jonathan_dyane

Great set up, I used to run a disposable  ex-minicab Xantia on WVO when I was a student, this brings back memories of everything being covered in sticky greasy dirty mess 😜

Great set up, I used to run a disposable  ex-minicab Xantia on WVO when I was a student, this brings back memories of everything being covered in sticky greasy dirty mess 😜

Definitely imperial in my case, sadly.

The smaller one is 1/4-20 and the larger is 5/16-18. The larger ones all came out ok but I need to replace two of the smaller ones.
You’re right though, as whilst I was browsing the parts catalogues online I saw that some of the other GM engines in this platform use metric fasteners on the water pump. What a mess.

Some great work here as ever.
You might want to upgrade the cable tie holding on the strut return to a jubilee clip, when I've tried using cable ties it has always continued leaking 

XM update:
I’ve chucked the nut back on the linkage and it’s now good enough. Job done for MOT time and I’ll definitely revisit it later when I can be bothered to sort out the park position 100%
Cheers for the heads up - it was hard to tell how much pressure the original clamp applied. I will get a jubilee clip on it!

I think legislating against single rear lights and possibly single brake lights were applied retrospectively as with having only one headlamp able to dip and the other simply turning off when you dipped the lights 

I think legislating against single rear lights and possibly single brake lights were applied retrospectively as with having only one headlamp able to dip and the other simply turning off when you dipped the lights 

Some great work here as ever.
You might want to upgrade the cable tie holding on the strut return to a jubilee clip, when I've tried using cable ties it has always continued leaking 

It might be helpful if you could optimise the 205 fuel filter arrangement so the filter is standing vertical as intended so that water in the fuel can sink to the bottom of the filter; with it lying on its side the water may get dragged in causing running issues and potential damage to injection system 

Well, do you want drunken dentists playing with a drill in your mouth?
 

Great result!
I may have previously made the same error...

What a shit.
Distributor timing 180 degrees out?

Never one to rush into anything, I've finally got round to buying these!

I'd been pretty sure that I wanted to stick with the 7.50R16 size, partly for looks but mainly to avoid buying new wheels. But that limited my choices to mostly either mud terrains, or copies of orginally fitted tyres. I did like the look of some of those, but plenty of comments about poor wet traction - and for a vehicle which is actually used it seems best to take advantages of improvements in tyre technology. These seem to be the only all terrain tyre with the 3PSMF marking available in that size.
As usual though, there's a bit of mossion creep. The wheels are looking shabby, but I was quoted £375 to refurbish them, or in other words more than buying brand new wheels! So I'm going to attempt it myself, but doing a longer lasting job than the iLoad wheels...

Beautiful, these are very fine motor cars

Nah she's just fetching her knickers out of her arse crack...

The CX never had the Indenor engine, it's diesel was a Citroen design which was a pretty successful dieselisation of the existing petrol engine 
Even today the performance and economy of the latest turbo intercooled iteration of the CX diesel (Turbo 2) is fairly impressive, just don't mention porous blocks...

The CX never had the Indenor engine, it's diesel was a Citroen design which was a pretty successful dieselisation of the existing petrol engine 
Even today the performance and economy of the latest turbo intercooled iteration of the CX diesel (Turbo 2) is fairly impressive, just don't mention porous blocks...

It wasn't really possible to get a 'high speed' diesel DI engine with acceptable performance and refinement until the advent of computer controlled injection systems hence why up until that point Harry Ricardo's Comet IDI systems (largely - Mercedes didn't use them but had fairly crap power and economy but good refinement) reigned supreme; the XUD was arguably the finest passenger car IDI engine with what was at the time an excellent power/economy/refinement compromise 

It wasn't really possible to get a 'high speed' diesel DI engine with acceptable performance and refinement until the advent of computer controlled injection systems hence why up until that point Harry Ricardo's Comet IDI systems (largely - Mercedes didn't use them but had fairly crap power and economy but good refinement) reigned supreme; the XUD was arguably the finest passenger car IDI engine with what was at the time an excellent power/economy/refinement compromise 

It wasn't really possible to get a 'high speed' diesel DI engine with acceptable performance and refinement until the advent of computer controlled injection systems hence why up until that point Harry Ricardo's Comet IDI systems (largely - Mercedes didn't use them but had fairly crap power and economy but good refinement) reigned supreme; the XUD was arguably the finest passenger car IDI engine with what was at the time an excellent power/economy/refinement compromise 

Beautiful, these are very fine motor cars

The high idle is probably because one of the hard vacuum lines is broken and I bodged it with cable ties (from memory if you look at the line from the vacuum pump to the brake servo it has a T in it that goes to the intake manifold, the break is one side of the non-return valve).
I think the LPG injector block can be dismantled and cleaned, a couple of partly blocked injectors could be causing the lean running.

I appreciate the warning, however the OM612 that you have is about three generations newer than the OM606 in this car.  Consequently, despite being plastic lines on mine, they are really very robust.  I've already changed many sets of O-Rings on these and although you can't be rough with them, they're surprisingly robust for over 25 years old.
Do it now.  Not next week, not even tomorrow.  Order one now and don't break down like I did! (or at least be able to get yourself out of a breakdown situation)

Don't put a breaker bar on the crank pulley, the mounting bolt is easily sheared off (yes I learned this the hard way) big screwdriver/pinch bar on ring gear may be safer