V6 driveshaft interchange

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V6 driveshaft interchange

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I need to replace the RH driveshaft on my Xantia V6.

The Ciroen catalogue at http://www.citroen-auch.com/documentati ... ISSION.PDF (page 25) seems to show that the V6 auto has a unique driveshaft.

http://www.parts4peugeot.com/acatalog/O ... s_543.html has V6 drivehafts for £64.50 +VAT, but only seems to list manual transmission (which was never avaliable in the UK).

http://www.carparts-direct.co.uk/catalo ... shafts.cfm (select Citroen and Xantia) shows one model of driveshaft covering 3.0, 2.1TD(ABS), 2.0CT, 2.0HDI at £140 +VAT.

Does anyone know if the V6 auto driveshaft really is the same as the HDI manual etc.?
If so, any reason not to go for the part at half the price?

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Hi Mike -

The only way is to go as detective on the Citroen parts list.
I've tried that for you and copied out :
1) all part no's that had a ref to any V6
2) all models that had a ref to those part no's

As a result it seems only 2 types are valid, and the list shows which models they fit on :
happy digging 8)

Xantia Mk1
0290 04 371155 DRIVESHAFT INJECTION ES9J4 ET BVA 4HP20 - INJECTION ES9J4 AND HP20 (AG)
02 - 3273 1N - RIGHT DRIVE-SHAFT NEW 8KN94(8KN94)
- INJECTION ES9J4 AND HP20 (AG) AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITH ABS BRAKES

0290 04 371145A DRIVESHAFT DIESEL TURBO XUD11BTE ET BVM ML5T ET SUSPENSION HYDRACTIVE DEPUIS OPR 06749 OU INJECTION ES9J4 ET BVM ML5T ET SUSPENSION HYDRACTIVE DEPUIS OPR 06749 OU INJECTION TURBO XU10J2TE ET BVM ML5T ET SUSPENSION HYDRACTIVE DEPUIS OPR 06749
NOT A : DRIVE SHAFT ABR ONLYSWIVEL WITH RING GEAR 48 TEETH B : LEFT SIDE ONLY C : RIGHT SIDE ONLY
- TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND HYDRACTIVE
02 - 3273 Z7 - RIGHT DRIVE-SHAFT NEW KN45(KN45)
- TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION
- TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION
- INJECTION ES9J4 AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION

0290 04 371140A DRIVESHAFT INJECTION TURBO XU10J2TE ET BVM ML5T ET SANS SUSPENSION HYDRACTIVE DEPUIS OPR 06749 OU INJECTION ES9J4 ET BVM ML5T ET SANS SUSPENSION HYDRACTIVE DEPUIS OPR 06749 OU DIESEL TURBO XUD11BTE ET BVM ML5T ET SANS SUSPENSION HYDRACTIVE DEPUIS OPR 06749
NOT A : DRIVE SHAFT ABR ONLYSWIVEL WITH RING GEAR 48 TEETH
- TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND WITHOUT HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION SINCE RPO No. 06749 OR INJECTION ES9J4
02 - 3273 Z7 - RIGHT DRIVE-SHAFT NEW KN45(KN45)
- TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITHOUT HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION
- TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITHOUT HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION
- INJECTION ES9J4 AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITHOUT HYDRACTIVE SUSPENSION

Xantia Mk2
0291 04 371155A DRIVESHAFT INJECTION ES9J4 ET BVA 4HP20 - INJECTION ES9J4 AND HP20 (AG)
02 - 3273 1N - RIGHT DRIVE-SHAFT NEW 8KN94(8KN94)
- INJECTION ES9J4 AND HP20 (AG) AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITH ABS BRAKES

0291 04 371145A DRIVESHAFT DIESEL TURBO XUD11BTE ET BVM ML5T ET AVEC ANTI-DEVERS ACTIF OU INJECTION TURBO XU10J2TE ET BVM ML5T ET AVEC ANTI-DEVERS ACTIF OU INJECTION ES9J4 ET BVM ML5T ET AVEC ANTI-DEVERS ACTIF OU DIESEL TURBO DW10ATED SANS FAP ET BVM ML5T ET AVEC ANTI-DEVERS A
A : LEFT SIDE ONLY B : RIGHT SIDE ONLY
- TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND WITH ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL OR TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND WITH ACTIVE
02 - 3273 Z7 - RIGHT DRIVE-SHAFT NEW KN45(KN45)
- TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITH ABS BRAKES AND WITH ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL
- TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITH ABS BRAKES AND WITH ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL
- INJECTION ES9J4 AND BVM ML5T AND WHEEL-SIDE JOINT DIAM 20 AND REAR AXLE SIDE JOINT JB3A AND WITH ABS BRAKES AND WITH ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL

0291 04 371140A DRIVESHAFT INJECTION TURBO XU10J2TE ET BVM ML5T ET SANS ANTI-DEVERS ACTIF OU INJECTION ES9J4 ET BVM ML5T ET SANS ANTI-DEVERS ACTIF OU DIESEL TURBO XUD11BTE ET BVM ML5T ET SANS ANTI-DEVERS ACTIF OU DIESEL TURBO DW10ATED SANS FAP ET BVM ML5T ET SANS ANTI-DEVERS A
- TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL OR INJECTION ES9J4 AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL OR TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL OR DW10ATED TURBO DIESEL AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE
02 - 3273 Z7 - RIGHT DRIVE-SHAFT NEW KN45(KN45)
- TURBO INJECTION XU10J2TE AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL
- INJECTION ES9J4 AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL
- TURBO DIESEL XUD11BTE AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL
- DW10ATED TURBO DIESEL AND BVM ML5T AND W/O ACTIVE ANTI-ROLL
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Post by Peter.N. »

Seems strange, can't the suppliers help? If its any help, which it probably isn't, the XM V6 used the same shaft as the 2.1 td.
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Post by xantia_v6 »

Thanks Anders,

As I suspected, the driveshafts are unique to the 4HP20 transmission, which (in the Xantia) was only fitted to the V6.

I suspect that most of the suppliers only know about the version for the BVM ML5T transmission.

I will need to be careful when ordering, as I don't want to remove the old driveshaft before discovering that I have the wrong replacement.

Mike
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