Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs

Unread post by **Rp0thejester** » 07 Jul 2025, 00:52

I'm sorry, you can't call a chicken korma a curry, it's 80% coconut milk!! It looks more like baby food.

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 07 Jul 2025, 06:47

Rp0thejester wrote: 07 Jul 2025, 00:52 I'm sorry, you can't call a chicken korma a curry, it's 80% coconut milk!! It looks more like baby food.

Korma:
Easily the most disappointing clarification to a "we're having curry for tea" statement

Unread post by **mickthemaverick** » 07 Jul 2025, 07:37

Rp0thejester wrote: 07 Jul 2025, 00:52 I'm sorry, you can't call a chicken korma a curry, it's 80% coconut milk!! It looks more like baby food.

Don't you mean recycled babyfood?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 07 Jul 2025, 07:53

mickthemaverick wrote: 07 Jul 2025, 07:37
Rp0thejester wrote: 07 Jul 2025, 00:52 I'm sorry, you can't call a chicken korma a curry, it's 80% coconut milk!! It looks more like baby food.
Don't you mean recycled babyfood?

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 07 Jul 2025, 18:23

MattBLancs wrote: 06 Jul 2025, 21:09 Curry, white, blue and "gray" connections.

Quite Marc on this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=615689#p615689

Blue: GPS
Grey: FM2
White: FM1

Versus the sure above:
Blue: GPS
Grey/gray: "remote control"
White: radio (phantom)

I wonder if "remote control" is a bit of a bum steer - I recall radio ISO connectors having a "remote" terminal - this was a feed that would be used to trigger your power telescopic aerial to extend itself (obviously triggered by the radio being switched on) - that could also feed the aerial amplifier.

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 12 Jul 2025, 21:59

More detailed update when I get chance but in short, two vehicles - mentioned in this Blog's title but sadly often now far from the spotlight have been on the move, briefly, today.

Varying degrees of success!

Spoiler: show

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 13 Jul 2025, 17:19

For my own future use, this might be why the Coupe has "silent indicators"
viewtopic.php?t=73782

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 13 Jul 2025, 18:31

Speaking of silent indicators Matt, I find Bluebell's are very quiet and can hardly hear the relay clicking. In bright sunlight the indicator dash lamp is a bit dim and distant too.

Strawberry has a very loud indicator relay...

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 13 Jul 2025, 19:48

CitroJim wrote: 13 Jul 2025, 18:31 Speaking of silent indicators Matt, I find Bluebell's are very quiet and can hardly hear the relay clicking. In bright sunlight the indicator dash lamp is a bit dim and distant too.

Strawberry has a very loud indicator relay...

Given the difference between the two, it sounds worth investigating Bluebell's doesn't it!

On a 406 the sound is completely "synthetic" rather than relay noise - one of my two Coupes has completely silent indicators, very odd until you get used to it.

Out for lunch today and so, other than a tip trip before lunch, today I've only had chance to pump some diesel out of the C5. Added biocide

P.s. somewhat confusing instructions here:
Fuel Biocide | Wynn's UK https://www.wynns.uk.com/product/fuel-biocide/
(I've gone for 10ml per 10 litre can)

No "coffee grounds" or anything else untoward seen, but this car has sat with (3/4 full, typical!) a load of diesel fir a good while now.

The stuff I've pumped out has filled up the Blue 308 (2.5 cans roughly) plus another 2 full, so hopefully ready to get at the fuel sender soon.

And quite a bit in lots of unintended places too, clumsy oaf....

Unread post by **mickthemaverick** » 13 Jul 2025, 19:53

Curative treatment (for disinfecting contaminated diesel fuel tanks):One bottle of 250 ml treats 250 litres of diesel fuel. Add 2 contents of the upper reservoir of the bottle to 50 litres of fuel. Allow the product to work during minimum 3 days. It is recommended to filter the fuel afterwards in order to remove the deposits of the destroyed micro-organisms. Preventive treatment (to prevent bacterial growtin diesel fuel tanks):One bottle of 250 ml treats 500 litres of diesel fuel. Add 1 content of the upper reservoir of the bottle to 50 litres of fuel.

That is one complicated set of instuctions! - I think I'd just use Vpower diesel and not worry about all that!!

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 13 Jul 2025, 20:11

Yes, exactly!

Further up than that text it says:

Add 0,1 % : 25 ml for 25 litres

The other bit is only obviously aligning with that if you read it with the bottle in your hand: the "upper reservoir" IS the 25ml mentioned.

But there is two concentrations in that mess:
"Curative"
"Preventative"

With the curative being twice the concentration (and ignored by the "0,1%" bit further up!

Unread post by **MattBLancs** » 13 Jul 2025, 20:14

This is where the HDi Coupe has sat for 14 months, rain due tomorrow so I've just rotavated the hard dry earth where it had sat.

Just present in bottom of the shot is the change in level we are slowly sorting out (hence all the soil to the tip)

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 14 Jul 2025, 04:53

MattBLancs wrote: 13 Jul 2025, 19:48
CitroJim wrote: 13 Jul 2025, 18:31 Speaking of silent indicators Matt, I find Bluebell's are very quiet and can hardly hear the relay clicking. In bright sunlight the indicator dash lamp is a bit dim and distant too.

Strawberry has a very loud indicator relay...
Given the difference between the two, it sounds worth investigating Bluebell's doesn't it!

When I first got Strawberry I was astounded at just how loud the relay was. Bluebell's has always been quiet in comparison.

Unread post by **mickthemaverick** » 14 Jul 2025, 06:23

I suspect the difference is merely the trim level, eg. Bluebell probably has more bulkhead insulation etc

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 14 Jul 2025, 07:33

mickthemaverick wrote: 14 Jul 2025, 06:23 I suspect the difference is merely the trim level, eg. Bluebell probably has more bulkhead insulation etc

You may well be right there Mick... I'll find out soon as I need to sort out a lot of disintegrating and grotty foam behind the dash...

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