Speedo Wobble

[shropshireman]

hi im new to this forum and having recently purchased a xantia , i thought id ask here for mmmm.... some advice .

 

my speedo seems to work fine and then all of a sudden drop to zero for a few miles then return to normal, now before i start to do the job myself is it a normal cable or as someone has suggested an ELECTRIC speedo.

 

many thanks in advance , personnally im very happy with the car done 70000 genuine and average to good conditio and i paid 360.00

[richxantiaman]

HI Mate, mine is an hdi engined manual gearbox, it has an electronic speedo. Having recently changed clutch I can tell you first hand mine is electric gizmo driven by a gear that bolts to diff housing. Hope this helps,

 

Rich

[shropshireman]

hi rich, does this mean its a gearbox casing removal to fix this problem, also wondering if its gear driven ? why its an intermittant problem

[daffy4895]

I've come across this in a few other vehicles, and its usually a fault with the electrics behind the dials. Although it can be further inside, you should check the dials first to eliminate them

[shropshireman]

HI Mate, mine is an hdi engined manual gearbox, it has an electronic speedo. Having recently changed clutch I can tell you first hand mine is electric gizmo driven by a gear that bolts to diff housing. Hope this helps,

 

Rich

 

mmmm any ideas where i can buy one except from a main dealer , perhaps ebay?

 

thanks again

[graywood]

speedo-fix

 

I know this is in swedish, but basically it says that the four pins on the next-to-last picture need thorough cleaning. It's probably just poor connection somewhere, most likely here.

Also, the last picture shows where the four pins are soldered to the print.

These sometimes need resoldering.

 

So, get in your dash and clean the pins, check if it needs resoldering and get it all together again.

 

Job done :D

[shropshireman]

speedo-fix

 

I know this is in swedish, but basically it says that the four pins on the next-to-last picture need thorough cleaning. It's probably just poor connection somewhere, most likely here.

Also, the last picture shows where the four pins are soldered to the print.

These sometimes need resoldering.

 

So, get in your dash and clean the pins, check if it needs resoldering and get it all together again.

 

Job done :P

 

apologies for not acknowedging your reply earlier, thats a really great link seems easy to see if it is that particular problem...........

 

now just the simple problem of getting into the speedo , xantia dashborads look damn hard work to me, but they probablyyyyy arent....lol are, arent, are, arent.mmmm xmas or stripping down the dashboard : :)

 

i think ill leave any tinkering til after xmas, but im very inpressed with the board and all the advice given.

 

merry christmas all

[shropshireman]

apologies for not acknowedging your reply earlier, thats a really great link seems easy to see if it is that particular problem...........

 

now just the simple problem of getting into the speedo , xantia dashborads look damn hard work to me, but they probablyyyyy arent....lol are, arent, are, arent.mmmm xmas or stripping down the dashboard : :unsure:

 

i think ill leave any tinkering til after xmas, but im very inpressed with the board and all the advice given.

 

merry christmas all

 

HI to all , update on the problem , i bought the sensor and its worked a treat, so many thanks to XANTIAMAN and graywood for there fix suggestions, well chuffed with the car getting 47mpg on the m-way from it.

Now going to try the cooking oil scenario when the weather warms up a bit.

 

MANY THANKS TO ALL

[candpdoyle]

Hello mate.

 

Just bought mine a couple of weeks ago and am happy as larry with it, although it does have a few little probs.

 

I am running on a 50/50 mix of cooking oil diesel and there are no issues yet... starts as normal(it is pretty warm here in devon at the moment) so i am going to up the cooking oil to 60% this week

 

Cheers

Chris

[shropshireman]

Hello mate.

 

Just bought mine a couple of weeks ago and am happy as larry with it, although it does have a few little probs.

 

I am running on a 50/50 mix of cooking oil diesel and there are no issues yet... starts as normal(it is pretty warm here in devon at the moment) so i am going to up the cooking oil to 60% this week

 

Cheers

Chris

 

 

hi chris , my car is a 95yr 1.9 td standard car, just wondering if youve modified the car in anyway to accept the oil , ie heaters etc or it a case of straight into the tank and off you go, when you say A FEW LITTLE PROBLEMS can you please elaborate on them.

 

cheers in advance.

[Guest Colin Hunter]

Be carefull of the amount of cooking oil you use. The plastic pipes and rubber seals in the system may not tolerate too high a concentration. Too much may lead to softening of the materials and eventual failure!

 

Be Warned! :unsure: :(

[skimmerflyer2]

Be carefull of the amount of cooking oil you use. The plastic pipes and rubber seals in the system may not tolerate too high a concentration. Too much may lead to softening of the materials and eventual failure!

 

Be Warned! :angry: :P

[skimmerflyer2]

where can I view the details of the risk you refer to??

[candpdoyle]

Hi There shropshire man!! sorry for the delay in replying, but the email notification does not seem to be working.. :(

 

My car is standard, and have always used a diesel and oil mix in all my diesel cars... the general consensus is bosch pump good/ lucas pump bad...although.. in all my landrovers i have used a wide variety of fuels Wvo neat, mixed with diesel, sometimes uco/wvo mix and many combinations to try and find a good power to economy mix... only ever had one injector pump fail and that was on a standard landy 2.25 engine with well over 200k miles on, so could have been general wear and tear rather than the oil causing trouble...

 

 

The troubles with my car are as follows... hydraulic leak (sorted)

running too cool (sorted with new thermostat)

suspension is very hard

trouble starting on cold mornings(may or may not be fuel related, but i think it is the glow plugs myself)

drop link bush has failed

no service history.. so will need a cambelt for peace of mind

Have just replaced all the filters and treated the old girl to an oil change

 

The last few niggles will be sorted as and when money comes availble

 

Cheers

Chris