I've done a silly......CITROEN XM

[AnnoyingPentium]

Good luck. You're a braver man than me, Max. 😂

[maxxo]

At Leeds 

going well

Seems to be leaking coolant but otherwise it’s fine

not too far to go now

less than 100 miles

[wesacosa]

1 hour ago, maxxo said:

At Leeds 

going well

Seems to be leaking coolant but otherwise it’s fine

not too far to go now

less than 100 miles

unless there is steam or a puddle could just be level dropping as it self bleeds (fingers crossed)

[maxxo]

[maxxo]

Lymm achieved 

no that AA van isn’t for me surprisingly 

it’s for a BMW 

[beko1987]

Yey. How's the long trip with new spheres and new belts going? 

Or are the spheres tomorrow? I can't keep up

[maxxo]

Just now, beko1987 said:

Yey. How's the long trip with new spheres and new belts going? 

Or are the spheres tomorrow? I can't keep up

I decided not to do the spheres on this trip, this was in case of any issues etc

doing them next month

[maxxo]

Well she made it

did a damn good job of it too

[High Jetter]

23 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Well she made it

did a damn good job of it too

Well done! Um, what's that white line for, that you're straddling? 😁

[maxxo]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Well done! Um, what's that white line for, that you're straddling? 😁

There’s a new Audi parked next to me right on the line and a concrete post in the bay next to me

i thought I’d park like that so it’s easier for them to get in

[richardmorris]

On 7/13/2022 at 12:07 PM, maxxo said:

I’ve only owned Citroens 

My nervous system is shot

The sound of a beep gives me panic attacks

Same here.  I have panic attacks from the low fuel light coming on in the CXs, and a nervous tick from the c5’s bings and bongs alerts.

[maxxo]

12 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Same here.  I have panic attacks from the low fuel light coming on in the CXs, and a nervous tick from the c5’s bings and bongs alerts.

The beep of the early 2000s Citroen is enough to give you a heart attack as you nervously peak at the multi function display

for it to only say low screenwash

[maxxo]

I’d say the coolant leak was overfilled coolant

its full and no drips underneath now

seems to have stopped leaking oil too

[beko1987]

Self bleeding then, nice! 

[wesacosa]

mine seems to settles just above that baffle. any higher and it blows out the overflow.  I'd stick a capful in until you cant see that baffle and then monitor it 

[maxxo]

I’m going to leave it for now

cos firstly I can’t be bothered digging through the boot

Secondly I’m sure it’ll be alright 

 

blower fan has packed up again

[maxxo]

Well it’s made it

280 miles on 1/4 tank

80 litre tank

I’d say around 60 mpg

[maxxo]

She’s made it home

650 miles in total over the weekend

its been fabulous 

[maxxo]

in a rather surprising turn of events

i think i'm going to have to use this as my daily driver, at least while it's so damn hot

the C5 is really not happy, autobox is really struggling

 

[maxxo]

2k miles covered, been fine really

might have sussed the diesel leak, i think it's one of the 4 pipes going into the fuel pump, running down the front of the engine, covering the sump and goes everywhere

i managed to get half a turn out of the bolts on one of the very wet looking ones

so time will tell

[Lacquer Peel]

 

3 hours ago, maxxo said:

2k miles covered, been fine really

might have sussed the diesel leak, i think it's one of the 4 pipes going into the fuel pump, running down the front of the engine, covering the sump and goes everywhere

i managed to get half a turn out of the bolts on one of the very wet looking ones

so time will tell

Crush washers on those lads too

[maxxo]

driving it today i noted my reflection in a shiny car in front of me

made me feel fuzzy inside

uh oh

when a car makes me feel fuzzy that means i've fallen in love

bugger!

i love it

[maxxo]

finally could be arsed to take a look at the fan

faffed about removing it and yes, yes the transistor/resistor pack looked a bit old but nothing serious

wasn't siezed either

decided to remove the pack and take a closer look

ahhhhhh, the new one is shiny but the old one should still work right?

until i turned it over

the new one is the one at the bottom incase ya couldn't tell

yes, i'd say that's why it wasn't working

put the nice shiny new one in (£11 it cost me off ebay!)

and the result....

success!!!

now it does still seem a bit slow to start on speed 1, but i imagine once it's used properly it'll get better

but all in all, i'm pretty happy

[myglaren]

The bearings in the fan can get a bit sticky and make the slow start difficult.

Later models (your C5 included) have a soft-start and when the bearings get sticky fail to start at all.

Jumping with a full 12V overcomes that but only temporarily.

[maxxo]

just got back from manchester (trip where the car performed perfectly of course!)

7 new, correct spheres fitted

ride is slightly firmer

car actually feels stable

feels so much better for it too!

[jamescarruthers]

1 hour ago, maxxo said:

just got back from manchester (trip where the car performed perfectly of course!)

7 new, correct spheres fitted

ride is slightly firmer

car actually feels stable

feels so much better for it too!

Fantastic. Big bit of the XM jigsaw in place now!

[maxxo]

2 hours ago, jamescarruthers said:

Fantastic. Big bit of the XM jigsaw in place now!

drastically improved

[maxxo]

for a car i said i probably wouldn't keep

a car i wasn't too keen on when i bought it

i've certainly put a lot of work into it

to the point i'm going to buy replacement outer sills for it

yeah i have a feeling i might keep it

[maxxo]

How is it managing this level of emmpeegeees?

it shouldn’t be this good on fuel

[chodweaver]

5 hours ago, maxxo said:

How is it managing this level of emmpeegeees?

it shouldn’t be this good on fuel

In my totally non-scientific analysis of  emmpeegeees, i attribute it to the following factors:

Pointy nose

Whomping great diesel engine.

 

Same reason the ZX could deliver such economy, when Ford et al could only dream of such figures