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I have no service history for it unfortunately. I haven't even looked at the engine yet, but, I can start it, drive it and the turbo is still working fine (for the present), but it just rattles (not like a bottom end rattle big end knock). In fact, when I picked it up I drove it back home from Plymouth (about 15 miles).

It's not a hard job, you can do this yourself. Get a socket that is slightly smaller than the outside diameter of the bush and a socket which has an internal size slightly larger than the outside of the bush. Place one socket on each side of the bush and a piece of threaded bar with nuts or a long nut and bolt running through the two saockets and the bush in the middle. As you tighten the nuts it will pull the bush into the center of the widest socket and out of it's mounting. Refitting is a reversal of the procedure. I have probably made that sound far harder than it really is, sorry

Another coupleof tips. If one of the nuts is simply slipping in the tool, park the car alongside a wall. place a jack between the wall and a decent wheel nut spider with the tool in it, put some weight on the jack which will ram the tool onto the wheel nut. I have removed quite a few locking wheel nuts (Though not the citroen shallow ones) by mig welding a bolt onto the head of the locking wheel nut and when cooled down, just turning the bolt out with the locking nut attached. Spatter from the mig is minimal and you can use the aerosols of "Anti Spatter" to reduce it even more. Takes minutes to do (depending on how quickly the weld cools down). If you are going to attempt to drill the locking nuts out, then you need some decent Dormer drills. I forget the exact spec of the drills but it is "NOT" the usual dormer coppied rubbish you see on ebay (though there are a couple of sellers who do supply the genuine thing) If you are drilling the nuts out, please remember to cover the brake calipers, the hardened steel of the wheel nuts can cause havoc to brakes and discs if you get swarf cuttings in there.

I think you will find that the capability of reading every pug/citroen car depends on the build number of your lexia. My own Lexia is quite and old one and it fails to read a few models, one of them being the C8, which is a shame as I have just bought a C8. LOl. The newer releases of china lexia seem to read a far more models.

I'll take a look, thanks

I am getting quite attached to the Turbo that I keep on fitting and removing from my C8. Feels like it's now part of the family. so to speak.:-)

"Nothing lasts forever no matter how well you look after it " Buddy, I am standing here looking in the mirror and that very same thought crossed my mind !

I know it's a little late for this year, however, if any members are down in Cornwall on holiday and run into a problem, I have Lexia and also a a multi manufacturer diagnostic setup which might get you out of trouble and get you home again. I would make no charge for the help, but, you must be down here on holiday/visiting and stranded. PL26 area ! I honestly dont mind helping visitors out in an emergency, I've been there myself and realise how much of a problem it can be. In emergency you can contact me of 07845 102545. (Reasonable times please)

Brilliant, just the sort of tips I was looking for. Sometimes it's awkward when you get so invo;ved that you can't see the wood for the trees. then someone comes along and brings you back to earth with a bump. I have got a Vac pump and will try what you say, at the moment I have it back on the ramps and have removed all of the air pipes and the intercooler. I was expecting to see far more oil in there (an egg cup full), so not sure if that is an amalamation of the oil that was left in the system after the original turbo blew.

Almost impossible to find a photo of an unlined van. The one I have is partial lined so may help cheers

I have considered/ am considering that. The problem is, how far do I go and how much time and money do I spend? As you know, parts for these are not cheap and by the time I've bought big end bearings, possible cam shaft, gasket set, etc and then the hours spent in Labour, could it be cheaper to just buy a decent used engine for 300 - 400 ? I could change big ends in situ and same with the cam shaft which would negate removing the head saving on disturbing the gasket. I have to say, it still starts first turn of the key and the rattling is not excessive, but it is noticeable. I suppose either way is a gamble, will I manage to find and cure all the problems with the original engine, will the replacement engine last or pack up itself within a couple of hundred miles of fitting. ? I suppose it is like "How ,long is a piece of string" LOL, Damned if you do and damned if you dont. What would help in the decision is if someone had an engine which was known to them as a reliable good runner, but as you sugest, I have not given up on the idea of an overhaul of the original motor.Cheers By the way, whats your name (or at least, what do you like to be called), it's a but of a mouthfull to keep referring to you as "Coastline Taxis" :-} Steve

Ah ! well there lies the problem. However I have found that when stopped by the police and having explained that you have just purchased the car and are driving it home, once they see that you have a "Traders Policy" they tend to let you go with a caution to go straight back home (happened twice so far) though it has to be said, they are not obliged to and could charge you for it.

Hi Don't get me wrong, I am not against cleaning the planet up, but why is it always the fault and the duty of the man in the street, The yanks are blowing the tops off the appalachian mountains to get at the coal beneath them. The Chinese are openong the equivalent of 1 Drax Coal Fired Power Station every month. The military around the world are firing depleted uranium shells and Lord knows what else in their munitions and landfill sites around the world are dumping all sorts of evil chemicals. It just really gets under my skin when it is the average guy in the street who must shell out to adhere to rules made up which are ill thought through, unfair, unworkable and useless. Cheers

Hi, Thanks for the reply, I did actually drain the intercooler etc s I was looking for the fragments of the turbine blades from the old turbo which had gone adrift. I've been trying to get my head around the vacuum problem and will, as you suggest, clean the vac pump, however still trying to work out the affects of loss or too much vacuum on these engines. Would an overboost push oil past the turbo seals ? Thanks

If it's a water leak I would be tempted to put a bottle of "K Seal" in the water.

Just to add my twopenneth to this discussion if I may. The MOT inpsection is only an external visual one. The MOT tester (any MOT Tester) is not allowed to remove ANYTHING fro m the vehicle to aid their inspection. Now wheel covers, trims, sill covers, underbody plastic panels not even grease applied to brake pipes. So the FAP inspection is merely an external visual, which shows them absolutely nothing. Another observation worth noting is that the majority of cars on UK roads are used in driving situations which do not suit the DPF, ie, stop start town driving. Many of them have DPF which is not working because it is blocked up with unburnt soot, London I believe is one of the worst places in the UK for those conditions to exist. In 2015, commercial airlines dumped 781 million tonnes of co2 onto this planet, yet we only hear about how the motorist is causing the problems, even when the production of the DPF and the disposal of it in itself causes serious ecological problems. Then of course there are the engine manufacturers who's computers have allowed their vehicle owners to avoid £Bns in emission penalties. We have the military all over the world firing lord knows what inside their munitions whenever it takes their fancy (Including the UK and Europe), yet it is alledged that it is little old Mr Jones driving his Mondeo that is the real threat to the world Surely if we are to be ecology aware then it should be right across the board and in every boardroom and every country worldwide?

I dont know if it's of any use to you, but, myself and a friend are both into messing with cars. We are not dealers but between us we have about a dozen cars that we but and repair and either keep for family mwmbers or sell. As you can imagine, it is hard to keep legal when collecting cars from various Locations and even taking them for MOT. We found a company called "Trade Wise Online" with whom we have a policy. It costs us £600 each per year, but, it allows us to drive any car in the UK up to and including group 39 (Merc CLK 230 etc). Not only that, but it is all on line and to register a new car we simply log on, enter the reistration, the database finds the car details and instantly applies it to the policy. The reverse of the above removes cars from the policy. I know this sounds pricey, but believe me, it has paid for itself time and time again as we have collected cars from all over the country and simply jumped in and drove them home after registering it via mobile. Not suit everyone I know, but for anyone who wants to be able to quickly jump into strange cars and be instantly covered, it is worth it's weight in gold. Very handy if you are taking a neighbours or friends car for MOT for them etc. By the way, I can quite honestly say I have no affiliations to Trade Wise other than being a customer of theirs and being very impressed by the service offered. Just thouht this miht help someone. cheers

Name: Citroen C3 (2005) Date Added: 26 September 2016 - 07:53 PM Owner: Rookie2 Short Description: One owner car that was taken for service by it's lady owner. She was told by the service centre that her car was ready and she should come and collect.Owner paid and collected her car and drove off.Oooops, no oil had been put into the engine.The garage paid the owner out cash rather than going through insurance, I bought the car off the owner with a rattling engineSo I am on the lookout for a 1.6hdi engine View Vehicle

Hi I recently purchased the above with a blown turbo. I bought a cartridge and after clearing out all airways, oil ways, intercooler etc, I fitted the cartridge and started the engine. Engine started easily (after false starts for priming the oil) and I left it to tick over for quite some time. Revving the engine turned out to be a slow process, from tickover to 4000 rpm taking over 4 seconds.. Drove the car along the road and obviously thyere was clouds of some out of the exhaust which eventually eased of to a mild amount of smoke and zero on tick over. Disconnected the MAF (with no noticeable chane in engine beat) and went for another drive, though the revs were not as they should be, they were certainly slightly better. Car seemed to have a lot more power but, as I drove the short distance back home, clouds and clouds of smoke belched from the exhaust and the Turbo started with the "Police Siren" noise. I am assuming that I have blown the new cartridge (Chinese) or at least the seals in it. My question is this, I noticed that the brakes on the car are very poor, as if there was little or no Vaccuum to operate them. Could the lack of that vacuum have over pressurised the turbo and blown the seals or would it have had the opposite effect ? All of the vacuum lines have been checked but that doesn't mean to say that the Vacuum pump is not caput. I did not measure the oil flow from the turbo supply but it was flowing freely, I also did not remove the sump and clean out the oil pump. Any ideas chaps ?

Name: Citroen C8 2.2HDi (2004) Date Added: 26 September 2016 - 08:08 PM Owner: Rookie2 Short Description: Bought with a blown turbo, mileage reads 111000 however I have a receipt from Citroen having fitted a new engine under warranty 40,000 miles ago.Bodywork is very good but usual drivers seat problem on bolster. All electrics working (surprisingly) including doors and sunroofs. View Vehicle

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen (I'm assuming there are Lady members) Just thought I would drop a quick not here to introduce myself as instructed. It seems that I am a French car magnet. I don't believe I conciously go out and look for them but somehow they just seem to come into ,my possesion. At the moment I have a C8, a Megane 2001 Monaco, A Megane scenic 2004, a C3 1.6HDi 2006 as well as an Axiam (bet that confused you) AND ALL OF THEM (EXCEPT THE 2004 SCENIC) REQUIRE ATTENTION. I live in Cornwall, in position of Lexia (once I reload it onto new laptop) also don't let anyone tell you that Cornwall is "Sunny" it's not, but it is wet. I luckily have my own fully equipped workshop complete with 2 post lift, all I lack is the French Car knowledge to get them all working. Hopefully some of you kind people will be able to help me in that department.