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how much air gap is acceptable for xantia abs?
this one have 6mm air gap!! -heat shield over sensor-

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I hit a really bad pothole about 4 weeks ago at night and the car has been off the road since due to a buckled alloy.
Back in early January I bought a fair amount of parts that have been fitted over the last week. This includes front arms, lower pivots and lower pivot support bushes.
I spoke to an alloy wheel refurb company today...

I have a 2009 Citroen dispatch 1.6L, (Peugeot 1.6 HDi engine I believe) bought about 6 months ago and I have reason to suspect mechanically neglected by previous owner for the last few years. It has about 135000 miles on the clock.

I was driving home from work the other week, having just topped up fuel from empty when the van spontaneously...

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My wife has had her 2015 Citroen C4 1.6 HDi for just over a year now. Yesterday she asked me to take the car for a drive as she thought the brakes felt strange.

After moving off, the first time you brake it feels like there's a delay between you pressing the brake pedal and anything happening and when the brakes do start to do...

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Over the past few weeks I've been chasing a clunking noise from the lower front.

Just changed the front lower axle bushes which has reduced the noise but still there.

Today I heard the clunk again whilst braking and traced this to the rear axle bush on the wishbone offside(right).

Still to check the nearside.

1. Can I have the up to...

I have bought a C5 2.2 HDI 2007 Mk2 Biturbo Manual. VTX plus Car has covered 103,000 miles

The Engine Management light was on and anti pollution fault Lexia showed various EGR faults including short circuit and high voltage.
I am an Electrician who specialises in controls (Former Motorcycle Technician Early Eighties) and I thought it would be the...

The 12v sockets on my C5 Tourer are disconnected when the ignition is off.
Is there a jumper or something that allows me to have them permanently connected, like in some Mercedes models?

I’d like to be able to connect a solar battery charger to the car when we leave it for long periods.

Hi. There is a clear plastic film on the front third or so of the hood/bonnet, beginning from just above the headlights, presumably there as protection. Unfortunately pollen grains seem to have washed in under the film and there are now unsightly mould spots across the entire area between the film and the paint underneath. Any advice on how to get...

Good evening Gentlemen from Mullion Cove Cornwall. : )

Our 2003 C5 auto petrol estate has been fine for ages.

Today the auto seleter lever would not move far from the park position.

The detent pin 0000240778 is broken.

I have the cover and so on off and the broken part out, so it is drivable : )

I had a good look round the web but could not...

Picasso, 2003 with a 1.8 dohc petrol EW7J4 engine, has anyone ever come across one of these with a broken exhaust camshaft, by the camshaft sensor end, or just broken ??

I need to change the rear pads on my C5 tourer (2010 model, with the electric handbrake). Is it the same as the old C5 - i.e. mostly common sense, or is there some new procedure for dealing with the electric handrake? I don't want to render the car undriveable, as I need it to get to work - I'm too old and fat to go on my trusty Halfords Commodore...

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Im getting the Abs/ESR fault along with hill start, parking brake etc

Lexia scan gives me these fault codes C1391 00 & C0037 11.

My vin is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] Its a 2014 C4 Grand picasso (B78)

Lets say the abs sensor is faulty. What is the procedure? ie remove the Disc, parking brake motor, dust shield and then remove the sensor? will the...

Hello all

New to this forum and my first post, so firstly - hello from me :-)

Ok, so a year or so ago I inherited my 2016 C3 Picasso, this is a first for me as I`ve never had a French car before. On the whole it`s not a bad little car, but one thing that drives me nuts is this dreaded economy mode . Had I been paying for this car, the economy...

Any help would be appreciated please. My fan stopped working so a friend took a look. Since then my lights won’t turn off, main beam, washer jets and heater and air con have stopped working.

Hi, im on the mission to tighten up my saxo gear linkage, the arm that attaches to the gearbox with a pin is ovalised,any idea where i can find a new one or one in good condition online preferably?

Cannot find anything locally and way back there was one on ebay buy it got bought immediately

Hi, I tried searching the Internet and on here, I recently replaced my rear discs and pads and also one caliper. After doing this my handbrake was not holding the car and after much searching the only thing I could find was a small paragraph saying push the pin with the spring and the yellow end to re set the handbrake cable
So I did and it went...

Hello, I replaced all 4 corner spheres on my non hydractive xantia. The rear nearside was a struggle to get on, I had to put the suspension in high to stiffen the strut mount, just to turn the sphere the remaining few millimeters and to get it to seal. Whilst car was in the high position a trickle of LHM was flowing out which I caught in a...

Hi,
Citroen c5 x7 2011 2.2 150kw automatic transmission
Citroen c5 is jerking while driving on D mostly 2-3-4th gears, who is understand it’s good nozzles parameters or not? Thanks.

I bought some bushes off e-bay they seemed OK on fitting and passed MoT on offside, within a couple of weeks I fitted nearside as tester had said it was on the way out, but only 1,500 miles later they are both shot ....

I have changed these myself before and got 3 years out of similar ones off ebay.

Seller has said he will refund on...

how easy is it to change a flexi exhaust pipe on a 2007 1.8 petrol c4 grand piccaso

Sorry if this has been asked before (many times ?) but I’ve not found an answer in my searches.

A friend has a 59 plate Grand C4 Picasso 1.6HDi with EGS gearbox. It has covered 113,000 miles.

Driven ‘manually’ with the paddles there is no problem with the gear change however in Auto mode it will not change up from Fourth gear.

Any suggestions...

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Vehicle : '65 Citroen C4 Cactus 1.6 BlueHDI

Issue :
Initially, Engine fault would come on screen, and radiator fan would run at high speed only. No rpm restrictions, and I (foolishly) put this in the must fix this later pile, as it had no real impact on using the car. This would occur with or without A/C being turned on.
More recently,...

Hello !! Can someone please help me ?? I have 2010 C5 X7 1.6 diesel. I failed MOT because seatbelt was frayed. I bought second hand belt from breakers yard and they also fitted it for me. Now when I turn ignition on, there is airbag/seatbelt pretensioner warning light for a few seconds. It then goes out, but service warning light stays on....

We are deeply indebted to Wheeler for taking the time and trouble to write the attached PDF document detailing the steps necessary to retrofit cruise control to a MK1 C5... This is an oft-asked question and now the steps and Lexia work necessary are very clearly described.

Retrofitting MK1 C5 Cruise Control - PDF Document

This is a big...

Is a TCM oil counter reset essential as we have had 4 x drain/fills with JWS3324 on our 2014 508 over the past 12 months but we don't have Planet/Lexia?

I contacted the local PSA specialist who has this software but he didn't know what I was talking about and doesn't reset anything when he changes transmission fluid, so I am at a loss.

I see...

Hi, new to the forum and looking for some help please.

The van is a Citroen Berlingo 2009 (2008-2012) model with 98,000 miles.

The clutch biting point has always been a bit high for my liking, slightly after the mid point on the pedal, it has always been like this since owning 2 years ago (not got worse or better). Also sometimes its resistant...

Hi, newby visit,I retired to Spain 5 years ago,just picked up a 2001 2:0 hdi C5, just noticed as it's dark that the display showing time/date is illuminated even with the central locking on.. I've no handbook to check if it's a settings issue, Greatly appreciate any advice... Ian.

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Could someone supply part numbers and prices for Front RH & LH Wishbone ( Triangle ) Suspension Bushes Please, I think there is just 2 of them, one in the middle and 1 on chassis end

Thanks

Steve

VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]
2013 C5X7

I have recently acquired a 1994 Citroen ZX Volcane 2.0L 5spd. It has been sitting for a number of years. The last time it had its WOF (warrant of fitness) was in 2015, and one of the tyres on it is from 2007. It also seems that there has been rats through the car which have chewed a couple cables. I have patched up the ones I have found but there...

While searching the area towards the front of the left hand side (passenger) wheel arch, I found this piece of hard plastic floating around on its lonesome. I will try to upload a photo of it in a moment. Is Marc able to upload a picture of that area (parts diagram) behind the front plastic bumper and the left wheel arch which may help to see...

I looking to buy a 2007 Citroen C1 with 99000 miles on the clock. I am assuming its already had 1 timing belt change in its life. I was wondering what are the recommended intervals for a timing belt change and is this gonna involve a water pump change

I have a 57 plate Citroen C5 diesel estate. The garage says it needs hydraulic suspension pipes replaced, but I need to go to a specialist garage because of the tools needed. There is a garage local to me that can do it, but not til next week and so I was wondering, does anyone know roughly how much these things will cost to replace, ballpark? I...

Have a Citroen C4 Picasso 2015 and trying to fit a Sat Nav to it. Have change the Display to one with a Sat Nav switch on it and the Multi Media Unit to a 98 104 863 80 Dated 2015/09/06 and had it initialised and all working OK except that I have lost the Time and Outside Temperature display. The Time was automatically set correct on start up but...

After siren like noise since last 2 years, finally the turbo seems to be leaking engine oil since the exhaust has white smoke.

I was looking to buy a CHRA from ebay and give to a garage for replacement.

Any advises or precautions?

Is it necessary to change the oil feed pipe to turbo, or it can be cleaned ?

I have the following problem:
During our recent longer trip I found out that by heavy acceleration there is juddering which you can realy feel. It happens between 60kph and 110kph, then it dissapears. When I lift my foot off the pedal, it dissapears. So when the car is coasting, or you just keep the speed, you cannot really feel it.
It is mostly...

Hi, i have a power steering pump from zf with this number: 7618 955 565

The simmering seal is now leaky!

Is there a repair kit for power steering pump or a reseal possible? Where did i get the seals!

Thx

Hello

My Citroën C3 2010 MK II 1.6 HDI 110 VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] has a broken front spring, a broken rear spring and needs a nearside track rod end.

All advice about buying these parts welcome. The car is on standard springs and I don't want to lower it or do anything else to compromise the ride which is good by modern standards (although of course...

Hello, it was suggested I post on the Citroen side of the forum, so I copied the original post over, I hope that is OK!

I have a feeling based on, not much of I'm honest, that it could be the cylinder head weeping oil. I would have thought that to be unlikely due to having no other symptoms, but it looks to me like there is nowhere else for the...

Morning,

Looking for the part no's for the left and right front support pivot arm on my C5

I believe the left or nearside no is 96 615 440 80.

Kenny

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Could someone please provide the part diagram of the manual non AC auxiliary belt tensioner and fixings for a 2.1 TD XUD11BTE
thanks

As per title, well nearly, can I run my LUCAS pump equipped C15 D on veg oil? A mix obviously but I’ve read that the Lucas pump doesn’t like it?

I bought one of those lithium jump start batteries for my other car. All it did was click click click. Tried my friend's one, it did the same. Went and borrowed a proper looking jump starter. This did the trick. Went out and started my car again today. Started fine. Now I'm home, I'm tempted to leave my lights on to run the battery down and try...

Hi, I have a 2009 relay minibus with the 2.2 Ford Puma engine.
I want to remove the 60mph restriction as I'm converting it to a camper.
Apparently on this one, it is set in the BSI not the ecu, and I can't find anyone able to remove it because of that.!
Can anyone help with who or how I can get it done as I'm really stuck with it!! Any advise...

Hi
VIN: VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]
240000 km

Fault codes read with DiagBox:
P0925 - no info
P0949 - no info
P1800 - Fault in programming of N, Local, Permanent, MIL

I dont have much info, we bought it cheap because of this fault.

I didnt find where I could do a basic setting of the neutral - if thats what needed?

Fresch cars arent what we usually work...

hi guys.
which side should face to the abs gear?

Hopefully someone will have done a heater matrix job on a Xantia X1 before and know the answer to this question!

A couple of these fell out from somewhere when I removed the steering column nuts.

I suspect they are from the top two as the bracket is thicker there. They also had some remnants of a black washer? on there which had largely...

Hi, looking to purchase touch up paint for my silver Xantia. anyone know where I would find the code ? cheers Terry.

Hi all i'm new to the forum, i posted in the introduction section but was recommended to come here so I've copied and pasted some of the other post so sorry if you've read this twice.

I have the parking brake fault coming up and the parking brake won't engage, after reading up on it i was leaning towards a broken wire so i bought a lexia to try...

Are the water pumps on the Puretech 110 driven by the external V belt?

Just got home and my C3 Picasso has dumped it's coolant on the driveway. Not a trickle but a river running. I've left it to cool down and put 2 ltrs of water in, bearing in mind it may be airlocked now, but it's holding it's level so not a leaking hose. So I assume it's the...