French Car Forum

I think the thing that worries me most is that a, sadly too high, proportion of the receivers will simply click the green button and end up who knows where? All this type of general ignorance of the tech world is yet another reason for my idea of having to pass an IT test to get an internet connection. Yes I know that ship has sailed! For those of...

Sorry to jump onto an old thread but curious my C4 1.6 HDI has covered 107k doubt its had any decent maintenance in last 5 years by look of it, basic scanner says all dpf and emission systems no faults.

At this mileage surely the Eolys tank would be empty and don't think my basic scanner can reset the levels if i ever do get the dreaded alarm....

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I would also say it has nothing to do with the CAN bus.

How many miles has the current tank done?
If it above a certain mileage then maybe it is time to consider replacing it as a serviceable part?

In the end I also had to bite the bullet and change the tank at 86000 miles. At least I did the work so it only cost the price of...

Twonks has properly nailed London tube travel in the current mildly warm weather...

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I make small donations to Twonks. Well worth a fiver every now and again for the giggles and smiles they provoke :D

A very interesting French car seen at the CCC D Rally on Sunday...

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The paintwork was very interestingly and rather nicely patinated :)

In a couple of street shots we see a red and white 2 CV Dolly. in 1973....really? 12 years too soon.

A bit like in a scene where a scruffy old Jag, missing a headlight, is motoring along what was supposedly the M6 (I think) in the film 'Withnail and I'... The scene was filmed on a yet to be opened stretch of the M25. That was proved beyond...

They print a £50?!?

Yes, Charley-Boy features on the latest version...

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With Alan Turing on the reverse side..

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Soon to be replaced by a Drag Queen and a Badger :)

Снимок экрана 2026-06-19 150348.png Interesting topic. Two years ago I also replaced the rear hydraulic pipe on my C5 X7 HDi 2.0. I bought this pipe from a craftsman as well; he manufactures them himself on a machine. During use, I have not encountered any problems.

In addition, I do not use LDS hydraulic fluid because of its very high price....

I can only blame fumble fingers then!

An old lady had a small shop in her village for years until one day a huge corporate supermarket set up across the road from her little shop.
They put up signs advertising their prices, including one that said:
Butter – £2.50
In response, the old lady added a sign to her own window:
Butter – £2.40
The next day, the big supermarket had a new sign...

Changes made.

No chain fitted. Maybe engine refurbishers will start fitting the chain in the future. As I understand it the new hybrid Peugeot engines have a timing chain instead of a belt system fitted from the factory? I read somewhere that that engine is not a like for like swap so it's not possible. I will certainly ask Peugeot though, if I decide on a new...

I have deleted the last few subject posts which were off topic and to avoid an unwanted precedent on the forum. :)

Welcome to the forum but please write in English.
Unexpected to see someone from Norway writing in French.
If you are not confident enough to write directly in English then make use of a translator, Google Translate or as below, DeepL

Hello everyone,

My hard drive crashed whilst updating to version 8.31 on my Magneti Marelli RT5 (Citroën C4,...

On the contrary, the washer valves would open on every large bump impact, as the large instantaneous flow rate would demand it . . . Any movement significantly more violent than that gentle rebound needs to flow through the washer valves.

Yes, the washer-valves will open, but never more than slightly. Examined up close, the valve multiple washer...

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I have a different idea to Dickens:

Young Ebenezer was a very poor boy but he worked hard at school to learn to read and write and especially maths.
When he left school at just 13 years old he worked in all sorts of labouring jobs and saved hard whilst his school mates sat around an moaned at their lot and spent any money they could scrounge on...

Reviving an old topic...

I have recently found a verified case where posts were actually invisible, do to an inconsistency in the forum database. The symptoms are that a small number of posts at the top (maybe sometimes the bottom?) of page 2 of the topic will be invisible. The same error could be affecting other topics.

I should be able to find...

outoutwest_, you have not said what is wrong with your car but if the adblue is on a countdown which filling up does not fix and you have not yet done anything, then it is worth a try putting in the Wynn's crystal clear. Costs about £10 and it seems to have helped some others. If you have done something to try to fix it then please give any info...

Do you know how they repaired it?

I resolved MOT problem with a separate MOT cap:
I removed the rubber flap, and drilled six 5 mm(?) holes to the cap.
Not sure about the drill size (dont remember), but when you remove the rubber flap, you can see good places for the holes from the inside of the cap.
So now when parked at MOT, I just change the cap to the holy one, let them do the...

I used it a couple of weeks ago to add a new bookmark and was ok then.

Just for clarify, when I have car more than 8 years old, I'm not align to get any discount? Based on distance 165k, I would get 40% discount.. thank you for your confirmation..

The reverse is equally catastrophic but rarely injurious.
I well remember, as a young apprentice designer, being taken 'to site' to watch & witness a pressure test on a recently finished huge site welded oil storage tank.
The test went well & the engineers proceded to drain the tank of the test water. The only problem was that they forgot to...

I did tell the female half about your recommendations for running shoes Jim.

Hope that helps her Steve...

Hi Carole,
Tried all the above cures and failed miserably.
The Xantia was not that old at the time so had to buy a new battery contact lug with screw fittings to clamp the wire.

Thanks for the explanation, always wondered why it happened.
Andy

Hi Jay , I think you are right the most logical approach to this is to use the best available materials I had considered galvanized fittings but I have had a few experiences with calipers that were just rotted together with galvanized fittings.

My concern is the pinion housing is aluminium so a small risk of galvanic corrosion with the cuni. I...