My Xantia HDi - Minor Electrical Question!

[Supernaut]

I could just stick these back on...

 

[320touring]

Given that they used citroen spheres for their suspension on some estates it is practically a Merctroen:)

[Lacquer Peel]

GASH

[Supernaut]

I just love how much those trims annoy Lacquer Peel.

[Supernaut]

New fuel filter has pepped it up rather nicely.

 

I also put the GASH Mercedes wheel trims back on, to annoy Lacquer Peel.

[Supernaut]

Hole in left rear wheel arch plugged and siliconed, control levers copper greased, and accumulator sphere replaced!

 

The car now goes up and down as it should, without taking a while to think about it while ticking frantically.

 

 

 

Oh, I also annoyed a Porsche Cayman in it today. I was on a road I knew, he tried to overtake a couple of times and bottled it when he realised I was cornering faster than him! He flew past me on a long straight after a while, then two corners later I was right behind him again! Must be embarrassing to be put to shame by a 16yr old diesel Citroen with a boot full of tools.

[beko1987]

How much trouble was it to replace the accumulator sphere? I can't hear mine ticking due to the chav tastic exhaust but the stop light takes a good few seconds to go out on the first fire up of the day...

[Supernaut]

  On 13/08/2016 at 20:27, beko1987 said:

How much trouble was it to replace the accumulator sphere? I can't hear mine ticking due to the chav tastic exhaust but the stop light takes a good few seconds to go out on the first fire up of the day...

Even with a healthy accumulator sphere mine takes a bit for the stop light to go out whenever I first start it up. However, the light used to flicker out, and now it just goes out much more definitely, then rises up much more quickly afterwards. The accumulator (I think) just holds pressure once the car is running, not indefinitely.

 

Before I replaced the accumulator, if I lowered it with the engine running, then raised it back up, the stop light would come on and it would need to build pressure again. Now, once I've got it started and up to pressure, I can faff about with the suspension as much as I want without having to wait around.

[Ghosty]

  On 09/08/2016 at 11:24, vulgalour said:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15-Wheel-Trims-Hub-Caps-To-Fit-Vauxhall-Astra-Van-06-12-for-R15-Tyres-Set-of-4-/371550939129

 

 

 

Corsa D?

 

HEATHEN

[Supernaut]

  On 22/08/2016 at 17:48, Ghosty said:

Corsa D?

 

HEATHEN

£100 for a set of wheel trims? FUCKING LAWL.

[Supernaut]

I went to a car meet. Have a couple of wanky photos.

 

I took the trims off again. I think it does look rather fetching on just the black steelies.

 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

 

Trims

 

 

No trims

[Supernaut]

Some long-exposure faffing about.

 

 

 

[Cleon-Fonte]

  On 13/08/2016 at 20:27, beko1987 said:

How much trouble was it to replace the accumulator sphere? I can't hear mine ticking due to the chav tastic exhaust but the stop light takes a good few seconds to go out on the first fire up of the day...

 

Accumulator spheres are dead easy to change. Put the car on axle stands with suspension on low, turn the 12mm depressurisation screw on the pressure regulator one turn and leave for five minutes, release sphere with hammer and chisel or oil filter wrench then grease the new sphere seal and hand tighten new sphere. Then tighten depressurisation screw, turn engine on and wait for the car to rise again.

[Supernaut]

Aye, except the one on mine was on fucking tight. It nearly broke two oil filter wrenches. I ended up enlisting the help of a local member of the French Car Forum, who had a tool for it.

 

It was a metal ring with a bolt through it. Place it around the sphere, tighten the bolt, and it grips like a bastard. He just tapped it round with a hammer and it freed off the sphere nicely.

[beko1987]

I'm gonna buy a sphere tool, theres one on ebay for £18 posted.

 

Fit tool, twat with hammer, unscrew sphere, sounds easier to me

 

This won't happen for a while though until i have money to buy said spheres and said tool, probably not until after crimbo now

[Supernaut]

Can you show me that ebay listing? I can't bloody find any!

 

 

However, I've managed to find an HBOL that goes up to 2001 models for £9.99 on ebay. The manuals for the later models seem to go for stupid money normally.

 

I also ordered a new gear linkage for £15 from GSF (20% discount code!), as I had a shot of a local Xantia with a recent gear linkage and it was TEH OSSUMS, so I need to do that to mine. Currently, the gear stick wobbles around about an inch side-to-side, when in gear!

[dollywobbler]

Those Ebay tools are quite handy, but still couldn't shift the rear spheres on my XM. Rear spheres can be an utter bastard.

[beko1987]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112087824130

 

Even if it helps do the centre front one that will do, plenty of space on the estate rears to swing a big hammer. When i did the xm centre one using a tool there was about an inch of room for it to swing, so whack, undo tool, move it back an inch, tighten clamp, whack, remove tool, reposition, whack, reposition, whack and then it span off by hand

 

Im gonna check my linkages now, never thought to try them! Trying to find time to get under and fettle the height corrector rod again today but struggling to find time... Got much vacuum cleaners to box up and post

[Supernaut]

That tool is exactly what the local guy from the French Car Forum has. He ended up bending the handle, but the bit the handle goes into is perfect for tapping round with a hammer anyway.

[Supernaut]

Oh yes. Yesterday I also helped the local FCF member apply a remap to his 110HDi. It's now at 145.

 

My piddly 125 from a 90 now seems rubbish.

 

 

I also did some expert* soldering on a wire under the driver's seat and have cured the flashing airbag light (hopefully) once and for all!

 

 

It turns out that 110HDis can be found stupidly cheap, and in good condition with middling mileage (about 130-140k miles). The local FCF member has 2x 110HDi estates. He has a blue one with 30k miles! Which is the one I remapped for him, and the other one is silver and has 300k miles!

[Supernaut]

Popped past the scrappy to have a wander around. Found a Citroen C3 with all 4 TRIMZ still present.

 

Thus, I liberated them.

 

 

TRIIIIMMMZZZZ

 

[Tayne]

Looks good.

[Supernaut]

Now that I have an HBOL for it, I've just finished re-fitting the driver's door card properly.

 

The previous owner had taken it out to replace the window regulator and made an arse of putting it back in. A couple of screws were missing, but I tactically repositioned them, so now the bottom edge of the door card no longer rattles about, and the top edge is properly against the window.

[Supernaut]

I fitted some Osram Nightbreakers yesterday.

 

It seems the easiest way to replace headlight bulbs on a Xantia (a mk2 one anyway) is to remove the headlight unit entirely, instead of trying to reach down the back of it.

[Supernaut]

I've just ordered a 5L bottle of Hydraurincage to flush out the LHM system.

 

Let's see how this goes. The LHM in there at the moment looks somewhat brown.

 

I reckon the 4L of LHM that was abandoned in Mr Fowler's bus at shitefest should be handy in a while. I'll only need another litre on top of that.

 

 

 

I do find myself hankering for a hot hatch. Maybe I'll wait until after winter though... unless somebody wants to make an offer?

Whatever happens, I'll still have the 316 to pootle about in (which I actually find far more amusing to drive than the Xantia).

[beko1987]

Have fun, I need to do that to mine next year, once I've cleaned the height correctors out so the fluid can get through everything.

 

You have a hot hatch... I can get mine to go round corners at 70 whilst staying fairly flat and composed, what fucking more do you want? GLF and enjoy hydro suspension! Literally the first I'll know that I've overdone speed on a corner is when the shitish tyres give way... and that's with my mild suspension issues!

[Supernaut]

This car is now up for sale.

 

£475 to a shiter.

 

81k miles, MOT until April 2017, runs perfectly, raises and lowers as it should, but is cosmetically challenged.

 

Located in Aberdeen but there are a few NE shiters who might be mental enough to shitely it (it's actually really comfy to drive long distance).

 

I live on a small street and now have 3 cars hanging about in various alleyways / side streets. One has to go. The BMW 316 is staying, as a show car (lol) and Mason the LS400 takes up as much space as a house and is hilarious to drive.

 

 

I MIGHT roffle it, but I tried before and it fell on its arse.

[Supernaut]

  On 14/11/2016 at 15:44, Nyphur said:

CONFLICTING INFORMATION

 

Good luck with the sale. Post some pics of it on RR without wheel trims and with it SLAMMED and it'll prob be gone in no time.

 

That's very tempting...

 

I may just have to lower myself to that (UNINTENTIONAL PUN LAWL).

 

 

I just made a thread on the LS400 over there, in an attempt to raise my post count. I know there isn't a minimum for putting ads up, but I only have 3 posts there so far...

[Supernaut]

Have a proper for sale post.

 

The Xantia has 81k miles on the clock. The oil, filters, and tyres are all about 2-3k miles old, and it has an MOT until April 2017. It's slightly cosmetically challenged, but it's not too awful. The interior is still lovely though. £475 to a shiter. It comes with about 5L of LHM and 5L of that LHM-flush stuff.

 

As always, it's located in Aberdeen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If somebody buys this, the funds will go towards more LS400-related insanity, to be documented on here! (Basically, I want to get some wheels for it with mud and snow tyres then try driving it through a NE Scotland winter)