

Do you have a like/dislike* for diesels Luke?
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Im very much a diesel person, petrols are for light, small and lively cars. I doubt I will ever get the understanding of a V6 either.R9UKE wrote:Jim I've got a passionate hatred for diesels! Don't like them at all, not worth the money saved in fuel bills. Mine'll keep drinking from the green pump! Nothing better than starting a petrol V6 up on a cold morning and it surrounding itself in its own steam and pollution - few things in life top it, especially not a HDi.
I don't know if the C5 had any form of auxiliary heater Chris, or perhaps Citroen did some mods to make them unnecessary perhaps.Citroenmad wrote: Jim, Ive never had a problem with HDi C5s warming up times, they seem fast to warm and are soon producing heat from the vets. Id like to know if any C5s are fitted with a kind of pre-heater. On both my last C5 and this one something continues to run for a few seconds after turning the car off, but only in very cold weather. I didn't think C5s had pre-heaters, but maybe they they do, maybe something smaller and more effieient.
As someone on an Envrionmental Management degree, I disagreeR9UKE wrote:I'm sorry but diesel is just miserable motoring! There's nothing special at all about a HDi or dCi or whatever, whereas when you fire up a V6 you know you've made the right decision to be different! Like an Espace V6 for example. Some person has thought "right, buying a mundane people carrier but I'm not going to completely sign my sanity away by plumping for diesel, I'll go all out, throw two fingers up to the environment and pinching the pennies and buy the 3 litre petrol!"
No, it doesn't have the Erberspacher heater or similar. Our Caravelle had a similar thing and I know the noise wellCitroJim wrote:I don't know if the C5 had any form of auxiliary heater Chris, or perhaps Citroën did some mods to make them unnecessary perhaps.Citroenmad wrote: Jim, Ive never had a problem with HDi C5s warming up times, they seem fast to warm and are soon producing heat from the vets. Id like to know if any C5s are fitted with a kind of pre-heater. On both my last C5 and this one something continues to run for a few seconds after turning the car off, but only in very cold weather. I didn't think C5s had pre-heaters, but maybe they they do, maybe something smaller and more effieient.
It sounds like you may have something but you'd know if you had an Erberspacher as you'd hear it roaring when it was working. I can just hear it inside the car when travelling through town. It cuts out automatically when the coolant is up to 80 degrees but that can take some time when really cold weather is about. What you may be hearing is the heater purging itself when it is shutting down. The fan continues to run for a minute or so to blow fresh air through it.
If you have an Erberspacher you should be able to see the exhaust under the wing or see the coolant hoses going to it.
Yup... That I gotta pay a lot more for a lot less fun! It all balances out at the end, the saving from not buying a diesel is bound to be A LOT of fuel. A no brainer.Citroenmad wrote: Almost every V6 version of a car is worth less than the smaller petrols or diesels, as they are not desirable to many people. The diesels are always worth the most ... says something
A 1/3 of Team WFA 'Clarkson'CitroJim wrote: I'm a pink fairy
Yes, ok. I do like these! The Vel Satis dV6 is superb.robert_e_smart wrote:Theres no convincing you. V6 diesel? A compromise?
You were bang on the money Jim. Thank you very much!CitroJim wrote:If injection, the problem may well be the coolant temperature sensor. A very common problem on early Clios it seems...