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1,537 · June 28, 2018

Does the ABS light actually work? The ABS used to come and go on mine and it turned out to be a cracked reluctor ring, which eventually fell off altogether. It was always accompanied by the warning light though.

Delay in braking normally means you need to bleed the brakes. I've never done it myself but I think I've read that you can run a hose from the bleed nipple back to the tank, then hold the brake pedal down until the LHM in the tube stops having bubbles in it. That might sort the ABS out too.

Good point on the ABS light - I had just assumed that the all-encompassing 'STOP' light would have come on on? I know that it did have a new reluctor ring for the last MOT, and also I just had a new brake pipe put on after its green and puddly FTP the other month. Gonna go out and do a fair bit of 'citrobics' this morning and lots of pedal pushing. Then look into bleeding them I guess. Something I havenae done before - also I have no Hbol yet (cannae seem to find one for a 2001) - so possibly a day of interesting discoveries. Possibly not. Cheers Richard.

8,140 · June 28, 2018

- Most obvious, I only have one key, the other has vanished into thin air. They'll obviously notice this.

Found said key - tipped filing box of important shit upside down, literally, and the key was in amongst the ensuing detritus.

We're expecting the hottest day since 1893 in Scotland today, probably not the best day to chop in a car with borked Air Conditioning.

June 28, 2018

I had just assumed that the all-encompassing 'STOP' light would have come on on?

French quality* the 'STOP' light doesn't come on as it knows you can't stop & doesn't want to worry you.

19,727 · June 28, 2018

Bottom end near Aldi/M&S garage etc.

You've a good chance of spotting me pottering about in either a turquoise Volvo 940 or alternatively a collective of ropey VAG stuff

just round the corner from me mam and dad - I'll keep an eye out next time I'm home for a visit

June 28, 2018

Okay, it's definitely ask a shiter time. Any Xantia experts around? My brakes are defo worrying me now - the abs has been intermittent to say the least, and now (well, when I picked it up earlier after a week away), when I press the brake, NOTHING happens for a second or so and then the brakes come on. No abs either of course. There are no warning lights on the dash either. I have many things needing to be done in a car tomorrow and Friday too. Is there a pressure problem? Anything I can do to remedy in the short term? I'm guessing not, but thought it worth asking here first. V worrying....
Cheers,
Chris

How do you know the ABS is intermittent? What are the symptoms that show this?

27,120 · June 28, 2018

Bottom end near Aldi/M&S garage etc.

You've a good chance of spotting me pottering about in either a turquoise Volvo 940 or alternatively a collective of ropey VAG stuff

I'm tother end of town up by the Whitehills..Just like you you would have every chance of seeing me in a black Nissan or a blue BMW umm maybe not..

3,542 · June 28, 2018

just round the corner from me mam and dad - I'll keep an eye out next time I'm home for a visit

Nice part of the world, just the right mix of being a bit quieter than the town centre but all of the amenities in easy reach.

I'm tother end of town up by the Whitehills..Just like you you would have every chance of seeing me in a black Nissan or a blue BMW umm maybe not..

Not too far then.

Yes, probably harder to spot in a Nissan/BMW, your signature mentions a Daimler though...

2,318 · June 28, 2018

I've basically done what land rover did in the 80's, and put LWB twin front cylinder brakes on it.

I'm missing this valve:

Hard to tell from photo, but yellow input looks a bigger plug? I don't want to spend £200 buying one if there's a way round it.

Isn't the shuttle valve pretty crucial to the operation of dual circuit brakes if it fails? Ie. A loss of fluid actuates the shuttle valve to block off that circuit and stop the pedal hitting the floor.

My Laplander has dual circuit brakes. But it has 2 master cylinders and 2 servos. I might go for a landy master setup!

6,277 · June 28, 2018

Isn't the shuttle valve pretty crucial to the operation of dual circuit brakes if it fails? Ie. A loss of fluid actuates the shuttle valve to block off that circuit and stop the pedal hitting the floor.

My Laplander has dual circuit brakes. But it has 2 master cylinders and 2 servos. I might go for a landy master setup!

The master cylinder reservoir is like modern cars and has a plastic divider in the middle, a tank for each circuit so you can't get 100% failure. In theory the shuttle blocks the leaking pipes and puts a warning light on. I'm thinking bound to be a cap with fluid sensor that will do the same job, though I think you'd notice if you had 50% brakes on a series.

2,318 · June 28, 2018

Makes sense! Some BL/AR stuff will have likely added a level sensor to an old design of cap that will* fit.

I don't think either of my series ever felt like they had more than 50% of brakes available!

27,120 · June 28, 2018

Nice part of the world, just the right mix of being a bit quieter than the town centre but all of the amenities in easy reach.

Not too far then.

Yes, probably harder to spot in a Nissan/BMW, your signature mentions a Daimler though...

Yeah I have a 250 v8 but it's a little pooly at the moment.

5,965 · June 28, 2018

Whatever happened to that Lancia Y10 that used to go out on loan?

28,546 · June 28, 2018

I presume this is some sort of scam ?
"
From: Alex Mitchell
Hi, Would you take £2500 for this vehicle? I could pay a deposit over the phone today and collect within two weeks. Thanks."

Yes. Would YOU buy a £2500 car youve never seen. Expect him then to come up with some batshit story about accidentally paying you £25,000 so you pay him the £22,500 back.

Not necessarily a scam. I’ve bought a few cars unseen for that sort of money and either paid or offered a deposit up front, either via eBay or after a phone call to check out whether it feels genuine or not. Rover SD1, Renault 16, Mk1 Golf, Lotus Elite, XJ-S...

I’m so shit at cars I don’t find inspecting them beforehand helps much.

8,916 · June 28, 2018

Whatever happened to that Lancia Y10 that used to go out on loan?

Think For Fiats Sake bought it about a year ago, so ask him.

5,965 · June 28, 2018

Think For Fiats Sake bought it about a year ago, so ask him.

Ok and ta. I don't want it or anything I was just wondering did it die or anything.

8,916 · June 28, 2018

The thread is there if you look. I don't remember it going back into circulation, so I'm assuming it still there.

12,190 · June 28, 2018

Good point on the ABS light - I had just assumed that the all-encompassing 'STOP' light would have come on on? I know that it did have a new reluctor ring for the last MOT, and also I just had a new brake pipe put on after its green and puddly FTP the other month. Gonna go out and do a fair bit of 'citrobics' this morning and lots of pedal pushing. Then look into bleeding them I guess. Something I havenae done before - also I have no Hbol yet (cannae seem to find one for a 2001) - so possibly a day of interesting discoveries. Possibly not. Cheers Richard.

There is an ABS warning light, which should go through some sort of sequence when you turn the ignition on.

IIRC the PH 2 HBOL didn't really give much information about stuff that was specific to the later cars.

27,946 · June 28, 2018

Anyone got a clue on diesel leak off testing?

My wifes 147 jtd has started playing up, hard to start some mornings and occasionally refuses to rev in 1st or 2nd when trying to pull out of junctions.

I suspected injectors so I did a leakoff test, here are the results.

This first one is after a few mins on idle

This one at 2000rpm

Sorry I can't quote ml/min or anything as my precisely calibrated test equipment was cobbled together from Wilkos fishtube and travel bottles. But is this result that bad? #3 is clearly leaking off slightly more but its not as bad as many I've seen.

Should I be replacing that injector? What level of difference is allowed?

1,580 · June 28, 2018

There is nothing wrong with those injectors, not a noticible difference there to effect running. Can you do the trick used on vag and disconnect the MAF and see it it runs better or worse.

1,537 · June 28, 2018

How do you know the ABS is intermittent? What are the symptoms that show this?

Ok. As my rather long and fearful post said - I had been worrying over this for a while, due to varying degrees of 'surge' and non immediate brakes etc.

So I got up this morning and got on the case. Citrobic work out for a good LONG while - much to the neighbours' entertainment of course, and then went here for some PUREST GREEN.

Filled up as much as I dared (the wee level jobbie dusnae seem to work at all), and then entertained the cheerful shopkeep with many more Citrobics.

Then, good drive out to the Citroen dudes at Langley Mill (on the way, the speedo stopped working) , where I explained my worries and asked their advice. Great bloke said "Sure let's take it for a drive". He drove me up the road and back and proclaimed it fine but understood my worries. By that time of course, after it had been driven a good bit and topped up, I think all was well again. Great garage - they will be having my monies when specialists are needed. Some nice stuff there too of course.

So that all done, I dropped into the local porn shop for a wee hoke around.

(Bubs, I DID try to drive around a bit in the hope of ~~bumping into~~ seeing you somewhere!)

I then set off back to Notts, thumping the top of the dash once or twice on the way. Hey presto - working speedo!

So there is a moral to this rather over-wrought tale. Don't lose your shit over self-fixing cars. Just never leave without a litre of green ming.

I think it was just kinda tired from under use - both whilst I was in Poland and also from it's previous owner.

It's a very different beast to my S1 TD SX for sure, and am just getting used to it I guess.

Drove to Doncaster Airport and back tonight at speed and in great comfort. With much stoppage where required.

Thanks for replies/suggestions, and general amnesty for a 'stupid' question.

Chris.

1,537 · June 28, 2018

There is an ABS warning light, which should go through some sort of sequence when you turn the ignition on.

IIRC the PH 2 HBOL didn't really give much information about stuff that was specific to the later cars.

Totally - and it does.

Have yet to find an HBOL for it - defo need one as I'm not a mechanic and love older, shitter* cars.

40,375 · June 29, 2018

Anyone ever used Pfinder Anti Corrosion Wax?

129,744 · June 29, 2018

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

*Asking for a friend

27,946 · June 29, 2018

When I did that on my Rover 75, 3 of the bottles looked the your pictures, and 1 was near overflowing.
Look fine to me.

There is nothing wrong with those injectors, not a noticible difference there to effect running. Can you do the trick used on vag and disconnect the MAF and see it it runs better or worse.

Cheers chaps, I did think they looked OK.

I am going to swap cars with her for a few days so will try unplugging the MAF next time it plays up.

40,375 · June 29, 2018

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

3.0 petrol a better plan. The V6 even better as they are practically worthless now. A lot of the diesel ones are absolute nails.

*Asking for a friend

129,744 · June 29, 2018

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

3.0 petrol a better plan. The V6 even better as they are practically worthless now. A lot of the diesel ones are absolute nails.

*Asking for a friend

There's a tidy looking V6 estate in London, but they all seem to be quite big money.

40,375 · June 30, 2018

Come to Sheffield, when they come up are £4-500. Tax is a bit dearer and the fuel economy isn't that clever by all accounts. That's for a 2.5 though. Should be reliable though.

40,375 · June 30, 2018

Passat B6, diesel, hasn't been serviced in a long time, uneven idle, beginnings of the cam wearing or something a bit more easily rectified?

June 30, 2018

Hey. Just looking for some advice, I have a honda accord 2002 mk6. Because of the hot weather I decided to see if I could get the aircon working so the first place I started to investigate was the cooling fan for the aircon. And surprise surprise its not working... however I noticed the radiator fan for the engine cooling was not working either which surprised me because I was getting normal temps on the instrument gauge.

Checked relays and fuses all are working fine.

I still have engine coolant despite me going on long drives etc.

I still suspect its overheating because the fans aren't turning of course.. Am I right to assume this is a thermostat problem? I had a guy replace my power steering pipe at the front of the radiator a few months ago perhaps he's done something? Just trying to give you guys as much information as I can, any advice would be very helpful. thanks.

4,804 · June 30, 2018

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

*Asking for a friend

Recently acquired a 3.0v6 not St220, and am liking it so far.

Very smooth tractable engine. Not sure that I would want a harder ride though.

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