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It's alive! Long live the C5!

My project this year came to a successful conclusion today. I'm not a hugely regular poster here so to recap, after fuelling problems, leaky power steering, suspected gasket failure and eventually a failed clutch release bearing / DMF over Christmas, in spring I took the engine out of my 2.2HDi MK1 C5 and began an...

Hi when getting MOT other day guy there was quite knowledgeable re Citroens etc was one of the other mechs had been into them who had worked there.He told me when said id had leak from the green life blood of citroens i said i joined pipe together with a joiner. He said don't use copper as it reacts with the fluid!!!? where's citrojim he'd know.

Well I've posted about this before I believe in Simon's mammoth thread :)

Back then I didn't really have much of a clue whether it was an engine or gearbox noise, or what really triggered it. It's gone on for about 10 months now, back then I put it down to a characteristic of the car or so. And recently, I've been using the Sequential mode a lot,...

Hi all, I'm after a few bits, does any one have an old FDV valve / Pressure Regulator / Hydraulic Pump laying about in their shed!? I want them for refurbing project.

Looking for October 1993 built 1.9 td xantia non hydractive compatible parts.

Cheers all.

Chris.

Hi,

I have a curious thing causing vibration when my engine is idling. (car details in title)
I suspect the air con compressor but dont know much about them .
when idling air con off the engine growls intermitantly every few seconds like it is being held back.
when I turn on the air con the air-con seems to work ok , The growling is much worse at...

Had a new enquiery yesterday from someone with a C5. His rear i thnk near side rear arm is cracking in operation so he had it up onca ramp and discivered metal fileings falling from it.. he went to my local garage. Anyway they reccomended he came to me to have any work done so i sugested a complete arm swap for another due to possible unit damage...

is it possible to connect my jack-out to my cd-box cable?

tnx

The stickers are missing off the door strut on my wife's C5 and my daughter has scraped the rear end is there any other way of finding the paint code??

Just a thought. I'm in the process of finally updating my old mobile. It's about three years old and very basic. SWIMBO got a budget smartphone a couple of weeks ago, and I rather fancy being able to go online at wi-fi hotspots withoit dragging my Nexus tablet along with me. I had narrowed it down to a few sets, as I have a PAYG sim from O2 and I...

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I have a Dispatch 01 plate. And want to put a three seater in the back, does anyone know where to buy them and are they easy to fit in? (my vehicle is a wheel chair one) so it doesn't have the holes to put them in.. Is it easy to do yourself?

Also can I put a three seater from other vehicles in if they fit? I am after one that will allow it...

Hi All (xantia HDI estate Y reg (203K)

I was changing the rear near side wheel yesterday and noticed the rear brake calliper bolt(lower) has sheared so i have the dreaded task of replacing it over the weekend, having read a few of the other posts it looks like a pain in the butt, ha ho it has to be done and I will tackle it this weekend.

However...

trying to get my car up and moving, 2004 c5 facelift comes up with a p1598 fault code, anyclues ?

Evening all!

I bought a Lexia clone from ebay ( to try and sort my XM out

Following the instructions it said use XP, so I duly made a vmware install with XP, and installed diagbox 7.2. Wouldn't activate using the provided patch. Tried several different re-installs and patches, and nothing (Laptop wifi turned off throughout all this.)

Got...

Hi, the maxi for my pump keeps going and the pumps getting lethargic. its a 2004 facelift. im going to source a second hand one, give it a good going over then fit that. are there any years i should avoid ? any bad batches or anything like that ? most i find seem to be older and higher millage than mine but working !!!

Hi.. Can anyone help.. My tickover is at 1400 rpm, I have changed Maf and Electrovalve, checked pipes for leaks and now I dont know what else to do.. There is no loss of power, but fuel consumption appears to have gone up.. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hi, I have a 58 reg C5 2.0 VTR, which was not cooling down inside at all. Took it to the garage who found it needed a new condenser. Sorted problem for just over a week, but yesterday and again today, despite the AC being set to LO the air coming out of the vents just doesn't feel very cold. It is slightly cool at best. I am wondering if the new...

Hi everyone,

After servicing I've been told that one of the front brake discs is heavily rusty on the inner side, and one front coil spring is broken. I'm told that I must replaced both left and right front brake discs, not just the one that is problematic, and same with coil springs: I must replace both sides.

Why both sides? Is it absolutely...

Hi any one no the spec of a 2008 Citroen c5 2.2 hdi vtr plus estate and any problems to look for ? thanks

Hi all. I've had my 2003 1.4 petrol (facelift) Berlingo for 7years/60k miles. It's great apart from one thing - it's leaked steering fluid since I've had it. Apart from it being a bore having to top up the fluid (approx a litre every 15k miles) it affects the steering which wobbles round longer corners. So far three garages have looked at it and...

this forum seems more on the ball than the car club as far as tech help goes. i own a c5 2.2 hdi. from start up it drives perfectly for about 10 mins, then i get esp/asr warning and car goes into limp mode. it has been on a lexia which said, turbo circuit short/open. the guy said he suspects 2 valves which read the pressure either side of the...

Hello,
so like the topic said, my 9780.Z5 doesn't see my car. It's French made it used to work fine. Now my computer sees it so does Lexia 3, but when I try to scan for a car it says that no car was found. I tried on C5 and C4 same thing. Any suggestions? Need any advice.

hi guys,

Ben82 and myself are talking the dreaded auto gearbox oil change on my C5 2.2 HDI on saturday. Got 5 litres of the proper stuff from Opie sitting by the tool kit in readiness.

I had a quick look under the car with a torch to familairise myself with the location of the various drain/breather/filler plugs and came to the conclusion that...

can anyone please tell me if there is a fuse for the electric headlight beam adjusters as I cant find anything in the handbook, when I roll the thumb wheel on the dashboard there is no sound of the motors working, they were working yesterday, any help would be appreciated

Is the inlet manifold gasket a reusable rubber type on the C5 V6? Looking at the exploded view it seems that it might be. I'd like to know whether I will need a replacement before I remove it.

TIA

As the title says is it an easy job or not? I've bought an auto dim for the bargain price of £5 on eBay. I'm driving an SX at the moment so it has both rain and wiper sensors under the old mirror. Do i need to run additional wiring to the blue 3 pin plug on the auto dim mirror or can i utilise the wiring already there on the sensors? Anybody else...

Hi have a slight problem with R/H front side light fitting only getting 11v ish tried from in plug and earth so it's outside light fitting! the L/H one is ok.
Could it be a relay?
I pulled it all a part before Grill/bumper/lights etc etc didnt find then put it all back still the same then all of a sudden it was bright again well for a while.(using...

Will post this on the Peugeot section as well but I feel more at home in Citroen land and know how helpful you guys are.

I’m having problems installing Peugeot Planet software. I’ve had the Lexia for a while for the Citroens. Installed the Lexia 3 software no problem and been using it happily with the Xantia and Xsara. Now I want to install...

hello all, my HDI 110 Xantia has put its engine light on again, both times have been at about 75mph with my foot well down asking for more power, it goes into reduced power limp mode and then the fault goes away after a couple of restarts, I am thinking of swapping the electrovalves over for a start, anyone had similar ?

C5 Exclusive 2002

I am having a serious issue with water soaking my rear nearside footwell. At first I thought it may have been a spilled cup of left over drink from McDonalds (thanks kids) but after taking up the carpet and sound proofing and mopping up the wet with a towel and drying everything off all day I was annoyed to find that today it is...

Hi all.
I have an 03 reg c3. 1.4hdi, 16 valve exclusive with aircon.

Anyway, after buying it I discovered the aircon didn't work and a charge didn't fix it. It transpires the cooling fan is not working.
Furthermore today I found out that someone has put tape covering the tempreture lights that should illuminate when the car overheats. :evil:...

hi all i have just bought a 55 reg grand scenic and the parking brake dosent work at all what could the problem be?
is it something i could fix or is it an expensive repair
thank you

everywhere ive looked , theres 3 and they are located behind the plastic covers under the windscreen..... except on mine theres nowt!

is my google foo failing me and they are somewhere else.... or are mine simply missing (brackets and all?)

Hello!

I bought a 1998 Xantia Desire 2 2.1TD (non-hydractive, I think - at least there is no sports/soft switch anywhere) from Ebay in March and on the whole I've been happy with it. However I've always had a nagging feeling that the ride isn't as good as it should be - though I have no frame of reference, having never driven another Xantia! I...

Driven 65miles seems good, 196k but for £1550 can't complain.
Was wanting to know about FAP all other newer diesel stuff now got the drop on it, reason for post is, as most FCF users mainly do our own repairs/servicing, any tips would be gratefully received.

David

Hi guys,

I've recently bought a 2000 citroen relay 1.9 diesel however there's a couple of questions if like to ask. It's covered 130k and drives great, really straight bodywork and has been looked after. Will only be using it infrequently but I'm really happy so far!

The questions are:

Windscreen wipers - the washer jets aren't working. When I...

Hi All,

The leather interior on my 1999 Xantia HDi was too good to go to the scrappie so thought one of you chaps might want it. I have both front seats, rear seats and arm rest attached to drivers seat plus all the fixings.

I will take some pics later but in used but good condition. The electric motors all work, heated seats don't but that has...

Hello!

Has anyone here taken out front bumper? Any advice on how it´s done?

Due to the rise in fuel costs and the fact I do about 15,000 miles per year, am thinking of going bk to my veg-diesel mix, or full bio, I used to run this in my disco which worked perfectly, but am unsure about the xantia having any probs with this, am a bit of a planet saving nut which is why I drive diesel cars only, I have my bike for fun and...

Hi all,

I have been offered one of the above for a bargain price but are they any good? What are the engines like, any weak points? Also, will they run on veg?

Many thanks.

After the success of the crank pulley change I decided to treat the old girl to a full set of new spheres. The newest of the ones that were on had been on over 3 years and the best part of 100k miles and I suspect the rear centre sphere (Hydractive) was an original as it was one of those funny C5 type grey things. As normal the rear wheel cylinder...

Just bought a C5.. diesel, 2002. Love it, but the automatic lights thing is driving me mental. I turn them off, via the accessories setting on the ignition key... it says 'auto lights on' ... then beeps again and says nowt. So I assume they are now off. Wrong! Drive along for a few mins and it comes on, then goes off.. more or less randomly: it's...

Hi all,
I have a 2001 1.6 petrol xsara picasso and everytime i turn on the ignition or start the engine i get a bleep from the dashboard and a warning message water in diesel , but as you can see it is a petrol model.
I can erase the message and everything works ok but its just driving me mad having to reset everytime i start the engine.
Has...

Does my 2000 HDI 110 have one of those freewheeling alternator pulleys ? and if not, should it ?
because I cant feel it moving.
I am still hunting the chirp on start/stopping the engine, the crank pulley is just starting to leak powder but will not move yet.

Hi all,

Sylv is stuck in Austria with a leaking heater matrix.

I only replaced it less than 2 years ago so I am not best pleased at the fact it has gone and that I have to replace it again.

Can someone who knows the layout of the ZX engine bay take me some photos of where the pipes connect to the heater matrix and also a series of photos coming...

A couple of weeks ago my Xantia died on the motorway, lights galore and no power. Switched off, switched on, all lights gone, engine fine - you would never have known. Today it went in for the air con doing, whilst it was there the son-in-law plugged it into the computer and found a number of fault codes.

PO380 - Pre Heating Relay Circuit
P1112 -...

Just about to do this (raining today) and have a quick question, I assume the bolt is right hand thread ?
Just checking before using an air impact wrench. Should be right hand thread as the pulley has a woodruff key so shouldn't turn anyway, still you never know, wouldn't be the first time I have tried to remove a bolt the wrong way, usually...

Okay. Recently I have fallen out of love with my C5 having owned it for eight years and putting 130k on it. To date, apart from normal wear and tear items (brake pads, disks etc, drop links etc) the only things I have had to replace have been a washer pump and a mass flow sensor. The rear started sinking when parked about three years ago and I...

Hi all

I want to fit my own tyres and was wondering if anybody knows of a good online site to order a set of 185 65 15 Tyres.

Have a great weekend in the sunshine :-D :-D :-D :-D

Cheers

Ade

I'm new to this forum and wondered whether anyone could help me with a problem I'm having with my Citroen Berlingo Multispace. The rear sliding doors are not working with the transponder key. Both the front two doors and the hatch work fine, but the rear sliding doors won't open or close.
They are still lockable from the inside, which is the only...

#-o Does anyone know if the C2/3/4 1.4 16v cylinder head is the same as 1.6.16v one. Having trouble sourcing one as timing belt idler failed and has caused serious damage to valve train. no compression on 3 cylinders.

thanks

michael :oops: