February 2004
I own a Citroen Xsara 2.0HDi which is nearly 4 years old and has approx. 36000 miles on the clock. I intend to keep the car for another 2 years or 50,000 miles before I sell it.
I would like to ask the experts 2 questions:-
1. When would you recommend I have the camshaft timing belt changed?
2. Would it be sensible to let my local garage, who service the car, fit the new belt? I ask this because the Haynes Manual states that Citroen recommend an electronic tool be used to tensioning the belt. A tool which my local garage does not have.
Any help would be appreciated. Read more
SiL's car has done 32k. She asked a good question today. Is it a belt drive or chain drive and of so when does it need changing. Manual wasn't any help. Had to shrug my shoulders and approach Those With Greater Knowledge. Read more
PU
Official change interval is 100K or 10 years.
For peace of mind though I would change it earlier say at 60K or 5 years max. Haven't, in my circles, heard of any premature failures a la Vauxhall Ecotec though.
Ford do a kit consisting of the belt and tesioner. Part No 1203767 currently retailing at £84.72 inc VAT. Book time on labour is 2.4 hours.
HTH
Charles
how easy is it to replace sincro mesh so my gearbox doesnt feel like a bucket of slugs!!!! gti 8v f plate Read more
This is a linkage problem and a week syncromesh on second. Unless you reaaly want to drop the box off and spent £160/180 I would fix the linkage problems and leave alone and learn how to double de clutch my friend. Regards Peter
anyone used a really good trimmer in the cambridge /bury st eds area??
im looking to get a cloth golf interior redone in good quality leather
ive had prices from under £1000 to £1500+ and im not sure what the differance in quality is
any suggestions?? and no i cant find a used interior Read more
Steve, I don't know if this will help any, but one of my friends who is a Priest ( I know that makes him a man of the cloth but I didn't mean it - honest), had a 306 and the leather in the seat had ripped.
He spoke to one of the undertakers that he deals with regularly and he was able to point him in the direction of a local firm who they used for repairs to their limos all the time.
Has anyone here had any experience with the item mentioned under NEWS on the right of the screen.
Regards Read more
My Snooper Neo was very reluctant to lock onto satellites and occassionally took up to about 10 minutes to do it. The SmartNav seems much better.
OK so now we're all experts on how to sift candidates trying to get in at a junction, how has this increased our chances of getting in ourselves?
I was anxious to learn and my reading of the posts suggests I behave as near as possible to a beta minus male hyena, at the same time wearing a blond wig and driving a muddy coloured car a bit older than yours.
Do I get the nod?
Colin S Read more
Drive a large Red Shed (aka 1990 VW Golf) in the nicer parts of West London....it's amazing how many people don't want their nice shiny cars dinged up!
Oh and being about 6'2'' and 220lbs doesn't hurt as well!
help!!!!!!! my volvo 440 2.0 si (m plate) runs lovley and is very fast but has an intermittent stutter that cuts engine performance by at least 40% , there is no reason to it, one min its fine the next it judders and underperforms. the strange thing is if you nearly red line every gear it doesnt seem to happen, but due to 9 speeders on my licence already i cant drive like that!!!! any help? Read more
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Does anyone know how to confirm whether it is the 110 or the 90 citroen xsara hdi that I'm looking at. It doesn't seem to specify it anywhere on the car, or on the logbook. Read more
The intercooler is another radiator alongside the normal radiator, it is on the passenger side of the car, has a 4 inch pipe going into each end, the intercooler is about 8 inches wide.
The 110 is a lot faster and more flexible than the 90, you won't need to change gear as often.
If you are buying a used car, consider a C5 as well, they are similar prices, but the build quality and interior qualty of the C5 is above the Xsara. I owned a Xsara and loved it though. I love my C5 too.
The Xsara is a good car for chucking around country roads, motoring journalists arent keen on the Xsara, but it remains a good car.
my f plate gti blows cold air on hot setting and its cold this time of year ,any help would be greatly appreciated.... Read more
Golf heater matrices are about £32 + VAT from German and Swedish.
Our Punto 1.2 8v (1500m)occasionally makes tapping noise on start up like hydraulic tappets pressurising.Usually from cold after standing a few hours or more.
Since 8v has solid tappets could it be the oil filter NR valve malfunctioning? Anyone else experienced this, or have any other ideas? I spotted similar on another forum. Read more
Could well be I suppose, it goes away after a minute or so seems as the oil pressure builds up. Must be generously toleranced Fiat engineering though, engine's only run 1500 miles from new!
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I use QH belt & tensioner kits, myself.
Can't fault them, on price & quality.
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