I jumped in and turned on the ignition, only to hear beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep and see the key light flashing.
Naturally, she wouldn't start.
I have no remote and only one key.
I turned off, removed the key, reinserted it and tried again, thankfully with no problems...

That's the temperature sensor.

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Few weeks ago I posted about upgrading the aerial on my C5 to a shark type that does not foul the roof bars. Found one online for £17 that was advertised as suitable for a C5. It was even the right shade of silver with an inbuilt amplifier.
Unbolted the old one and noticed it had 4 wires and the new one only had 2. I decided to take the original...

I have a hole in the wide aluminium hose near the compressor and it seems like I would have to replace the hose all the way back under the d/s engine mounting to some joint behind. Doe anyone know from experience anything more about this hose, where it joins and ease of replacement?

Don't ask me how the hole got there - was on the car when I...

Just a quick one to see if anyone knows what's wrong with my van.

It starts fine, no nocks or strange noises just sounds right but once you start to put power through it I.e. Drive it it looses power and starts to smoke really bad from engine bay and rear (not sure if it's coming from exhaust or underneath at the back). It also misfires...

chaps..
my crank pulley finally gave up this morning.. it was a cheapy from ECP brought 10 months ago... easy I thought.. crawl to my workshop 5 miles away, take it off during lunch hour, and get a (better) replacement..

but... did all of that.. and it turns out the key has sheared, the pulley was spinning probably about 10 times slower than the...

Hi Citroen Gurus,

My 1.6 HDI C5 has been fine, more or less, now on 66000 miles. I've just had two instances of Anti-pollution system faulty warning on the central display, accompanied by a beep. The first was about 10 days and 1000 miles ago. After a few minutes with the engine off the fault did not reappear. When I got home I got a local...

Just read a couple of posts on this and before I spend £50-120 is there a way to clean/test this to see if it is why the engine warning light is on.

The car runs fine, and has done for months, with the light on so nothing fatal just unhappy about something ?
That said it did cut out a few days ago when I left it in 2nd on low revs and nearly...

A problem has developed with my 2000 year 2.0 HDi SX Xantia.

On turning the ignition ON, all the normal warning lights on the dash illuminate, then go out in the normal way.

Unfortunately, the warning light for the SIDE AIR BAGS does go out as normal, then about 5 seconds later, it comes back on and stays on until I next turn the ignition off....

Does anyone know if there are comfort spheres available for the Xantia V6 ? And if so by who ? (IFHS hopefully)

Since the front spheres are different from all other Hydractive 2 models I don't think the standard comfort spheres could be used...

Anyone tried them on a V6 ? People following my blog will know that I need a full set of spheres for...

I've decided to replace my current window's switch in the front passenger door, because it was looking ugly and it was scratched/damaged with the finger jewelry, hand cream etc, usually the female department. So, the part no in question is 6490 Y8 (00006490Y8), cost me 17 GBP from the Citroen Service, new of course. Didn't manage to find the...

Just thought I would share this info.
A few days ago a garage changed the engine mounts, two top ones and the bottom 'donut' one and a great difference in the car. I was going to do them myself but I couldn't move the bottom one without removing the bracket and that is quite a job. Garage did it for £110 so seemed a no brainer.
The car now has no...

Hi,

I've got a 02 Dispatch and the steering fluid tank isn't transparent anymore so it's impossible to check the level from the outside. After I pulled out the black filter from the center of the tank I noticed there is a notch at the bottom. I also noticed on the filter there are alignment marks at the top (180deg apart) but I couldn't see...

I own a 2003 C5 Hdi 2.0 110 bhp.

If I blank the EGR valve will it throw an engine light?

If it doesn't where can I buy one because I can't seem to find one on ebay which will fit?

Regards, Lee.

OK the question as per title - the problem on my Xantia II Hdi 110, I have no power going to the compressor when AC switch is on and lit, low speed fans are whizzing round and blower is on and working at variable speeds.
What could be the cause?
Thanks for insight!
John

Ps I just Changed the compressor unit and its tested with direct feed, when...

Hello,

Why why might I be experiencingCitroen c5 extreme inside edge front tyre wear on both sides?

Citroen C5 1.6HdI VTR Estate, late 2006.

Severe inside edge tyre wear going through cords very quickly.

Tracking OK when checked for last set of tyres, 24,000 miles ago. No
subsequent damage, kerbing etc.

Play in NS (left) hub assembly, none in...

Does anybody know if engine heads from 2.0 C5 and 2.0 Xantia (petrol) are interchangeable?

We have a C5 2.0HDi Estate 2003 with 280 000 km and a broken transmision.Due to the cost of repairing the transmission and all the issues we were reading about, we are not very happy to fix or replace it with the same 4 speed box! has anyone successfully fitted later model 6 speed auto with 2.2 engine in the older model C5?

Hi

I have a 2004 Citroen C5 VTR. It runs perfectly well apart from the last two days or so. When I am driving it for around half an hour, the rear suspension seems to jump up without warning. It then goes to back to normal then after ten minutes or so jumps up again. I have never experienced this before. I am taking it to a garage on Monday but...

Hi all

Sadly, on my way home this evening, the ride became hard and crashy on the front right (OSF).
When I got home I tried the bounce test and all the other corners bounce fine, but this one is rigid.
Then, when I looked under the bonnet, I found the inner wing soaked in LHM, which seems to be coming from the pip at the opposite end from the...

Anyone know if the Headlamps can be adjusted on the new C4 Picasso.

My old Grand C4 Picasso had on each headlamp, two white adjusters using a allen key.

But the new picasso don't have these, all I can see is a hex head screw into the headlamp near the inner wing on each side.

Thanks

Hello!!
Lately the steering wheel of my Xantia is becoming hard when is cold,... specially at morning but it becomes softer when heated. I've checked the levels of LHM and everything seem OK :(
What can it be?

Been told my 06 C5 lower arm bushes need replacing as have bit of twitching when braking, can I get just the bushes or will I need to replace whole lower arm units ?
Also N/S driveshaft boot has split, gonna be a bit costly as I have to do both weeping rear suspension gaiters that I have already bought.

have also got timing belt & water pump kit...

I have previously changed the spheres on my LX which was pretty straightforward. Obviously the Activa has a few extra such as the hydractive and ram spheres as well.

Is there anything I should look out in particular for when changing these? Is the a particular order in which it's best to do them?

Thanks!
Lee

Hello,

My first post :)

At the end of August I will be the owner of a 98 xantia (as in subject title), as my mate bought it last month to tow his caravan.

Now I have been trawling through the web sites, as to what to look for when buying an xantia, LHM leaks, dmaged spheres, stiff suspension etc.

I'm looking forward to picking it up in a...

Hi,
I'm trying to disable my particulate filter in my c8 using lexia in the bsi configuration settings, but when i try to configure the change it asks for a code. Any ideas what this code is and where to get it from?

cheers

chris

Hi,

My wife's C4 (1.6 petrol, 55 reg) won't start. Initially it cranked healthily but wouldn't start, subsequently it only cranks for a second or two and then stops.

Lexia is reporting fault code P1694:
Permanent fault
Controlled engine stop and start (DAMP) short circuit to earth.

If I clear the fault; the the first time I try to start it it...

The rear washer on my 2003 C5 does not work. The front washer works fine. When I turn the switch to turn the rear washer on I do not hear any noise from the washer pump. Whereas when I put the front washers on I can hear the pump working fine. Is there a separate fuse for the rear wash wipe? Lee.