Xantia wont start

Stekelly · Unread post by **Stekelly** » 01 Feb 2009, 15:50

Good news, (kicking myself though) just changed the battery as the old one wasnt charging after I ran it down tryign to start the car. I knew when the battery would charge with my charger that it was knackered. Turns out its a dead cell. Car is now running. Happy days.

Thanks for all the help.

Stekelly · Unread post by **Stekelly** » 01 Feb 2009, 16:23

I may aswell stick this in this thread too. When I first got the Xantia last year I had a thread about small niggles. The only one still causing any real issue is the one in the photos. Basically the bown connector is clicking. Fairly rapodly and constantly while I drove about 2 miles today. Any ideas?

wheeler · Unread post by **wheeler** » 01 Feb 2009, 17:28

Thats the charcoal canister electrovalve, it sounds like its operating normally, the ECU decides when to operate it & it will click away, its just the noise of it opening & closing rapidly.

Stekelly · Unread post by **Stekelly** » 01 Feb 2009, 18:09

wheeler wrote:Thats the charcoal canister electrovalve, it sounds like its operating normally, the ECU decides when to operate it & it will click away, its just the noise of it opening & closing rapidly.

Cool. Cheers