son-of-seaton

ok great, thanks for the info

its a xantia estate 1.9 td '99 .. sorry, had no idea how to get a url for the pics so just on image shack

first pic in the plug at the front, other 2 are trying to show the 2 plugs at the rear of the sump

https://imageshack.com/i/p33onrQsj https://imageshack.com/i/palREs7Kj https://imageshack.com/i/pbxazataj ok, unless i've made serious errors i think i may have got the photos up here

ooh.. level plug?? whassat??.. think i may (ignore 'may') have loosened then re-tightened that when it didnt spill coolant onto me.. no, no undertray, tho it could do with one as there's the odd drip, (think its coming from around one of the injectors, doesnt seem bad tho).. but on the sump theres 3 hex plugs with the allan key inset; one at the front, and 2 at the rear, one directly above the other

great, thanks for that.. tho i must admit i've no idea where the drain plug IS on the back of the block.. but seems like its not essential anyway if it gets flushed through the radiator hose.. so.. why does there seem to be 3 sump plugs?.. one at the front, and 2 at the back of the black box-y thing underneath? (stop me if i'm getting too technical! lol)

hi.. my new (to me) xantia's been sat idle for a good year or more.. and after replacing the heater matrix i'm going to flush the rad etc.. drained the radiator, and the haynes says there's another drain point on the back of the engine block.. there's 3 drain points underneath, and they all seem to be depositing oil rather than water.. any clues?

ok, its official.. i'm an idiot!.. i could just thank coastline and say that 'yeah, found a dodgy pipe and replaced it.. working fine now'.. but after looking i noticed a pipe i'd undone the other day and not tightened the jubilee clip properly had slipped off.. so its all my fault! (anyone need any car repairs?? lol).. and being uber intelligent i'd neglected to actually pump diesel through the system to clear the crap from the fuel filter drain.. all done now.. the injector light came on again tho.. i've read something about heavy rain somehow affecting them.. anyway to know how much i need to concern my motor improvement skills over this?

ok cheers for those suggestions.. and any idea why no diesel's coming out of the fuel filter drain?

HELP!!.. bought a xantia td a couple of weeks ago, should have walked away when i heard it hadnt been driven for over a year but milage was low, and price was cheap.. however!.. after having to replace the heater matrix, today was driving home.. accelerating up a hill there was a slight pop from exhaust, a bit of (i think) oil smoke out the back and a loss of acceleration.. still seems to run, just no boost from the turbo.. does this mean the turbo's shagged?? read a couple of streams and i investigated the fuel filter.. un-did the drain and nothing really came out.. so i took the cap off the filter and some thick brown sludge started coming out.. fuel filter doesnt look too bad, and as its raining, and night, i havent investigated taking the filter box apart to see if i can get more sludge out.. oh.. the other day the injection light on the dash came on once.. then went out and i pretended i'd never seen it! any clues if its the turbo or just crap in the fuel pipe??