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Over the years since central locking became common, I've had this problem several times. The cure has always been to lubricate the latch/lock mechanisms (aerosol white grease) inside the door. The mechanism becomes stiff (or worn) so that sometimes the electric lock mechanism isn't powerful enough to operate it. Next problem (if it hasn't already...

The spheres can be tested to see if they are still at the required pressure. You need someone with a sphere tester and the spheres will need to be removed from the car.

If hes stuck for A/C im scrapping mine soon 1.9td 97 zanty in e london

Thing is it,s not an easy job to remove the rack, lower subframe and all that. Can I seal it with any kind of adhesive ,or some alternative other than striping it down,

i have not had to remove an alternator from a C15 presumably with the DW8 going by the year,

but if you think it will drop out from below with the oil filter removed, thats what i would do, its easy enough to unscrew the oil filter,

just place a tray under it

ABSOLUTLEY Will, couldnt agree more with that!

Slowly making sense of this. The pipe I had to repair is No 3 from the front.

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1 - LHM take-up, ‘sucking’, to high pressure pump.
2 - Fluid return from pressure regulator, flow divider and front electrovalve (solenoid ?), from power steering and...

Ask here maybe?

Is this it?

I did open the old pump, to have a look inside, and its a strange setup.. the pump relies on filling up with oil, then there's three Scrapers that when the engine is running come out under centrifugal force from the end of the cam. Then it must do something with the oil to create the vacuum, the oil is drained out lower down into a return drilling...

We tap them out to the next size, though haven't had to do a PSA one yet.
Opel (Vauxhall) and VW seem prone to this and we have a selection of large taps and bungs that works for them.
It wasn't me that sourced them, so I don't know what size/thread they are, though I suspect they're not metric.

I have 5.02 0n the disk that came with the leads but I don't have the patch and activation codes.
It worked fine on that instal until the computer crashed but I can't get anything back off the laptop so just need the patch and activation codes as they were not on the disk.

Hi Mahmoud

I don't think you're comparing like with like, to be fair.
Vw have traditionally made their cars with cr@p fuel in mind, though there are exceptions.
French cars are not famous for their tolerance of such things, though some are remarkably good.
A simplistic rule of thumb would be low power, low-state-of-tune, engines will be more...

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Cireoen
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also worth, many of the fords run the same bolt pattern but have different offset and central bore, - Due to offset will need spacer (spacers reduce the Offset number) which will sort the central bore problems,
Ford...

That's brake pad wear wire!

Like I said, 55+ on a run but just not on the complete full last tank which was mostly around town with a trip to Stansted and back (230 miles) so it should definitely be more than the round town figure overall from Citroen's figures which I think are 37.9mpg Urban for an S2 110HDi.

Trust me I am gutted. I was unaware the 110Hdi had a MAF sensor....

cheers guys

Well I'll message you when I'm down next, Paul.
Yes, it's probably due to the nature of London Citroen owners - perhaps overall they tend buy and sell, rather than keep cars long term, unless its classic vintage, and most of those live in the suburbs or Home Counties. Lack of garages etc., these days.

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It's very easy, with decent crimping tool and wire strippers. :-)

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Robbed the VSX of an ABS sensor on Sunday, booked an MoT for Wednesday pm (early closing) - passed with no advisories and just some back-handed comments about The Green Lady's condition and mileage.

This morning, swapped over the insurance and taxed her before washing off a bucket load of Saharan dust - cleaned the alloys (from the VSX) and she...

Strut tops only need replacing because they rot. There's absolutely no sensible reason to replace a (reasonably) sound one - particularly when they're so expensive!

It's not a long or difficult job, just messy (avoid compressing the strut).

I could not get my ebay service box cd's to work - always a different fault when trying to install - and have since damaged/scratched disk 1 - and whenI went to purchase again, the seller has completely disappeared!! :( . Is this service box and sedre under a different name, anyone know.

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I don't know of Tony Weston.
I've used Moss Motors for BX (trailing arm bearings)! and Xantia work with good results.
Address: 17 Chalford Industrial Estate, Chalford, Stroud GL6 8NT, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 1453 885097

Ah! That explains why after swapping my nearside mirror unit over with one from my old Xantia, the new Xantia took on the atmospheric temperature fault of the old one :-)

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Yes it's a TU3JP but if you need the specific version it's a KFX
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Two heads are better than one, you'll think of something ... :D

I suppose it's just possible that thr ECU is passing too much current through the sensor.
Wouldn't like to have to troubleshoot that, though!

Good news and bad news:-

Good news, the clutch is now engaging.

Bad news, the biting point now seems a lot higher than it used to be so I'm not sure whether to trust it not to slip under load.

I've given it a short test drive up a few local hills and it is difficult to tell whether it is slipping or not. I'm now wondering if leaving it...

What engine? 1.6 HDi probably....

I've changed one on a C4 Picasso - there's no bleed screw as such. I think Lighty sometimes removes the return fuel line to make it a bit easier to fill the filter. Just keep pumping the primer till you stop hearing the air re-entering the fuel tank. Takes a while....

Here's the write up I did after changing...

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I have a lwb 2.0 2008 dispatch van with the same air suspension issue. I have found these springs above (i know currently out of stock).
Does anyone know the correct part number for the springs?
Also the spring seats, any idea where i can buy these seperately other than buying the full kit in the link...

yep....sorry had my new glasses on..

Good news. :-)
Yes, the question of rot occurred to me when I discovered this problem.
However, it seems to be well protected, somehow - no early signs of rot, on a 14 year old.

I think cleaning it out should be part of yearly maintenance though, with a due care and a fast water jet perhaps. Otherwise the guards would need removing to use a...

Thanks Nod for this hint.

Funny thing but I thought this myself. The garage has looked at lots of things (suggested by experts more than me!) but nobody came up with this one. I've still got a fairly full tank, (of some unnamed and unmentionable) brand. So when I fill up again I'll watch out.

Regards

garryd

Ok
Cit gave me her exhaust to fix, with no trouble at all. Clamp at the front of the box is a single 16mm (5/8 ) nut and undid easily.
Then the three rubbers, which come away from the body hangers with little difficulty and that's it.
I found a pin hole in the pipe, between the joint and box, which must be the leak he referred to. Funny there was...

Thanks everyone for the help. I have now consulted a garage in Ottery St Mary, they are going to have a look.

There are people who repair them on eBay, if you can't manage it .

Hi Ben82

I have been told by the owner that the ECU has had a Software upgrade so I beleve this is why it wont read it. My Lexia still erased faults though and put the Engine/Service light out, owner happy fellow now!

Thanks anyway.

cheers

Just don't tell your insurance company you deliberately nobbled your alarm ;)

if its the Citroen technition write code 03114, if its the 4 didgt code for imobiliser and alarm you either need to find it in your manual or ask birdman,

and diagbox is up to 7.38 atm ( scarymistake update) if you know where to find it

lol i live in tattershall lincs
Yours is not the red xantia park out side the solicitors. o
Ive seen 2 in woodhall spa A red 95 vsx parked in coop car park And saw a green one near the club
The nly other one i saw in connisby was a blue estate. In one of the houses on the main road
And there was a blue hatch on ebay for sale bout a year or so...

Are you sure its not the cable that's sticking? If it is work some oil into it and saturate any cracks there are in the outer cover.

Peter

So this *should* fit my head unit then!?

It is FBW. The cable operates a potentiometer that the indirectly operates a stepper motor.
My cable was also slack on this C5, among other things it caused very disappointing performance.
Adjusting that made a tremendous improvement.