Johndouglas

Did they put on a new link - or refix the old one. A new one will stay, but if they've used the old, it will probably jump off again.

My guess would be no! I don't think the engine would move sufficiently for the clutch to clear the drive shaft. Haynes refers to removing the complete unit (from underneath) and separating them on the ground.

You'll need to jack up the rear end high enough to get underneath, or better still put the rear wheels up on ramps. Find the anti-roll bar going from one side of the car to the other. Close to the centre of it you'll find a clamp attached to the anti-roll bar. Moving back from the clamp there's a short rod attached to a ball joint and then going to a drum-like device with pipework. That's the height corrector and what you're looking for is to see if the short rod has become detached.

Have a look at the linkage on the rear height corrector.

With the car at normal height when you measure from the ground to the lower edge of the front subframe, the measurement should be 155 mm +/- 7mm. The rear measurement, from the ground to the pad on the rear subframe should be 425mm +/- 7mm.

For standard headlights you will need masks. The shops on the ferries sell them and the leaflet inside the packet has full details of position..

You don't need any beam benders if you're fitted with Xenon headlights. That's direct from Citroen UK.

Before you start playing with the ride height, I would make sure the height correctors are working as they should. Both of them should have a little arm connected to a ball joint. If the height corrector becomes stiff through lack of lubrication, the arm can break off.

If Citroen wanted to extend the range, I would have thought an estate version would have been more useful.

Find them here:- https://secure.gsfcarparts.com/shop/results.asp If you don't have a branch near, they do a good mail order service. There are many different spheres so make sure you get the correct ones for your vehicle. And yes! do it as you said. The front are much easier than the rears.

It must be forty years ago that I fitted a starter ring to a flywheel. I remember the instructions said not to use flame heat otherwise it would draw the temper. I used a potters' kiln and heated the ring to the advised temperature. After the old ring was chisled off the flywheel was kept cold. When the ring was hot it was taken from the kiln, dropped onto the flywheel and it became a tight fit as it cooled.

Might be possible to find a workshop that can recondition yours.

Might your Xantia be similar to the C5. With that you press the trafficmaster button twice to change from auto to manual.

To change the front spheres, have a good wrench that will fit. Put the suspension into the lowest level. Just give the pressure release screw a half turn. Use the wrench on the sphere to remove. Once the seal is broken it will easily spin off. I put a plastic bag over the sphere to catch any LHM. Remove the O ring and fit a new one into the housing. Dont put it on the sphere - it will leak. Tighten up the sphere so that it is only hand tight. Re-tighten the pressure screw. Start the car and give it a few moves up and down.

Although a Xantia or BX engine will be similar to what you want, the engines will give you problems when it comes to fitting the vacuum pump. I would steer clear of them.

Yours is not the first one that I've heard of with broken front springs. It's been mentioned on Honest Johns website from time to time.

Your engine sounds the same as that in my daughters 306. Yes! to change the plugs the air box on the top of the engine needs to come off. You'll notice the convoluted pipe joint has a clamp on it. I found it impossible to obtain a new one, so I used a junior hacksaw on the seal and reused the clamp with a suitably sized jubilee clip round it. It's been secure for two years or more.

XUD engines become slow to start when one plug goes down. When two are down it's difficult to make the first start of the day. To test the plugs, disconnect all the wiring from them, then use a test lamp between the battery and each plug. If the light doesn't come on then the plug is defective. It's as well to change them as a set.

And maybe new pistons................. Your best bet would be to look for a replacement engine. There are other models with the same engine.

I don't know about HDI but if this had been XUD I'd say it was leaking a little bit of air into the fuel system over night.

Certain items are mandatory for European touring ie:- yellow hi-viz vests in some countries, reflective triangle - 2 in Spain.

I've seen them on ebay in the past.

Maybe it's just road dust. After all, with all our tyres wearing out, the rubber particles have got to go somewhere.

When I first got the car I emailed Citroen UK to ask about the position of any beam benders. A guy from their technical department phoned me and told me that they were not required. He explained that if you look at the light beam on the road, the top of the beam is flat, without any 'kickup' to the lefthand side.

£40 seems to be the going rate - according to other posters.