HELLOO!!!!
Right, Ill be starting working on my V6 in small dribs and drabs now - as and when I get chance inbetween all other things that go on!
Most will know, I bought a 1997 P reg Martious Blue xantia V6. Needing, 3x ABS sensors, damaged front bumper repair, lower engine mount replacing, passenger door mirror seeing to (Doesn't work at all), and a cold running misfire seeing to, and front suspension feed pipes replacing due to rot in them. Ive also a spot of rust comming through on the Rear arch panel - right in the middle!
I have got ready the Passenger door mirror, front bumper, lower engine mount, replacment suspension pipes, air con stuff, passenger door mirror, and ABS sensors...
All I need to do now is get a damm move on! LOL
I shall get a couple of pictures up soon.
Paul
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I performed a Lexia session last friday while waiting for a customer.
The gearbox ECU reported no faults.
The hydractive reported: Permanent Fault on Rear electro valve.
The ABS ECU recoreded No Faults, but when in the paramater screen, Both front Sensors were showing 57kph!! PARKED
And when moving the rear sensors didn't detect any movment!
Engine ECU recorded no faults, however, Im still getting a cold misfire, I wonder if someone else - Jim prehaps one day - could connect his lexia and let me know of their Parameter readings for the engine when running from cold. Im suspecting the Coolant temp sensor maybee reading warmer then the engine is, resulting in a weak mixture when cold...
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The gearbox ECU reported no faults.
The hydractive reported: Permanent Fault on Rear electro valve.
The ABS ECU recoreded No Faults, but when in the paramater screen, Both front Sensors were showing 57kph!! PARKED

And when moving the rear sensors didn't detect any movment!
Engine ECU recorded no faults, however, Im still getting a cold misfire, I wonder if someone else - Jim prehaps one day - could connect his lexia and let me know of their Parameter readings for the engine when running from cold. Im suspecting the Coolant temp sensor maybee reading warmer then the engine is, resulting in a weak mixture when cold...
Paul
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That would certainly be my first thought David... A Lexia check on coolant temperature as measured by the sensor should show how healthy it is. At startup it should be measuring more or less ambient...DHallworth wrote: That green sensor on the gearbox end of the engine on our V6 cost around £21 and made a WORLD of difference to the way it ran!
A "nose guide" on a cold V6 should detect it running fairly rich and smelly initially...
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Yes she should, to be honest she already has a nice shine to her! Ive gotthe bumper, but in a light forest green, so that will need spraying, the only thing I really need is a Proper nearside wing! Beleve it or not, thats a "Normal" wing fitted there.... so I am really on the look out for a 2.1, Activa, or V6 wing...
The down side is the rear passenger quarter panel, Ive a spot of rust comming through which needs treating..
As for the car, I have already used her for 6 months after a scrape through MOT, and what fun, and I actually thought she was not that bad on fuel either, when driven lightly, which is hard to do!
Cruise control works too!
Paul
The down side is the rear passenger quarter panel, Ive a spot of rust comming through which needs treating..
As for the car, I have already used her for 6 months after a scrape through MOT, and what fun, and I actually thought she was not that bad on fuel either, when driven lightly, which is hard to do!
Cruise control works too!

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Hey D,
Well, ok, we had no idea due to how long the poor girl had sat... but we had body damage, non working ABS, though the light was not showing for some strange reason
... but, ok other then that she was fine after we finished.
For everyone else who does not know, when we inittially saw the car, there was a smashed rear passenger window, no wiper blades, no passenger front indicator, a damaged wing in accordance with the bumper, a blowey exahsut - ok, slightly, 4 bald tyres.... but I saw through that and decided Urgghh, I do NOT want green, it has to be blue, this is a nice car, also had the full leather instead of that awfully thin sude..!
Lexi,
As above the rear damm valve is permanetly faulty!! Grrr,I hate them! Ive got one on a VSX rear subframe, no idea if its any good, but I used to think it was the whole thing including the block, but since learnt its just the small bit with the electrical plug..
Is there a way of testing them off a car to check operation??
Paul
Well, ok, we had no idea due to how long the poor girl had sat... but we had body damage, non working ABS, though the light was not showing for some strange reason

For everyone else who does not know, when we inittially saw the car, there was a smashed rear passenger window, no wiper blades, no passenger front indicator, a damaged wing in accordance with the bumper, a blowey exahsut - ok, slightly, 4 bald tyres.... but I saw through that and decided Urgghh, I do NOT want green, it has to be blue, this is a nice car, also had the full leather instead of that awfully thin sude..!
Lexi,
As above the rear damm valve is permanetly faulty!! Grrr,I hate them! Ive got one on a VSX rear subframe, no idea if its any good, but I used to think it was the whole thing including the block, but since learnt its just the small bit with the electrical plug..
Is there a way of testing them off a car to check operation??
Paul