Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by cxprestigeauto » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:03 pm

I can confirm this is straight out of the Citroen manual.

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Post by MTXM » Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:37 pm

Many thanks for that Rob and I maintain Russek is a useful little book which contains many other helpful diagrams of the fuel injection and hydraulics for example. You can get your own copy here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-XM-4- ... 0443221296" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by MTXM » Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:42 pm

the concerning bit is he said it only had the faults since a front end smash? Anybody know anything?
Not sure about this but the engine did apparently come out for new clutch that might explain the damaged wiring.
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by David Hallworth » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:09 pm

It still puzzles me why the engine came out for the clutch as there was nothing wrong with the clutch when I sold it either! It was about 2 months later he emailed me saying it was in for a new clutch, and did I know where he could get a clutch cable.

I was under the impression that it was BL Auto's that did the clutch but when I was there in the summer with my Activa they hadn't seen the car. I'm now under the impression that it was Brodie's that did the clutch.

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Post by xm24v » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:21 pm

So have we established this question relates to my car?

http://www.great-cars.co.uk/features/29 ... -idle.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Apparently someone untrousered a previous owner about 2k for work on the car, I'll be buggered if I can see where this was spent in view of the mahoosive list of faults on the car!
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by xm24v » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:29 pm

On and the clutch is really,really aheavy which I would usually associate with a badly worn clutch.

Here's the science bit....as the clutch wears the self servo action of the diaphragm spring in the clutch pressure plate diminishes as it goes past its centre point causing the clutch to get heavier. Think of a lid on a jar popping up after being pressed down.
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by Dieselman » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:50 pm

Try asking Car Mechanics what date that question was posted.
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by citroenxm » Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:14 am

Dont go chargeing in at the clutch.. check out the nylon pivot arm right behind the air con compressor.. these can get a bit siezed and lead to one of the cables pulling out the holes..
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by xm24v » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:32 am

Perhaps this is why the clutch was allegedly changed....
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Re: Rare 3 litre 24 valve on Ebay from WHM

Post by Ciaran » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:08 am

That would make sense, that nylon thing Paul mentioned has been found to be the culprit for heavy clutches quite a few times.

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