Finally got the Xantia back on the road, just in time for some serious cold!
It was minus 10 c here at 9am, even by mid-day it was -5, parts of Norfolk saw -17.2, for this part of the world, very cold indeed.
The Activa started on the button, nice and quiet, non-ticky manifold gasket, only the blowing centre join spoiling it.
The suspension isnt quite right though. I did a few runs of Citrobics, and the front end does not want to rise from low up to normal or service setting, it only rises up when the car goes into its highest postition, when its lowered back to normal it will then drop at the front.
Also when it was dropping back down to normal, i opened the drivers door and the back end shot up
At some point Jim will be popping over to have a closer look at it, and hopefully diagnose a few bits and pieces for me to sort and getting it A1 in that department.
I managed to find my old manual boost controller this afternoon, once i have checked what boost its running i will be fitting it and setting the boost around 12psi and see how it goes.
Did have a atmospheric dump valve fitted, however the vacuum take off was the MAP sensor line, i dont like this for two reasons, the first is the leak potential and the ECU must have a reliable signal to help set the timing/fuelling correctly, secondly the vacuum is not that strong, so the DV doesn't operate that well until higher load, the boost blowing through the line also helps keep the DV shut.
The valve has been removed and the take off blocked, i could do with one of the original caps that go onto the metal inlet pipes to make it look proper.
A t piece which was fitted into the MAP line had push type fittings, again i dont like these, its been removed and black 3mm silicone hose bridges the gap and looks original.
I've got a small plastic T piece to fit for the boost gauge, which will be hidden in the ECU box, not decided if the gauge will be permanent or not as it could do with a pillar pod, dont want to cut the dash in any way.
One day at work next week, and a few bits of Xmas shopping to do before the 25th

luckily this year has been much better, i had the flu last year and was knocked out, plus the weather was no better and sales were not as strong, its been a good year for us, in fact a very memorable one personally, we have had a lot of luck and someone is looking after us up there without a doubt.
We head into next year in a good position to expand the business, possibly going LTD and cracking into the retail market, in between i hope to have a bit of fun with the cars, but most importantly family first!
