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Test of forum posting speed

by xantia_v6 » 29 Jul 2026, 08:11 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues
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As part of an ongoing investigation of performance of this forum, I have temporarily disabled the indexing of new posts in the forum search system.

To determine whether this has improved forum performance, please reply here if you have an undue delay (more than 10 seconds) when making a post.

I will revert the forum back to normal configuration...

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Ditto²
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03 Aug 2026, 19:26
Takata Airbag Recall Documentary

by GiveMeABreak » 06 Mar 2025, 17:55 » in Citroën
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Given the number of 'After-sales campaign' notices concerning Takarta Airbags I have been made aware of when looking up parts from PSA for members, I thought I would post a link to the following documentary that may be informative concerning the issue with these igniters.

According to Takata, the chemicals in the airbags’ explosive charge can...

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My DS5, VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] should be eligible for recall, but my vehicle is in China and I cannot find the corresponding service provider. Could you please contact me officially and tell me how to handle this? ????_20251024002629_33_148.png
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23 Oct 2025, 17:32
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

by GiveMeABreak » 09 Dec 2023, 17:48 » in Diagnostics

PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

The following will cover most basic equipment, but will exclude later systems & Tech.

PSA Electrical Diagrams Introduction - Function and Constitution of Codes
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Coding of Functions
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Component Coding
PSA Electrical Diagrams -...

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09 Dec 2023, 17:48
Citroen, DS Automobiles and Peugeot Official Part Number Requests

by GiveMeABreak » 15 May 2021, 13:55 » in Citroën
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Parts Service Announcement - 21st March 2025

Please note that there is a temporary disruption to our 'Parts Service', so we will be unable to provide any official parts for members at the present time. Please refer to the Post HERE for further info

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Disruption to Parts Service

As you may be aware, the consolidation of the old PSA to the Stellantis Group systems has resulted in both a merge of data tools and a requirement to migrate PSA accounts to Stellantis Systems.

This has caused some problems for organisations like ours and the Team are currently looking at the best way forward. This...
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21 Mar 2025, 10:53
Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Useful links
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Just for members to be aware that airbagteam.com based in the UK are offering a 10% discount to FCF members on any of their services.

The FCF does not endorse any company directly, but thought this would be of use to members.

Full details of their services and the discount can be found here:

Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

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I don't have knowledge of the Peugeot, but the issue of a loose connection is known with several makes of car.
I doubt the piece of plastic holding the cable to the floor will cause an issue with the air bag light, but an intermittent loose connection in the plug and socket almost certainly will. Check for a good electrical connection within. Look...
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14 Mar 2026, 06:55
New PSA Heritage Parts for Classic Cars

by GiveMeABreak » 11 Oct 2019, 16:18 » in Citroën

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Parts for Classic / Older Citroen, Peugeot Renault Vehicles

This may be of interest to Members with older vehicles where getting parts is a struggle and for those not already aware of the site.

PSA are embarking on a project to provide some supplies of original and re manufactured parts for older vehicles and classics, and have made it a...

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anti-virus is blocking.......

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16 Sep 2024, 21:28
Revised Easydiagnostics Discount Procedure

by GiveMeABreak » 03 May 2018, 17:22 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

Please note that there is a new procedure in place for members wishing to take advantage of a 15% discount off products from Easydiagnostics.

The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.

After discussions with Jim from ED today, we have agreed a new...

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03 May 2018, 17:22

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When I Curse my C5...

by frenchcarnut » 25 Aug 2013, 17:56

...it's good to remember those who used to run these :| :

A mate had one which set on fire when he did a right turn

or the idiot I knew who cut 'n' shut these for a hobby [-X :

or the brakes that once failed on one of these rot-boxes a mate had (sorry Renault 4 owners). :( :

Mind you, the gear lever was good to lean on :)

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25 Aug 2013, 17:56
The little things you find out about in the car!

by Timmo » 12 Aug 2013, 11:39

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to some of you, this is probably not new or interesting at all lol! but whilst folding the seats down in the Xant to put the wife's bike in recently had a look at the Holes you see in the back of the seat base, I've Always assumed they were purely for the purpose of air flow when sat on, and never thought that they may have another use! For Years...

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Older cars came with a small black knob in the dash. It was for women to pull out; thus it formed a convenient handbag tethering point.

And excellent running when cold but after a couple of miles bad idling and eventually cutting out and maybe not starting for an hour after ? ;) :mrgreen:

I spent a bit of time in an army hospital in Egypt,...

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25 Aug 2013, 17:10
Has there ever been a more hidden car than the C6 ?

by onthecut » 21 Aug 2013, 07:53

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I don't read the motoring press overmuch and only spotted the other day that the C6 is no more. It set me thinking that whoever does Citroen marketing, pricing and strategy really should be sacked. Barely advertised in the UK, overpriced, not particularly quick, not particularly economical; no estate --- was it just meant for sale to some secret...

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Plenty of 605s sold on the Continent. Not so sure on the 607.

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21 Aug 2013, 09:59
Route 66

by CGATCX25GTITURBO » 18 Aug 2013, 15:12

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Just had a fantastic 3 weeks driving from Chicago to LA .... nearly 3300 miles... 174 quid in petrol :shock: the hire car was to be a Toyota Corolla but it was upgraded to a brand new Hyundai Sonata hybrid.

some eye opening stuff re lane discpline and speeding. Huge trucks doing 80 plus on both sides of you! 4 and 6 lanes all speeding and there...

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I've still not done any of the Route 66, what was the Arizona bit like as I'm looking to drive the Kingman to Oatman bit?
Scary with big trucks doing 80, I see this regularly on the I95 to work everyday! I seem to notice that the closer to LA you drive the worse the driving standards get!
Your fuel bill looks very small I think I could double that...

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19 Aug 2013, 01:59
Iphone info please?

by Deanxm » 16 Aug 2013, 12:03

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Hi gents

Ive recently bought a couple of iphone 3gs, purely just for the challenge, one had a smashed case, and screen, lcd backlight gone, soldered in a new coil to the board and put it in a new case with new speaker/mic ass and a few other little fixes and its perfect, been using it for a while (my first step into smart phone ownership, no...

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ok got you, i noticed on the mother board it says 4.1 unlock in marker pen so i tried to downgrade to ios 4.1 and no im getting a whole world or error codes trying to downgrade to any ios, 20 3194 1604 1646 etc etc, i shall get tiny umbrella sorted and see what i can get back to.

As it stands now the phone will not restore on any ios either from...

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18 Aug 2013, 22:11
Will this need to be machined?

by evilally » 09 Aug 2013, 19:20

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In the middle of taking an XUD to bits and found this:

...the other 3 are perfect and look like new. This was the cylinder where I had a glow plug snap off in the head. I wonder if some debris has fallen down into the cylinder :( The engine did have a small amount of blow by, I had put that down to the crappy fibre head gasket it had fitted,...

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looks like the reconditioning was just a jet wash off and a coat of black paint,
if it had bin re/conned properly they would have machined/skimmed the top of the block.

you can still see the imprint of the old gasket

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12 Aug 2013, 07:46
bunch of crooks ( ebay )

by citronut » 07 Aug 2013, 22:18

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i understand ebay will be not only taking a percentage of the final selling fee from private sellers, but now they are going to also take a percentage of the postage charged by the seller,

dont they take enough money from there customers already

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I also find Ebay extorshinate for charges ETC..

Id be soooo tempted to setup a new web site and charge a FLAT FEE of say Ten Pounds end of, to list anything!

Then just leave it in the corener running taking in all the payments.... surely there cant be anything stopping a New web site for selling being setup...

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09 Aug 2013, 19:34
Incoming Car Part Parcels to UK

by addo » 07 Aug 2013, 12:34

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Do they attract VAT if sent from outside the EU?

Say (for example) I wanted to send a marine shortblock, value £100, would it get pinged?

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That'd hurt. :x

Thanks for the real world example.

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08 Aug 2013, 00:07
Electrical block thingy

by Welshy_Pete » 04 Aug 2013, 20:13

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I'm after anther block like on the end of the wires shown on the picture. So then there plug and play on the indicators from ph2 to ph3 then.

I have got side indicator plugs similar but there smaller with a 501 bulb. So I'm trying to find out where the bigger block name ones are?

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Ah.

I don't think they have a specific name as such, it would come as pictured if you asked the dealer. Just a multiway plug.

There are variations (watch for PH3 vs PH2 changes as per my 106 issues ie very late models might have something else!) , it would be best to just cut plugs / sockets from the scrapyard if needed and a quick and tidy...

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07 Aug 2013, 15:06
XUD Piston Rings

by evilally » 05 Aug 2013, 11:18

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I'm rebuilding an XUD at the moment (although not due to any mechanical failure). When I got the car it had a 100k on the clock, and then I've done 45k on veg, with oil changes every 3k. I've had the Old Man round to inspect the internals and overall he was very impressed with the condition of the engine. Pattern part piston rings seem to be hit...

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That's what I'm thinking Andy, comparatively low mileage and lots of life left yet I would have thought. I'll get out to the man cave tonight and starting cleaning and refitting.

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05 Aug 2013, 15:13
Classic Car on Quest

by spider » 05 Aug 2013, 10:39

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Did anyone see this ?

The one I watched yesterday (It may of been on the day before as I'd recorded it) had a CX and I remember a bit of one of the other episodes (possibly the one with the Ferarri in it) had a brief bit about the SM :)

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I did like the look of the SM in a way. :)

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05 Aug 2013, 14:39
DIY tracking - non french car content!

by Timmo » 04 Aug 2013, 14:15

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hey guys,
have been out battling the trusty fiat over the weekend fitting replacement struts and lower arms, and despite the part numbers all tallying up the arms ive put on appear to be a little longer than the originals,
So now am left with the wheels Quite toe'd out, i'm guessing that the arms are for the later wider more powerful version and...

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well after an attempt i have given up purely based on not having the ability to move the lock nut on the track rod end! unsuprisingly done up Tight but with as much grunt as i could muster, it wasnt moving!
have measured up the arms and compared them to th eold which i assumed were longer but alas, they are not! and the mounts on the shock are...

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05 Aug 2013, 14:20
Top Gear

by Hell Razor5543 » 04 Aug 2013, 21:03

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I have just watched the last episode of the current series of Top Gear, and (while recent episodes have gone downhill) it made me proud I am from the isles of Great Britain. The last item really made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

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Im still not convinced by the new SSRR. Fair enough its a hell of a lot better than the old model but its not based on the same chassis as the FFRR as its got no chassis! its a monocoque and they are very different items..

I'm going to try and grab Das Auto on iPlayer as its something that looks good to watch.

I would loved to have been at the...

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05 Aug 2013, 11:06
Petrol fuel piping for diesel ?

by spider » 03 Aug 2013, 16:15

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Andy was wondering if its safe to use petrol pipe for diesel. Specifically the clear piping. ? :)

I'm aware a lot of pumps have a clear section already but I'm not really sure on standards.

Having (a long time ago) been sold fuel hose from a factor that melted a week later due to the petrol eating it, I tend to be a bit wary. Assume it was...

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Thanks.

I'll have to adjust its positioning no doubt to make up for the pre-set shaped stuff but there's enough room to work. I am wondering if the feed / returns both in clear are excess though but we'll see.

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04 Aug 2013, 14:12
Online safety - beware the phishers

by Xaccers » 02 Aug 2013, 13:35

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I've just spent the past 90 minutes recovering someone's Yahoo account.
She's off on maternity leave with a very unwell premature baby, so has other things on her mind. She received an email claiming to be from Yahoo stating that she was over her mail quota and if she wanted to keep her account she should follow the link in the email and log in....

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I still fail utterly and totally to understand the mentality of these spammers...

I guess they're the result of the head injury sustained by diving into the shallow end of the gene pool...

The spammers who try it on on this site seem to have an IQ barely into double digits...

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03 Aug 2013, 12:18
Them there vans with a camera in each corner on the roof...

by Napoleon » 26 Jul 2013, 18:13

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Seen patrolling around recently.

Are they to detect cars on the road with no road tax, or MoT, or both?

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Have an enjoyable holiday, Tim, and a safe, uneventful (spannering wise) journey.

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01 Aug 2013, 21:06
New Family car time

by trooper30 » 29 Jul 2013, 18:34

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Hiya fellas, long time no speaky so I hope you all doing well :-)

Its car for the family time with a 2.5k budget, must be a diesel and a decent family car as our next kid is due imminently, no Mondeos or Vectras considered, lol. Am thinking about this motor below, a mk3 Laguna, been offered it for £1850 (im know I have bought them for about £1400...

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Glad your enjoying the laguna , my wife could get mid 40's on her run to work in town .

Mark

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01 Aug 2013, 13:48
Caption requested

by citronut » 23 Jul 2013, 13:35

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hope you dont mind me hyjacking your picy Phill

captions please

i'll start it off

Jim's having another cat nap ( standing up as well ) :lol: :lol: :wink:

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Funnily enough James Fluffball has never shown much interest in cars. In fact she hates them as evidenced by her howling on a trip to the vets...

Mine hate them..... unless they're allowed to sit freely and not in the box. I brought one down from up North a few years ago. He stretched out on the front seat in the sun all the way, peered out now...

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28 Jul 2013, 08:26
Plip repair

by spider » 26 Jul 2013, 17:30

Usual stuff, one of the 'tags' decided to snap off and make a run for freedom while I was extending them :oops: as they compress over time. Used late model 106 RF plips are thin on the ground too and they are best in the Saxo 'stand alone' case as that seems stronger like this one. The factory 106 ones the rubbers are not replaceable on the later...

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26 Jul 2013, 17:30
Opie 20% off everything

by Ben82 » 26 Jul 2013, 10:39

I know at least one person was waiting for it, but as predicted its the end of the month and opie have 20% off everything with the code BLOWOUT

LT71141 is generally not a bad price from them (just under £10 per litre) this brings it down to about £8 per litre :)

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26 Jul 2013, 10:39
PSA Precut Key Ordering

by addo » 15 Jul 2013, 17:50

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I've received the following email from my French parts vendor:

Hello,

We have received your order, but to dde to honor it, we must have your serial number is on your registration.

Could you send it to us by e-mail?

Do they mean the vin, the key cutting code or something on the carte grise? Perhaps someone with experience in ordering precut...

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I emailed front and rear photos of the Certificat d'immatriculation Australien and they are now happy to release the keys. Simple, once you know!

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26 Jul 2013, 10:08
not french but briliant

by citronut » 25 Jul 2013, 18:13

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thought i'd put the link to this here for those have not viewed it were i first placed the link

pinched from the CCC forum

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Excellent indeed!

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26 Jul 2013, 10:03
Opinions on some wheels please! - I've been playing on Paint

by Timmo » 24 Jul 2013, 12:23

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A'ffnoon Chaps,
as its now the school holidays and i have just enough time on my hands inbetween referee'ing the girls from the hourly fighting and arguments i've been not at all busy playing with ms Paint!! - Real men do it with MS paint!! apparently! ;-)
anyways, ive 3 paint orientated renditions for you to have a nose at, if you'd be so kind!!...

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Mine with 15 dezent wheels. (gti look alikes?)

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25 Jul 2013, 20:48
Sebastian Loeb's New Citroen wtcC car!!

by Timmo » 24 Jul 2013, 19:44

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Very liking this! Be great to see the car up there with the Germans!!!
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I prefer the rawness of the old 405T16, but all credit to Loeb for a job superbly done.

I'm on the fence with that one. I'm not sure. Ari's run was impressive of course, but the speeds are so much higher on Loeb's run. Peugeot believe that car would have done a similar time on gravel, and I see no reason to doubt it.

My favourite bit is at 6:55...

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25 Jul 2013, 15:02
Marriage Bill (UK)

by addo » 18 Jul 2013, 12:44

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I've watched these proposed changes with some interest; a fair number of Dee owners here are confirmed bachelors - not sure if this trend touches the UK.

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That's a win! Easier on your pocket and stress levels.

Absolutely :-D

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25 Jul 2013, 04:52
Help needed with forum

by Mikrosoft » 24 Jul 2013, 16:00

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Hi guys is there anyone here a member of onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

Im desperately trying to get validated and i dont receive the email have checked all the usual spam and deleted but to no avail, i cant even contact anyone over there due to restrictions.

The admin email goes unchecked and no reply so im sorry mods if this is...

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Can't deny a bias but I think you would be better off here.
Don't let that stop you from registering there if you want to, they do have some decent technical info there but no different that you will find here.

A trawl through older posts can give you a lot of information. Sometimes more than you wished for :)

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24 Jul 2013, 18:43
Women and giant 4 x 4 $£%%^&£

by qprdude » 19 Jul 2013, 17:58
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There I was, minding my own business toddling through the village when a woman in a bleeding great Range Rover Overfinch came piling down the centre of the road (no, thyere was nothing parked either side) with no regard for anyone, and a complete lack of ability or knowledge of the width of her Chelsea tractor. (I could have said she was a...

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I don't think you're understanding the situation Mike.

I am Xac. I believe in all the situations you mention, if you had been looking at the road ahead, no matter how far ahead, you should have seen them.

In any case, swerving up the pavement is bad. You can't do it. Someone might be on it. .

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

If you...
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22 Jul 2013, 19:11
As I was waiting in Thurrock services...

by Chlorate » 12 Jul 2013, 19:41

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For someone from the RAC to jerry rig my headlights back to life.

I was apparently in the car park for 2 hours and 2 minutes. An invoice arrived today from CP Plus demanding that I pay them £90, or £50 within the next 14 days for staying for longer than 2 hours. :grr:

They even included photographs of me entering and leaving the services that...

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Found this which might be very appropriate. Something we should all be aware of and bookmark.

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Handyman

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22 Jul 2013, 18:38
Total Discount

by myglaren » 17 Jul 2013, 18:35

The nice people at Total have generously offered a 15% discount on their full range of products purchased through their new online store.
All items are postage free.

The discount available is 15% on all purchases from our online store: onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;. Another thing which may be of use to your members is a tool we...

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17 Jul 2013, 18:35
Drivers license change of address ?

by Mandrake » 11 Jun 2013, 14:46
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Forgive me all if this is blindingly obvious, I've never had to deal with this before as New Zealand drivers licenses do NOT include a street address on the photo license as UK ones do...and thus don't need to be replaced when changing address.

To change the address I'm supposed to fill in the section on the counterpart sheet and send both that...

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Thanks for the info, doesn't sound as difficult as I thought. I better get onto it :)

Next year when my Visa is due to run out could be more interesting though...
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14 Jul 2013, 13:05
A lack of small automatics

by spider » 09 Jul 2013, 15:08

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Seems lately most manufacturers do not make small automatic cars in 3 door form.

They used to, I recall the ZXD auto, 205 1.6 auto, Saxo* / 106* auto (although these had a not very pleasant 3 speed electronic autobox from what I remember, they should of put the earlier 4 speed mechanical unit in there really as it was from the same generation ie...

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...Anything less than six litres and twelve cylinders is quite inadequate...
:o :o :o ;)

I take it we'll not see a TU conversion to an XM then :oops:

Having said that as a joke even with the 'tweaked' quote (sorry!) at least there would be plenty of space to get around it, probably standing room in the engine bay. :D

:lol: :lol: I reckon...

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10 Jul 2013, 18:35
So rare it deserves a thread of it's own?

by Northern_Mike » 06 Jul 2013, 19:38

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Was up at a Citroen Indy yesterday with the Berlingo. This was there, being worked on..

I have never, ever seen one in the metal before. I kind of heard they existed, briefly.

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That's pushing it... well you would be eventually. .

That's why they have heated rear windows - to keep your hands warm when pushing it in the winter...

Nah the battery was always too flat from the excessive cranking required to attempt to start them.

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Last post by Chris570
10 Jul 2013, 17:45
Repainting Activa Wheels colour ??

by Stewart(oily) » 08 Jul 2013, 11:07

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I am in the process of fitting my Activa wheels to my recently acquired Xantia HDI, the car is rather shiny in Wicked red and I was wondering what colour the collective might think would suit the car best?
I find myself drawn towards Satin black or Gunmetal.
opinions please :)

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Not black, very few wheels look good in black and at a glance they can just look like steel wheels without covers. Some kind of graphite grey would be nice I think.

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Last post by Citroenmad
08 Jul 2013, 21:48
Later TU 8v spring cambelt tensioners

by spider » 07 Jul 2013, 12:46

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I note later 8 valve TU units (I think 2007 onwards? Could be wrong on the year) have a spring or 'pointer' tensioner to ensure the belt is set accurately. A good idea and about time as the 16v units have had them for ages :-D

Question is, is the later tensioner fittable to the earlier TU units ? , looking as best as I can at a few pics it...

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i find you almost have to shoe horn the belt onto a DW8 lump, and thats with the tensioner off as far as possible

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08 Jul 2013, 12:50
Lexia install help for idiot please..

by Northern_Mike » 07 Jul 2013, 01:21

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Well, my little HP2510P finally bit the dust. I had got bored of having to put it's docking station in the car to use Lexia anyway. It has passed on..

So, being a nerd that I am, I decided it must be possible to use a VM within Windows 7 to run Lexia, to save the expense and hassle of getting another old XP machine.

So, I downloaded Virtualbox,...

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OK, well, I've got it running and activated. I'm not 100% sure why it activated this time and not the last time.

The great thing about VMs is that you can just zap them and create another - so I did, installed Lexia, activated it and it works. I can see car, read the VIN and do a global scan for errors.

BUT... (there's always a but)

If I try...

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07 Jul 2013, 21:37
Modern engines with blanked EGR

by spider » 07 Jul 2013, 13:49

I was just thinking, dangerous I know. :oops:

I have heard (somewhere) that really modern engines do rely on their EGR system, unlike earlier ones where it was more an addon to please the emission people.

I'm aware the (Nitrogen?) content in the recycled gas will reduce combustion temperatures a bit too. What I heard was more or less turbo...

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07 Jul 2013, 13:49
LM 2013/St Saturnin French car pics...

by old'uns » 02 Jul 2013, 22:48

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slim pickings i'm afraid but the 24 isn't quite the Classic...

smallest first....Simca of some kind, was a Cabrio about but disappeared before i realised no pics :cry:

couple of Pug 204's...

one i'd not even heard of

Pug 605?

the obligatory DS

not particularly interesting as such, just who 'allegedly' hit it on a shakedown for...

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That's a fabulous photo!

Look as though they are ready to launch :)

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Last post by myglaren
03 Jul 2013, 13:36
Looking to buy a C4 hatchback - any tips?

by NAM » 20 Sep 2012, 20:22

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I will be looking to buy a new car for my wife (school runs and general running around town) in the spring (possibly sooner). We really like the C4 hatch back and in particular the 1.4 petrol engine - 4 door version.

Just wondering how reliable they are - I'd probably buy an 07 plate. They seem very good value for money - quite a few low milage...

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C4 is now the new Silver Dream machine, looks and drives really well. I've just spotted one small niggle - the infamous clip holding the scuttle/deal to the bottom of the windscreen seems to have come adrift. I've had a look at C4 Forum and need to look again to see if I can fix. Has anyone had similar and if I can't find it I guess the garage I...

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02 Jul 2013, 21:37
Pleasant surprise at GSF

by isisalar » 24 Jun 2013, 11:59

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Was picking up some spheres from GSF recently. The spheres had a fill date of 2010, which I know is not a problem, so as a joke I said 'I didn't realize you were selling used parts now how about some discount', the manager promptly gave me a loyalty card which entitles me to a 10% discount until December. I'm sure this is not just a branch thing...

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gsf and ecp used to offer 10% to all members of car clubs that had approached them, bx16v.com had one using the members number on the members list, still has one running with aep on the same basis

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02 Jul 2013, 16:10
DOGGY SOFTWARE?????

by citronut » 02 Jul 2013, 08:18

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has anyone else had problems with Trusteer Rapport,

its meant to be internet security software which my bank recommends i use,
but it seems very doggy to me

i cant even uninstall it

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Apparently you have to visit the company's website for further information on un-installing this software.

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02 Jul 2013, 10:34
FAO C.Morewood

by qprdude » 01 Jul 2013, 19:39

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Got your PM but can't manage to reply. My PM tells me I have 60 messages stored (I actually have 3) I have a reply to your PM which has been submitted several times but is still sitting in my outbox. It's all beyond me. Should be a simple system of reply compose submit but I don't know what is going on.

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It should automatically remove the oldest ones and replace with the most recent.

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02 Jul 2013, 06:39
How not to drive and other road mayhem !

by Mandrake » 24 Jun 2013, 20:39

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Probably not a good thing, but I can't help watching these kind of videos. :lol:

Apparently dashboard cameras are required for car insurance in certain former USSR states, leading to a huge number of car dash accident videos compiled on youtube.... :twisted:

Sometimes very scary, sometimes entertaining, always sobering and educational, it really...

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A new video. Some really terrible driving in this one... :roll:

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30 Jun 2013, 19:12
It's not a French BBQ, but what the heck?!

by Napoleon » 29 Jun 2013, 23:17
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Put your picture of your homemade BBQ.

Here's mine.

Metal table, six or eight bricks, some mesh from the oven (don't tell mrs. N.!), plus a nifty iron grate.

Fill with coals etc and a few Morrisons burgers and lamb skewers.\

:)

(sorry, couldn't make it appear like a photo on this site)

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Nope, I just thought that noone actually bought one of those shop things that have four gas burners, built-in ovens etc., and were just cobbling things together.
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30 Jun 2013, 19:10
Dee Convertible Spot

by addo » 29 Jun 2013, 10:26

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I was privileged today, to see a handmade replica of the Chapron Dee cabrios. Built from a sedan using pictures only, it included a rear tub of fibreglass and handmade brightwork.

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There was a couple of nice decaps at the DSM today. Both copies I believe but very well done...

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30 Jun 2013, 17:14
Generic 1.6 16v HDi questions

by spider » 18 Jun 2013, 15:53

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Apart from turbo concerns (probably due to service interval spacing that Captain Kirk would be impressed by) are there any other known issues with this unit really ?

I'm aware some have a particle filter and some do not, I'm assuming they have a DMF (I note the 8v 1.4 does not) , assuming rubbery crank pulley too.

Aside from the 'shared' issue...

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* clutch and DMF change reported horrible - there is a bolt that is fitted from the engine side, and to get to it you need to remove the DPF and exhuast. Citronut changed one on a 307, and is not keen on doing another. 4 part clutch kit is dear, so a clutch change is heading towards 4 figures unless you DIY (but see above re difficulty).

I think...

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30 Jun 2013, 14:45
Shiny Bosch

by evilally » 28 Jun 2013, 19:11

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So this is what they look like when they're new:

....got this new old stock beauty at auction on ebay for £73 :-D It does have a bit of damage though, looks like it's been dropped, you can see the potentiometer on the top leaning over a bit :? I've contacted the seller and hopefully I can get it replaced or some other suitable means of repair...

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Nice. :)

Up until about a year ago I had a brand new Solex carburettor sat in its box (had it for years) gave it away.

Depending on what type of immobiliser that pump module is for will mean what you have to do. You cannot as far as I know use a keypad pump module with a transponder car or vice-versa.

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29 Jun 2013, 17:23
Redundant Post

by addo » 29 Jun 2013, 10:26

Good ol' butter fingers managed a double post.

Knock yourselves out with random frivolous comments to fill this one in suitably...

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29 Jun 2013, 10:26
Xantia Insurance

by Northern_Mike » 31 May 2013, 15:30
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Has anyone got to the bottom of why Xantias are so expensive to insure?

Just ran a few quotes at Direct Line - I actually called them up.

MX5 - I was paying £22 a month

If I were to get an IMPORT Impreza with a remapped ECU and non-original exhaust - £27 per month.

If I were to get a Subaru Legacy import, 280BHP Flat six ..... £22 per month....

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For some odd reason the mk 2 version of the Xantia is (or was) in the same insurance group as 5 series BMW and E class Mercedes, not with Mondeos and Vectras etc as you'd expect

I applied for some online quotes 4 or 5 years ago, and one or two firms said we do not cover such a high risk car. (That hasn't stopped one of them sending me a letter...
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28 Jun 2013, 16:58
Anyone near SE23 2RJ ?

by addo » 28 Jun 2013, 00:56

I'm wanting a manifold that's for sale (Fleabay, auction ends today) in that area.

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28 Jun 2013, 00:56
Self catering/B&Bs in the Lakes and Yorkshire.

by red_dwarfers » 26 Jun 2013, 19:48

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Me and three friends are planning one going up to the Lakes and Yorkshire for a few days during August, maybe a couple of days in each. Ideally we'd want some kind of self catering setup but B&Bs would be okay. Any recommendations?

PeterN, you don't happen to have a B&B franchise do you :lol:

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Want a year rent-free, or rather go to Spain?

Or both?

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27 Jun 2013, 16:34

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