Noob From Central Scotland

[JM53 BEL]

My name is James as you may have guessed from my user name, i drive a 2008 C5 VTR+ 1.6 (110) HDi in Arctic Silver current Model, love the car, i baught the Lexia 3 set up and works great on it as i have been tinkering with it to see what i can do and from what i can tell there is the possibility of some nice upgrading i can do, went for the C5 as i like the look of it since i first saw one and it hasnt dissapointed me yet! Spec is great and my personal opinion one of the best cars in its class.

 

So hello to all

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

It is recommended to keep up with engine oil/filter changes since the 1.6 hdi has a history of turbo failures. It will have a service recommendation of every year or 12500 miles if sooner where other size engines tend to be every 2 years or 20000 miles.

[JM53 BEL]

Thanks paul, got mine set for every 12500 max.as i do mostly motorway, only thing i get is dpf fault which has caused limp mode, also a wee cough every now and then (rare) but think its dpf

[paul.h]

Just tried your user name in eurocarparts as a car reg and it comes back as a 1.6 hdi 2008 C5, so now understand your first line.

 

How many miles has it done, just thinking about the dpf ? On the occassional cough I have sometimes thought about the fuel filter or water in it.

[coastline taxis]

hello and welcome. c5s are great cars do as paul says and stick to the oil changes

[JM53 BEL]

When i got it in may it had 45k its now at 56k and showing that my service is due very soon, yeah i will keep on top of services i need my car to be reliable for work, must admit love my C5 its a really nice car, ive had skylines, evos, hondas, mg well pretty much every brand going & this is definately my 2nd favourite, first being the skyline as it was just in a differant league altogether,

[coastline taxis]

Make sure you use a engine flush b4 while doing the service and the oil must be the low ash type accept nothing else

[JM53 BEL]

Thanks,, low ash type? I will be putting it into Citroen for service! Not to say there the best but keeps warrenty ppl happy lol

[paul.h]

The car Maintenance book has the oil spec. Ours has for the HDI 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.2 and V6 engines Total Activa/Quartz INEO ECS 5W-30 oil and ACEA C2 spec as first choice or C3 and PSA spec B71 2290. These will be low saps (low sulfated ash, phosphorus-sulfur) oils, full synthetic, suitable for the exhaust particle filter.