Picasso restoration.......a tale of idiocy and citroen fun

[maxxo]

Just picked up the picasso from an oil and filter change at my trusted place (Martinet motors thornaby)

sure i'm changing cars in a month, but i still need to maintain this one

other than that nothing to report, it's been cracking!

[lexi]

What have you learned about C5'S then? 

[maxxo]

17 hours ago, lexi said:

What have you learned about C5'S then? 

apart from the wiper pattern......they seemessentially the perfect all round  car for what i want

getting a 2.0 HDi, would prefer the 2.2 but i feel it can be a bit scary

[lexi]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/-ulez-compliant-2004-citroen-c5-automatic-estate-car-diesel-hdi-2.2-may-swap-px/1396386910

[maxxo]

On 2/5/2021 at 7:22 PM, lexi said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/-ulez-compliant-2004-citroen-c5-automatic-estate-car-diesel-hdi-2.2-may-swap-px/1396386910

awful lot of car for not much money........

I have esentially bought one though, beautiful red 2.0 HDi

collection thread will occur in early march when lockdown eases enough to allow travel

[loserone]

4 minutes ago, maxxo said:

2.0 HDi

Excellent news.

[maxxo]

3 minutes ago, loserone said:

Excellent news.

110 auto too!!!!!!

plus, i have driven it before

oh and it's a 53 plate so the teething issues of the very early ones were sorted by then

150k miles though

[loserone]

Barely run in.

[maxxo]

indeed!

i must admit i am rather excited!

will also make a video of my final thoughts on the picasso

got a few little things to sort on it first

[maxxo]

Little job today

change the air filter, lovely easy job......unlike a 1.6  HDi!

old one was a bit dirty

[lexi]

Is it a hatchback?  If so I have some new spares for cheap.

[maxxo]

On 2/12/2021 at 10:33 PM, lexi said:

Is it a hatchback?  If so I have some new spares for cheap.

it's an estate

[rainagain]

Does anyone know why these have a wee bit of foam stick to the filter? My 307 HDi was the first car I encountered with a filter like this. 

[Out Run]

1 hour ago, rainagain said:

Does anyone know why these have a wee bit of foam stick to the filter? My 307 HDi was the first car I encountered with a filter like this. 

Is it not like a mattress topper, for small rodents and insects?

[beko1987]

Ive got a 2 layered foam one in my xsara. Was fairly new. When I last serviced it I pulled the dirty top most layer off and refitted... Can probably do that again with the remaining layer and then have a spell with just the paper one then splash out £4.50 on a new one in 2023

[bezzabsa]

3 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Ive got a 2 layered foam one in my xsara. Was fairly new. When I last serviced it I pulled the dirty top most layer off and refitted... Can probably do that again with the remaining layer and then have a spell with just the paper one then splash out £4.50 on a new one in 2023

done that a couple of times in the past...i'm sure thats what its for!!

 

[maxxo]

interesting

i filled with esso the other day and have done a few hundred miles since then, cold starts it idles beautifully now

i've only every used shell, so this strikes me as odd that it runs so much better on esso rather than shell

keeping an eye on it, also seems to accelerate much much more cleanly

otherwise literally nothing else to say, it's a fucking cracking car!!!

[maxxo]

Well, monday marks 3 weeks of ownership left

been quite fond of this one tbh

[maxxo]

excuse the potato quality videos, was lazy and downloaded them from messenger after sending it to myself

so, today had a slightly weird thing

beeping when indicating left, wtf was my first thought

then "ahhhhhhhhhhh tow bar electrics"

weirdly i was pulling into halfords at the time

so, had a think about what to buy

bought a little cheap bottle of WD40

mmmmmmmm filthy

gave it a very very very good dose

look how tiny the bottle is!

anyway after putting probably half of the bottle into the socket......

GREAT SUCCESS!!!!

probably 15 years worth of crap in the socket finally started to cause issues

very pleased at how easy it was to solve

[maxxo]

saying goodbye to this one on monday

not gonna lie, i'm actually really sad about it

been a much better car than i could have ever expected, in every way

at least it's going to a good home

[maxxo]

random thread bump

but this is still on the road!

i'm very good friends with the neighbour of the new owner so i often get told details etc

but yes, it's still alive and kicking and that really really does please me