Le bus oignon - Xantia of many Autoshiters - GYPSY CURSE

[Lacquer Peel]

Does chompy want to run it on veg oil? He should advance the injection pump timing while he's changing the belt, advancing the timing on my Volvo has improved its veg-ability greatly.

[vulgalour]

Since hammers and gaffer tape can't fix the current issue we have determined it to be an electrical issue.  Unfortunately, because it's a Citroen, there is no known cure for this.

[Pillock]

Almost certainly electrical. The comparators used in gauges don't like low voltages.

[JohnK]

Xantia related, but not ... This C-Max has just cropped up on my Facebook on a local for sale page. Familiar car in the background ?

 

[bub2006]

i may have an answer for the uppy-downy-inny-outy steering wheel lottery-

 

 

frinstance my 96 vecturd was uppy-downy but 97 got inny-outy as well

My 97 vectra has uppy-downy but no inny-outy. All voxalls etc

[Lacquer Peel]

+20 degrees is an awful lot!

 

Not sure about your woes, I've never owned an XUD with an ECU.

[Noel Tidybeard]

its the lesser spotted xebra

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Does it have electronic control of pump timing? That would surprise me if it did. Maybe on an HDi but not on one of these surely?

[Lacquer Peel]

I think it's this setup Bo11.

http://in.bosch-automotive.com/en/parts/parts_and_accessories/engine_systems_1/diesel_2/distributor_pump_with_electronically_controlled_injection_timing/distributor_pump_with_electronically_controlled_injection_timing_1

[vulgalour]

IT IS FIXED!

 

 

More later, when Chompy has a chance to update you all.

[dugong]

+20 degrees is an awful lot!

 

Not sure about your woes, I've never owned an XUD with an ECU.

FWIW, my 306 TD had an ECU for the dash clocks - it lived in the bulkhead on the nearside.

[Lacquer Peel]

I think dugong was taking the piss there.

 

Can you adjust the fuel screw on these? I had a Golf 1.9D with lots of armour plating around the stop solenoid and fuel screw, it chiselled off fairly easily.

Ditching the restrictive back box helps reduce turbo lag and shouldn't make it much noisier.

[vulgalour]

Easy to miss humour when you have been elbow deep in Xantia for 3 days I guess (wonder if there's a cure for that?)

Buy a Rover.

 

 

In other news, this:

 

 

[Inspector Morose]

It looks good, oh yes. But in front of the A pillar, there's something not quite.... I don't know, it something that's, hmm.

[Ghosty]

Futuristic film car right there.

[dollywobbler]

i may have an answer for the uppy-downy-inny-outy steering wheel lottery-

 

iirc there was a bit of uncertaincy concerning airbag proximity to drivers fizzog with wheel extended around 95/96/97 so some cars that had airbags only had uppy-downy adjistment until further data was amassed

frinstance my 96 vecturd was uppy-downy but 97 got inny-outy as well

Nice theory, but my airbag equipped XM has reach adjustment.

[vulgalour]

DDDRRRRDDDDRRRRDDDRRRRRRDDDDDRRRR  is not a noise I miss.

[JohnK]

Rubbish pic but you were spotted yesterday chompy, during the torrential downpour on the A19 south (probably around 2.30-2.45pm)

 

[JohnK]

I saw It from a way back and was thinking they can't be many white Xantia estates in the area, so pressed on a bit and recognised the reg. unfortunately I wasn't in anything as noticeable!

[Lacquer Peel]

Where is the leak coming from?

[Rusty_Rocket]

Yeah as above- where is it leaking from? I had to do the end seal on my Discovery and 106 (both with Bosch VE pumps); the first thing that happens in that case is a soaked timing belt, not good.

In both cases I bought gen Bosch seals which are brown in colour and supposed to be up to bio fuels- time will tell.

You'll need to do plenty of stripping down and I use a hydraulic puller to remove the shaft drive flange. It's only an interference fit but seriously tight!

[Lacquer Peel]

Injection pump and cambelt at opposite ends of the engine, ftw.

[Lacquer Peel]

Leak off pipes are almost a service item.

[twosmoke300]

Use gates rubber leak off hose rather than the crappy braided stuff if you can .

Oh and that car wouldn't have ever had a dpf fitted

[Lacquer Peel]

I think he means the basic diesel cat that was fitted to XUDs with emissions control.

[Bear]

To my understanding that is a DPF filter ... A cat is fitted to a petrol engine and a DPF is fitted to a diesel is it not ?

 

Nope, two different things. DPF retains particulates to burn off at specific intervals and conditions, catalytic convertor works to break CO and HC into CO2 and H20 and doesn't retain anything (unless it's fucked).

[twosmoke300]

A dpf was only really fitted to cars from 05 onwards and will have two small bore pipes coming from it to a pressure sensor somewhere . Cats have been on diesels from about 95 ish

[Lacquer Peel]

To my understanding that is a DPF filter ... A cat is fitted to a petrol engine and a DPF is fitted to a diesel is it not ?

 

This car shouldn't have ever had one on it anyway (so shitron and ecp say) so why would anyone even bother putting one there  in the first place ... also it was cut down to fit the good part of the rest of the exhaust and knackered back box!

 

The things that people do to get by for another couple of years without spending is great (also very guilty of this at times only my cars never last that long)

 

As far as I know every XUD with emissions control and an ECU has a cat.

The cat can get in the sea though, there's no problem with getting rid of it. I'd like to get rid of the one on my Volvo.

[320touring]

saw this and was astonished!

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/citroen-xantia-temptation-estate-travel-wagon-work-horse-mot-till-april-87k-sale-or-swap/1129814789

[The Moog]

Not me! I changed glow plugs but not the inaccessible one. And that was a while ago