C5-Nigel

The legal requirement for tyre pressure sensors runs from 2015. I only had three in my 07 exclusive hatch C5 when I bought it. the on dash screen kept telling me that the front tyres were down when the rear sensors were at fault. When I changed the tyres I had them all removed. if your going to do this don't leave the old valves in the boot of the car, the ecu will still detect them and present with a fault. I used my lexia to disable the tyre pressure sensor programme. Now I can run my tyres at 33psi instead of 36psi and the ride comfort is way better than it was at 36psi. tyres are lasting around 9k on the front which is not bad for a heavy car with pwr steering.

There are six spheres on most basic xantias and a vsx has eight all together sounds like you also need to replace the accumulator sphere at the front and possibly the ride height sphere at the back. The rear centre sphere is a bit of a pig to do on the vsx model. The accumulator sphere should tick about once every 1 minute 30 seconds.

which model is it? the hydractives and vsx models have computers that run on long after you stop the engine monitoring the height of the car and all manner of different things.

pull back the boots on the front suspension struts and spray some lhm fluid on the struts the squeak will go. don't do it the day before mot's as it might fail with a strut leak that simply isn't there. The old BX struts used to squeak to but they had a hole at the top of the struts you could pour lhm into.

Blocked Air Con filter???

he cant drive a xantia you have to handbrake turn in reverse in the snow.. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

that's links broken, here's the details. Pleiades is my local Citroen specialists who does most of the major work on my Citroens. Pleiades. Unit 12A Brookside Close. Industrial Estate. Sawtry. Cambridgeshire. PE28 5SB Telephone: 01487 831239 I wouldn't trust anyone else to work on my Citroens. prices are much much lower than your main stealers. and as they say on their business cards "our customers become our friends"

xantia rads have a nasty habit of springing a leak at the bottom on the passenger side this can often be mistaken for aircon fluids dripping from the underside of the car. check for corrosion around this area white calcification with a little green from the copper components leaking out.

go for it, its the most fun in corners you'll ever have.

There should be a red and white plate bolted to the gearbox to engine mount usually on the drivers side of the engine and a top bolt.

sounds like another coil breaking down, they tend to overheat mounted on the headlamp rail I had this problem with mine and replaced it with an upgraded one from ecas apparently a Harley Davidson coil. solved the poping and backfiring straight away. you could also undo the 13mm nut on the front of the carb and clean out the fuel filter screen, they are often ignored for many years because people tend to fit inline filters.

2cv city are cheaper.

it is now illegal to tow anything on an a frame unless its total MaM is below 550KG the 2cv is 750kg if you still want to do it you will need a specialist towing rig that operates the brakes on the vehicle being towed. basically if the vehicle being towed has brakes they must all be functioning.

search for 2cv City online, if you want to pay more search for Ecas 2cv supplies, or just compare prices.

the fuse boxes should be fixed to the bulkhead under the bonnet. to white square plastic covers dead centre of the bulkhead. Im not sure which one is the alternator, brushes usually need replacing once they become about an inch long. it is possible that one has a weak spring behind it and its not making sufficient contact on the comutator new brushes are about £10.00.