a good result i think
I'd far rather change a battery than a crank sensor
Xantia V6 won't start
Moderator: RichardW
-
- Posts: 10
- Joined: 10 Oct 2010, 21:56
- Location: Staffs, UK
- My Cars:
- DHallworth
- Donor 2023
- Posts: 2387
- Joined: 20 Nov 2005, 17:05
- Location: Glasgow
- My Cars:
- x 125
- CitroJim
- A very naughty boy
- Posts: 49658
- Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
- Location: Paggers
- My Cars: Bluebell the AX, Polly the C3 Picasso, Pix the Nissan Pixo, Propel the duathlon bike, TCR Pro the road bike and Fuji the TT bike...
- x 6204
- Contact:
Especially in a V6... It's practically and engine out jobChris570 wrote:a good result i think
I'd far rather change a battery than a crank sensor
I'm staggered at how a duff battery caused all t is mayhem. Still, delighted another V6 is restored to full health
Jim
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
It's completely plausable Jim, Its french and was rather enjoying its sleepCitroJim wrote:Especially in a V6... It's practically and engine out jobChris570 wrote:a good result i think
I'd far rather change a battery than a crank sensor
I'm staggered at how a duff battery caused all t is mayhem. Still, delighted another V6 is restored to full health
2006 C5 HDi 170
1998 Xantia Activa S1
1971 D Special
2006 C3 1.6 HDi SX,
1998 Xantia Activa S1
1971 D Special
2006 C3 1.6 HDi SX,
A 1/3 of Team WFA 'Clarkson'CitroJim wrote: I'm a pink fairy
- xantia_v6
- Forum Admin Team
- Posts: 9090
- Joined: 09 Nov 2005, 22:03
- Location: France or NewZealand
- Lexia Available: Yes
- My Cars: -
1997 Citroen Xantia V6 (France)
1999 Citroen XM V6 ES9 (France)
2011 Peugeot 308 CC THP 155 (NZ)
1975 Jaguar XJ-S pre-HE (NZ) - x 835
I have noticed that the V6 engine management ECU will lock itself out if the battery voltage goes very low, and won't restart until the battery is disconnected and cleanly reconnected. This often leads to jump-starts not succeeding.CitroJim wrote: I'm staggered at how a duff battery caused all t is mayhem. Still, delighted another V6 is restored to full health
-
- Posts: 10
- Joined: 10 Oct 2010, 21:56
- Location: Staffs, UK
- My Cars:
I've heard of other ECUs "going to sleep" - apparently Landrovers and Range Rovers are swines for it and need 9 or 10V applied to them for several hours to persuade them to "wake up" (or something like that). This seems to have been a voltage-only issue (igntion on, the battery was giving less than 12v, but would turn the engine over fine), but must have been too low for the Anti-theft ECU. Connect a battery charger (jump leads didn't seem to do it) to lift the voltage for a few seconds whilst the igntion was turned on, then it would work. I think we had a duff cell, but the others still able to give enough energy to kid us into thinking it was working...
Now to find out how to disable the LH mirror flicking down when reversing - Dad finds it very offputting. Any ideas?
Now to find out how to disable the LH mirror flicking down when reversing - Dad finds it very offputting. Any ideas?
- CitroJim
- A very naughty boy
- Posts: 49658
- Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
- Location: Paggers
- My Cars: Bluebell the AX, Polly the C3 Picasso, Pix the Nissan Pixo, Propel the duathlon bike, TCR Pro the road bike and Fuji the TT bike...
- x 6204
- Contact:
Yep. It was months and months before I even realised my V6 had one It was Paul (Citroenxm) that sussed it...philhoward wrote: Now to find out how to disable the LH mirror flicking down when reversing - Dad finds it very offputting. Any ideas?
Basically, all you need to do is put the car in reverse so the mirror dips and then adjust it back to the normal position whilst the car remains in reverse. You can get it so there is no dip between normal and reverse at all; that was the case with mine.
Similarly, you can adjust the amount of dip you get in reverse the same way.
Jim
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
-
- Posts: 10
- Joined: 10 Oct 2010, 21:56
- Location: Staffs, UK
- My Cars: