Bought A New Xantia!

[dave84]

Hi

 

I was wondering if anyone could help. I've recently bought a Xantia 1.9 TD LX, it's 1997 (P), 12 months MOT and Tax for £600. I've always wanted a Citroen since my Dad had CXs when I was a kid. I really like this car but have a few issues. The cam belt was changed 20,000 miles ago.

 

1. It's too heavy fuel, I worked it out that it's doing about 35mpg, which I don't think is good enough. Admittedly I have towed my caravan with it, but even so, it doesn't seem that great. It seems to rev very high in 1st and 2nd, for example when i'm pulling off from a roundabout it'll rev right up to 3000 revs in 1st, is this normal?!

Also when towing my caravan the car seems to have to work very hard, again high revs to sustain speed.

 

2. The supension looks set to high, I've put it in the 'normal' position but it definitely looks higher than other xantias that I've seen. The hydraulics all work okay, again any ideas? I wondered if this might be fuel related.

 

I'd really appreciate any advice as i'm very taken with this car.

 

Dave

[DaveWalling]

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the forum, I am not sure but I would hazard a guess that your suspension ride height is down to the height ride adjuster. I would say that it could be seized. The best course of action is to get it over pit or on a lift if possible. Failing this jack it up and put it on axle stands. Then check out the aduster gear spraying it with WD40, then leave it for a while, ow do the "Citroenarobics" a few times and see if that makes any difference, of course the other thing is it could be broken. I belive that some of the parts are made of nylon, so it could be that one of these has broken.

Hope this is of some help, Oh before I forget if you search back through some of the older posts you can find a link to download the Haynes manual.

[dave84]

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the forum, I am not sure but I would hazard a guess that your suspension ride height is down to the height ride adjuster. I would say that it could be seized. The best course of action is to get it over pit or on a lift if possible. Failing this jack it up and put it on axle stands. Then check out the aduster gear spraying it with WD40, then leave it for a while, ow do the "Citroenarobics" a few times and see if that makes any difference, of course the other thing is it could be broken. I belive that some of the parts are made of nylon, so it could be that one of these has broken.

Hope this is of some help, Oh before I forget if you search back through some of the older posts you can find a link to download the Haynes manual.

 

Thanks Dave, will have a look.