xantia exclusive

[citroen7]

Bought one of these last week a few niggles thought i would throw them open for discussion!
passenger footwell wet sunroof drain?
central locking has a mind of its will lock when closing drivers door (front and rear)
suspension sinks right down and ride is on the harsh side just new spheres?
been out of xantias for a while now but am liking this one once it is sorted it could be around for a while !

[Xaccers]

It's an exclusive so it will have hydractive suspension (8 spheres in total).
4 harder corner ones, the soft front and back center ones, and the front and back accumulators.
Could be new spheres, but could also be electrovalve issues which if electrical are normally easy to fix (ecrofting box from ebay).
I believe CitroJim had an internally leaking electrovalve, so that may explain the sinking, but also low pressure from the spheres can also let the car sink faster than it should as the anti-sink valves don't close properly.
What's your front accumulator tick rate? Should be more than 30 seconds between ticks.

[citroenxm]

Passenger front or rear foot well???

If rear then, yes, the sunroof drain pipe will be blocked and can be get at quite easillly..

Raise the car on full height, then at the top of the rear arch above the wheel the drain pipe outlet can be felt, as its straight over the top of the wheel with no mud shield, it can fill up with crap, blocking the outlet... Get a lenth of stiff wire, no larger then 1mm diamiter, and shove it up the drain pipe, with anyluck the trapped water along with the crap will come out and go down your arm sleeve....

[citroen7]

hydractive did not realise this could work out expensive! tick time is good well over 30 secs and it had not sunk down last night.
Both the front and rear footwells are wet on the passenger side i will do my best to put up some pictures tomorrow
what if any of my bx spheres can i use as a full set is not going to happen for a while

[citroenxm]

Urrmmm... for an interesting or extreamilly SOFT floaty blomonge type ride any of them!!

But, if the BX spheres are in good pressure she WILL be soft!

Be sure the front foot well water isn;t heater matrix - IE Coolant water, leaking from the cars heater... Check coolant level to give you an idea..

[Old-Guy]

If she's been parked nose down-hill (even slightly), the wet foot wells could be the dreaded tailgate leaks. The check is simple: if wet anywhere underneath the rear seat squabs, water has drained from back to front, otherwise you can discard the tailgate area as the source of the wet.

[lurchy666]

ok may help you may not, my footwell leak is from the heater fan , it seems water or more likley snow got in the vent (under bonnet) and melted and you can see on the carpet where it leaked through the heater fan, or as said lift your boot carpet if its an estate and see if the boot membrane is leaking,