Xantia 2 Litre Question

steveharrison · Unread post by **steveharrison** » 29 Apr 2003, 05:39

hope you can help me,before i go to garage and spend wadds of cash on my runaround,phoned a couple of local garages here in uk[plymouth cornwall]to be told roughly it may be CAT or EGR Valve.another said Needs Tune-Up!!
can any tell me what the noticable symptoms are when the catalytic converter,packs up??
does it sound like below??
steve
The Car Is Citroen Xantia 2 ltr manual/petrol 1993
The problem is its pinking really bad especially when changing gears,it struggles as though its running out of petrol going up small incline but picks up speed when road levels of,or go,s down hill it also sounds really harsh ,and erratic on tickover,have made sure it isnt petrol by putting 3 gallons in,today and it didnt make no difference.the engine was really quiet now it sounds like tractor
engine.also did find water around inside of petrol filler cap when i put petrol in.

roscopervis · Unread post by **roscopervis** » 29 Apr 2003, 19:03

Is it an 8 or 16v model?
If it is 16 valves, then your ignition coils may have died. It happened to mine last year and got them replaced for £38 each. Same symptoms.

steveharrison · Unread post by **steveharrison** » 29 Apr 2003, 19:24

roscopervis
how can i find out if its 8v/16v m8 as i dont no myself.
steve

akojic · Unread post by **akojic** » 30 Apr 2003, 02:17

At least on both of front doors there might be a sign 2.0i in case of 8 valves or 2.0i 16V if your Xantia has 2.0 engine wtih 16 valves. Hope this will help you!

steveharrison · Unread post by **steveharrison** » 30 Apr 2003, 18:03

well more info i have got,is i took it to local garage whome done some tests and the report back from the garage is that the 2 middle cylinders dont have much compression,and said that head gasket has split in middle,bad new eh

steve

Unread post by **Jon** » 30 Apr 2003, 18:53

D-oh!!!

steveharrison · Unread post by **steveharrison** » 30 Apr 2003, 19:15

[Qoute} Doh!!![Qoute]
does that mean i should of known it would be that,lol
also what would one pay for the repair?
steve