I think the Alternator on my Xantia is on the way out. Has been a whining noise from the engine bay since I bought it, that sounds electrical/bearing related as its a higher pitch than everything else.
Engine revs not speed related.
Anyhoo today had a motorway run to make and the battery warning light started to flicker a few times. Soon realised that if I stuck to 65mph it would not come on, but if I went above 70mph for any length of time then the battery light would start coming on and off. (Quite a good speed warning feature that I never knew the Xantia had )
As per title, how easy/difficult is it to change.
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Xantia Hdi Alternator Change, Easy Job?
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Re: Xantia Hdi Alternator Change, Easy Job?
It was a real pain in the proverbials when I did it.
First time I tried it took about 4 hours to get it out, second time I had the old one out and new one in within the hour.
Good news is you don't have to take the hydraulic pump out (it's a tight fit but you can remove it by letting it drop down and shuffling it across a bit - watch the radiator), bad news is you need to take the oil filter off.
Held in with 4 bolts, only one of which is particularly accessible. It's best to have the car jacked up a bit a the front and the driver's wheel off and wheel arch liner removed.
The spring loaded tensioner is a bit of a bugg*er, need to move it out of the way with a spanner on the centre bolt - it's held with quite a stiff spring too remove the ECU and its plastic housing to get better access. To lock it in place a small allen key through the hole works lovely.
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Now that I remember, the eccentric tensioner has been known to be awkward, I find the drive of a 1/4" ratchet fits the square hole in the thing perfectly. Hold onto the bolt with a socket turn the 1/4" ratchet until tensioned and nip up the centre bolt.
First time I tried it took about 4 hours to get it out, second time I had the old one out and new one in within the hour.
Good news is you don't have to take the hydraulic pump out (it's a tight fit but you can remove it by letting it drop down and shuffling it across a bit - watch the radiator), bad news is you need to take the oil filter off.
Held in with 4 bolts, only one of which is particularly accessible. It's best to have the car jacked up a bit a the front and the driver's wheel off and wheel arch liner removed.
The spring loaded tensioner is a bit of a bugg*er, need to move it out of the way with a spanner on the centre bolt - it's held with quite a stiff spring too remove the ECU and its plastic housing to get better access. To lock it in place a small allen key through the hole works lovely.
Edit:
Now that I remember, the eccentric tensioner has been known to be awkward, I find the drive of a 1/4" ratchet fits the square hole in the thing perfectly. Hold onto the bolt with a socket turn the 1/4" ratchet until tensioned and nip up the centre bolt.
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Re: Xantia Hdi Alternator Change, Easy Job?
It is a bit of a PITA!
Im starting to worry about mine at 258k, but dont like the look of it.. the lower bolts are a pain, one facing the oil filter... the other half covered by the spring aux belt tensioner...
Basically just echoing Chlorate's words above really dave!
Im starting to worry about mine at 258k, but dont like the look of it.. the lower bolts are a pain, one facing the oil filter... the other half covered by the spring aux belt tensioner...
Basically just echoing Chlorate's words above really dave!
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Re: Xantia Hdi Alternator Change, Easy Job?
It's not as hard as it looks: http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=29797" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Xantia Hdi Alternator Change, Easy Job?
Indeed, it's not difficult - it's just more awkward than it really should be.
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Re: Xantia Hdi Alternator Change, Easy Job?
At least it's (just!) dooable without removing the HP pump.
If you want more awkward then it should be, then try changing the pollen filter on a C4 Picasso....mind you, Lighty posted about a Megane where he needed to remove the clutch pedal to do the pollen filter
If you want more awkward then it should be, then try changing the pollen filter on a C4 Picasso....mind you, Lighty posted about a Megane where he needed to remove the clutch pedal to do the pollen filter
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