Xantia fuses blown, speedo at 150mph

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paranoid
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Xantia fuses blown, speedo at 150mph

Post by paranoid »

Hi haven't been here in a while........

The new owner of my Xantia TD R reg, has rung up with a bizzare problem, 2 15amp fuses keep blowing (rear wiper and indicators) and the speedo has gone to 150 mph and stayed there.

Any ideas folks a bit stuck as he's going on holiday Saturday
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Post by Father Ted »

The speedo problem usually happens if there is a surge of power or spike, its common if the car has been jump or boost started. I gather it can only really be rectified by removal of the speedo and shaking the bugger back round to zero again.
As for the popping fuses, have a look in the rear section of the car for trapped / frayed wire. Past experience has taught me that its usually something like this, where wire either passes through a bulkhead / door frame or something has been disturbed and has caught the wire grounding it out.
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Post by howzat »

I had the Xantia speedo problem after jump starting. However when I drove the vehicle after a time it returned to normal working.
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Post by f00lzz »

Suggest you take a picture of the speedo reading before you fix it..... the blokes down the pub will never believe it otherwise!! \:D/
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Post by KP »

Yip you now have the fastest Xantia in the world.

Well other than one maybe dropped out of a plane from a few miles up lol
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