Xantia Hdi any help please

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Xantia Hdi any help please

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Ok well the truth is out
My brilliant new cars has a few bugs
1: Clunking from the rear (sound like something lose) tried removing then setting the spare as this has caused fault on others but no luck will put it on the ramps tomorrow and see if I can find it
2: It farts and drops slightly at the front end when parked on any sort of hill

Any ideas would be helpful
So as to stop me going in the wrong way :roll:
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what do u mean by farts? and drops slightly?

farts as in backfires of sorts?
and drops suspension wise?
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well farts is the best way to describe it :lol: but groan or sound like an old door on a haunted house just after the engine is off though and it drops about 1/2" so not that much
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like there is a strain on a belt or something? maybe the belt needs tightening?

and maybe the front suspension pistons need lubricating (hence the groaning/farting noise) because when you stop the weight shifts forwards onto the front making the pistons move down and then back up to settle?
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Citrobics seem to have done the trick for the suspension the rear height corrector seems a bit slow but gets there in the end.

As for the clunking from the rear I’ve checked every thing I can have narrowed it down to the Tailgate area It seems to be the spoiler almost like the thing is hollow with metal in it rattling

Is the spoiler hollow or is it supposed to be foam filled fibreglass also does anyone know if there is any metal in it that could rattle or am I barking up the wrong tree
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I don't know if the setup is the same but I had a similar clunky tailgate problem on my zx - DROVE ME UP THE WALL!! - turned out that the part of the tailgate catch fitted to the body (effectively a metal rod that the catch clamps onto) should have had a thin plastic shim around it. I wrapped a later of insulating tape around the rod and it was clunk and rattle free til the day I sold it!

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So went to remove the Spoiler see if that would help and the dam thing is also glued on aswell not just the 4 bolts

Anyone removed one before without damage to the boot lid as the glue is dam hard and no way or getting a knife in

Any Ideas?
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CitroenNuts wrote:well farts is the best way to describe it :lol: but groan or sound like an old door on a haunted house just after the engine is off though and it drops about 1/2" so not that much
What is the condition of the accumulator sphere ?

The groaning noise you speak of is probably the front anti-sink valve oscillating.

This can happen when the height corrector tries to make a height correction just as the anti-sink valve is closing. (Due to a fall in main system pressure)

If the accumulator sphere is flat this can happen quite often. Another thing that could cause it is if there is a source of leakage in the system somewhere (such as leaky Hydractive 2 electrovalves) which bleed away the accumulator pressure quickly after you turn off the engine.

Basically anything that causes the main system pressure to dissapear quickly after the engine is stopped will cause this.

Mine used to make this groaning noise quite frequently when getting out of the car when I had a leaky electrovalve, but I don't think I've heard it once since I fixed that...

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CitroenNuts wrote:So went to remove the Spoiler see if that would help and the dam thing is also glued on aswell not just the 4 bolts

Anyone removed one before without damage to the boot lid as the glue is dam hard and no way or getting a knife in

Any Ideas?
How strange...mine isn't glued at all, I wonder if a previous owner was a bit handy with the 'no nails' ??

Theclonking from the tailgate can almost certainly be cured by removing the two 'rubber buffers' from the base of the tailgate and turning the screws that the buffers cover a few turns at a time until the excess play (which causes the clonking) has been removed
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Mine occasionaly beeped (farted) but after correcting the ride height it never did it again :D
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