dizzyblond Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Hi Guys...OK here's the (boring?) story: bought the car - 2005 4spd Hdi - 18 months ago, 'Anti Pollution Fault' message on info screen and service lights on from day 1...had them switched off 4 times by 3 different Citroen dealers but NO solution (as to the cause) from any of the 3...replaced the cabin filter, no different, everything seemed to work OK, so decided to live with it, which I have...AND THEN...about 4 weeks ago happily driving along and the 'ESP/ASR NOT FUNCTIONING' message came up and car went into 'Limp Mode' and that's what I did, limped home - I live in a relatively hilly area, nuff said!!...now when I start from cold it takes about 3-4 mins for the ESP/ASR message to come up (the 'Anti-Pollution' message comes up immediately you start it and always has) and if the car is warm it takes about 10secs after starting for it to kick in, I haven't driven it, apart from up and down the driveway a couple of times, since the 'limp' experience...does anyone have any ideas at all please??...I live in Ozz out in the bush and am about 250km from a Citroen dealer, so need to try and fix it myself if I can?...I really like this car but can't for the life of me understand why Citroen made it so frustratingly complixicated??...thanx in advance for all your time and energy...kind regards dizzy Quote
Johndouglas Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 How many miles/kms has it done? The thing that springs to mind is that the Eolys fluid is depleted and the particle filter is blocked. Quote
dizzyblond Posted July 27, 2011 Author Posted July 27, 2011 Hi John...thanx for the reply...it has done 290,000kms...BUT...prior to me acquiring the vehicle it was a 'company' car and serviced meticulously - the previous owner has 7 other Citroen's!!...how do I check the Eolys fluid? or even the particle filter? as I said it is 250km to a dealer and in limp mode driving there I could lose the will to live!!...I seem to recall there is some way to 'clear out' the particle filter and remap the ECU to by pass the Eolys fluid etc etc, is this a possibility?? but what has that to do with stability and traction control??...and I also recall some guy finding a wire in the main loom that when cut sidelined the ESP/ASR function, I have done searches on the forum but no luck, any ideas guys??...kind regards dizzy Quote
Johndouglas Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 how do I check the Eolys fluid? The Eolys tank is at the end of the fuel tank, above the exhaust side of the vehicle. But when I think more about it, when the tank is getting empty, it shows as "Additive System Low". You really need to get the fault codes read on a diagnostic machine. Esp/Asr faults show for all sorts of reasons. I've had them - but after switching off, it doesn't reappear. Quote
paul.h Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 If the car is a 2.2 hdi, check if the ball/socket connection of the diaphragm unit is not broken at the gearbox end of the cylinder head. This is a common failure and can give anti pollution messages Quote
dizzyblond Posted July 28, 2011 Author Posted July 28, 2011 Hi paul.h thanx for that will check and report back...dizzy Quote
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