Haynes BOL Alternative

Oscar Too · Post by **Oscar Too** » 26 May 2005, 17:07

Dave
Which Russek do you have?

oilyspanner · Post by **oilyspanner** » 26 May 2005, 17:34

I used to like the old Autobooks manuals too, they went into great detail on how to repair things, IMHO the Haynes books have become poorer, I have both the older type and the newer one for the BX and the old one seems better.
Stewart

Post by **martyhopkirk** » 26 May 2005, 19:28

Certainly the "brown" BX manual is better than the blue cover version I have seen.
I also own H-BOL's for cars I have never possessed such as the GS/A and the CX. Why?

Post by **CitroJim** » 27 May 2005, 02:19

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by martyhopkirk

Certainly the "brown" BX manual is better than the blue cover version I have seen.
I also own H-BOL's for cars I have never possessed such as the GS/A and the CX. Why?
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Why? May I hazard that they contain some little nuggets that apply to the BX but is not in the BX Manual.
I find the combination of the 205 and 405 BOLs are useful on both cars. What one misses out there is a good chance the other mentions it. I had a 405 before the Xant, now happily in the hands of my son so I still look after it.

Post by **CitroJim** » 27 May 2005, 02:34

Here is a list of sections in my homebrew BOL so far for anyone interested....
I'm still very keen to hear of any worthwhile additions...
A copy of Hydraulicnotes.pdf which can be downloaded by searching in google on that filename. It's DS, GS and CX based but it still is a good text and ensures a good fundamental understanding of Cit Hydraulics.
The rest of the notes have been culled from the forum at www.citroenz.com as follows..
Overhauling a Pressure Regulator
Accumulator Sphere Notes
Overhauling a Safety valve
Overhauling a Height Corrector
Overhauling a Brake Doseur Valve
Tackling Fast Ticking Problems
Bleeding Barkes on Hydraulic Models
Procedure for replacing LHM
Diesel Cold Start Device notes
Getting Pressure Back On System - Pump Priming
Citarobics
Handbrake Adjustment on the BX and Xantia
Replacing the Cambelt (Relative Indexing)
Most (all I think) of these articles, and they are excellent, have been written by Anders(DK)and can be found in the Tips and Tricks section of the Q and A Forum at citreonz.
Thanks Anders for all the articles.
As a finale, I printed the first page of the hydraulicnotes.pdf file onto an A4 size sticky label and stuck it on the front of the binder.
I did a similar thing with the PDF of the GSF catalogue for easy reference...

sbraud · Post by **sbraud** » 27 May 2005, 12:56

Nice one citrojim,
Totally agree on Haynes `we didn't understand it, so didn't print it' manual !![:o)]
If you’re going to share what you have, and you’re happy to do so, I've a web server to host info.
As we speak a couple of us Forum members are working on making the official Citroen training manuals, full of technical data, diagrams and how things work, for Xanta/XM Hydractive I, II and Activa suspension available on the web.
And guess what… you’ll recognise some of the diagrams from Haynes as they came from Citroen.
Hopefully soon as I think this stuff is like rocking horse sh1t! Two manuals - I'm only half way through first as it's a scanning job... phew [xx(][xx(]
Cheers
Steve

rossd · Post by **rossd** » 27 May 2005, 13:20

The french RTAI manuals are very good, they are in french but they are worth the price alone simply for the pictures and data tables, which are easily understood; In fact you dont need the text as the pictures and diagrams negate the need for it!
I have had one for every car I have owned so far, getting one for the 306 HDi when I next go over. They are available from most of the lrgest hypermarkets with the attatched car sections.

casperdog2 · Post by **casperdog2** » 04 Jun 2005, 04:27

Im new to this site and am glad that I have found it, I own a xantia and Im over the moon with the technical information that I can get on the Suspention. thank you all for your hard work.

Post by **martyhopkirk** » 04 Jun 2005, 11:50

Mr Galagher is apparently sorting out an upload to T'internet of the Citroen Tech Manual for the Xantia - I hope he lets us know when its done and dusted.

tomsheppard · Post by **tomsheppard** » 04 Jun 2005, 23:35

Funnily enough, I have an orange 205 manual which I cannot remember buying. I have about three BX manuals and a Russek which is very good, with clear line drawings instead of murky photos.