citroen workshop manuals

willy · Post by **willy** » 17 Feb 2011, 17:39

Hello,

Sorry to be a bit lazy but can anyone recommend the best place to buy cheap workshop manuals for the citroen xsara picasso diesel please?

Willy

spider · Post by **spider** » 17 Feb 2011, 17:42

Ebay sometimes you can find used ones in good order at a sensible price

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 18 Feb 2011, 08:38

i know when my freind was looking for a BOL for his PICASO, he found there was not one publised that coverd the HDI engine,

so he bought a peter rusacks (spelled sometyhing like that) manual for a PSA van with the same lump,

regards malcolm

CitTone · Post by **CitTone** » 19 Feb 2011, 20:57

citronut wrote:
peter rusacks

Russek?

naffa · Post by **naffa** » 24 Feb 2011, 19:47

Due to a recent very bad experience I want to recommend that you dont purchase any dvd manuals from Rapid Manuals.
I bought one for my Synergie that would not install on any of my laptops.
I emailed them many times but never got a reply.
It has taken me the best part of 3 months to get my money back (through Nochex).
Avoid them like the plague is my advice.

Nathan

willy · Post by **willy** » 01 Mar 2011, 20:01

thanks all

Post by **RichardW** » 01 Mar 2011, 20:19

Haynes for the Picasso certainly covers the 2.0HDi - don't know if they do one for the 1.6 HDi yet.. ah, appears they do...http://www.haynes.co.uk/Press/HaynesJac ... r_4784.jpg

dave2011 · Post by **dave2011** » 02 Mar 2011, 08:36

if haynes dont do a book for your model but im sure they do. pocket mechanic may do one.......i just got one for my synergie.naffa if your stuck for a book ebay sell the pocket mechanic ones...... thats where i got mine.pretty good read but the pages for the wiring diagrams are pretty small n hard to read.

naffa · Post by **naffa** » 09 Mar 2011, 21:45

dave2011 wrote:naffa if your stuck for a book ebay sell the pocket mechanic ones...... thats where i got mine.pretty good read but the pages for the wiring diagrams are pretty small n hard to read.

Yes I have had the Peter Russek books before for my 760t adn vr6 engined Galaxy. They are ok when theres nothing else available aren't they.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 10 Mar 2011, 08:26

i found the Peter Russek manuals had more in depth techy info that the hayneass BOL,

Willy
one question has not been asked which engine does you car have,

as i said earlier my freind ended up buying a manual for a PSA van as he found his engine was not at the time coverd by the BOL for a Picasso,

regards malcolm

CitTone · Post by **CitTone** » 10 Mar 2011, 21:58

I find that Haynes covers stuff I don't want in enormous depth (how to strip a gearbox) and skims over things that I'm much more likely (or more able) to do, like lighting, radio installation.....

When it DOES cover a subject that I need, the pictures are poor/wrong/badly described/absent. That's assuming you can make out anything at all being as they're printed on pre-war toilet paper.

In the C3 manual it tells you that any problem with the turbo means changing the turbo. Why not just have a single page manual that says "take it to a dealer"?

Don't get me going...............

dave2011 · Post by **dave2011** » 11 Mar 2011, 06:10

is there anything other than the pocket mech books?.i couldnt find nowt

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 11 Mar 2011, 07:36

Autodata used to do car repair manuals for individual cars, dont seem to see them much these day though,

regards malcolm