another XM driver in Ireland

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another XM driver in Ireland

Post by captainhaddock » Sun May 13, 2012 9:53 pm

New here, happily driving a citroen XM.

Not true realy, my wife drives it to work and I may look after her and can take her for a spin now and then.

Few more old citroens in my garage as well.

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by robert_e_smart » Sun May 13, 2012 11:01 pm

Welcome Captain Haddock,

Where abouts are you based, which Xm do you have, and what other Citroens are in your fleet.

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by captainhaddock » Mon May 14, 2012 4:39 pm

Thankx

Based in county Mayo, driving a blue mauritius 2.0 16v auto. Usually a Xantia 1.8 16v range and the CX 2.5 GTI turbo for fun. Have a 2cv to go into the bog soon and trailer some turf out:)

It should be all diesel, I know. Unfortunately we have to drive way to much to make this a sensible means of transportation. But whay do you do...

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by Ciaran » Tue May 15, 2012 12:45 pm

Welcome to the site CaptainHaddock (nice username BTW :lol: )

Co Mayo eh, another from these parts, growing in numbers!

Do you know Willie Johnson over in Cavan? He does a lot of work on the hydraulic cits :)

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by captainhaddock » Tue May 15, 2012 3:26 pm

Captain Haddock is my dogs name.....so I guess I had no inpiration :)

Never heard of Willie Johnson, so far my citroens will have to do with me as their mechanic. But it is good to know there are some pro's around

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by Duke » Tue May 15, 2012 5:11 pm

Welcome, glad to hear you've a CX GTi Turbo as well! Any pics? :D
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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by captainhaddock » Tue May 15, 2012 6:02 pm

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not sure if this works..

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by robert_e_smart » Tue May 15, 2012 6:09 pm

I have fixed it for you Jaap. There were too many [img] brackets on it.
1990 XM 2.1 Turbo SD
2008 Volvo V70 D5 SE Lux Automatic
2009 Volvo XC90 D5 SE Automatic

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by captainhaddock » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:49 pm

What would you experts, think it is a good mileage to change the timing belt on the 2 liter 16valve? Is the max. 120.000 kilometres? Myself I was thinking about 100.000 kilometres.
I' ve got the set here, with water pump as well, just wondering if I need to do this in the cold or if I can postpone it into the spring time. Either way it won't exceed the 5 years age any how.

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Re: another XM driver in Ireland

Post by robert_e_smart » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:03 pm

I'd do it every 70K miles, or 7 yeras whichever is sooner. Or immediately if you have no record of when it was done.

The 2.0 16V is a nice easy one to do. You should be well practiced after doing your Xantia head! Its exactly the same only with a bit more room.
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2008 Volvo V70 D5 SE Lux Automatic
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