ems_and_tonyp

Afternoon all, Just signed up to have a browse really, recently bought an 05 C4 1.6 HDI hatch. It has a few issues to sort out and I have a few plans to make it a little more to my tastes.

Did you buy it from a garage or was it a private sale? If it was the former, take it back and ask them to sort it. You should be covered by some sort of warranty. If it was a private sale, I'd start with getting it plugged in and having the fault codes read. Should at least point you in the right direction.

Yeah, it does sound very rattly. I've described it as going from sounding like a taxi to sounding like a tank. :lol: It has all the symptoms that seem to have been described many times on here and elsewhere, but no one seems to have found a definative cause and solution.

Hi all, I've had a bit of a seach on this but there doesn't seem to be a definative answer on this. Over the last week our C3 has developed an issue with starting from cold. It cranks over for about 30 seconds to a minute before firing. As with other reports, it throws out a load of white smoke. It seems to be running a lot more noisely too, we actually mistook this for being a bad blow from the exhaust at first! There has been no EML shown. It is also giving off a lot of what we think is exhaust fumes from thr front end too (this is why we initialy thought exhaust). We are in the process of giving it a damn good service, it needs one anyway. I have a feeling that this is not going to sort the problem though. What would be suggested as my next port of call. Idealy I don't want to have to go to the stealers.

Just a quick on to say hi to all. We're from the North East and, as the title suggest, have a HDi 16v. It's not a happy little bunny at the minute, but I'm sure some of you nice chaps out there may be able to help.