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tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:41 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/citroen-xantia-2- ... dZViewItem

2.1 Turbo Diesel VSX, MOT and its a R plate, looks smart in red with the alloys. is a diesel pump a easy job?

Anygood to anyone.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:23 am

Ideal for a mobile chiropodist perhaps?

capri · Post by **capri** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:00 pm

Asked a few questions (i.e. length of MOT, mileage, etc). There's an outside chance that, if nobody else fancies it on here, I might buy it, sort the diesel pump, and sell it on for profit as a working car. Is the diesel pump an easy (read: inexpensive) job on one of these?

M · Post by M » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:07 pm

Oooooh, now I do like that. Anyone got a spare 1.9TD lump knocking about

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:07 pm

If you can find a good inj. pump then yeah, it's very easy and cheap to do!
Infact, assuming you can get a good Bosch pump then it'll cost you a couple of

for it to magically find it's way timed up on the engine

Cheers
Chris G

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:51 pm

I would keep the original engine and get a pump, the 2.1 12v engine is supposed to be quite a good unit? Same as a Xm? Worth a look for £250, even if it cost you £100 or so to get it running its a lot of car for £350.

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:05 pm

tim leech wrote:its a lot of car for £350.

Lets not get carried away here matey, it's still a xanty! (OK, I know, I know, I'll stop now, promise), but yeah, the 2.1TD engine is a cracker, especially in an XM!

Cheers
Chris G

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:08 pm

Now now Doc theres nowt wrong with Xantias, you need to take those BX shaped rose tinted spectacles off!

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:13 pm

hhmm, well, er, each to their own, I just always saw the Xanty as a compromise. It's a poor BX replacement IMHO, and it looks like a miniature XM, except the XM was a better car in every way.

I did own a Xantia once, an ACTIVA, for all of about 30 seconds, and I turned a profit!

Although I must say dad's V6 was a nice machine, again though, it's the engine that made the car.

BX Tint glasses, they'd be the one's with LHM Green tint lenses then??

Cheers
Chris G

M · Post by M » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:19 pm

Weeeeel
I like both - though oddly I think the Xanty estate is nicer than the BX Estate. (may I be flogged with cherry laces and publicly called Susan for saying that) This one looks lovely - shame its a non runner.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:26 pm

Marty wrote:Weeeeel
I like both - though oddly I think the Xanty estate is nicer than the BX Estate. (may I be flogged with cherry laces and publicly called Susan for saying that) This one looks lovely - shame its a non runner.

CRACKKKKKKKKK! Hello Susan, I think Stewart may have a spare 1.9TD engine

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:37 pm

Marty wrote:Weeeeel
I like both - though oddly I think the Xanty estate is nicer than the BX Estate. (may I be flogged with cherry laces and publicly called Susan for saying that) This one looks lovely - shame its a non runner.

To be honest it would be a darn site more than £250 if it was! the Xantia estate is a nice loooking car, the Bx is a bit "tacked on" but very practical none the less.

RichardW · Post by **RichardW** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:47 pm

Steady guys.... the 2.1 in the Xantia uses an ECU controlled Lucas EPIC pump. Might not be as easy as just bolting another one in. The 2.1 is also a real shoe horn job in the Xantia, so there's not much room to work on it - might make the pump change awkward. I suppose you could source a mechanical pump from an XM or something, jump a supply to the stop solenoid, and dump the ECU

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:01 pm

Im just stating its alot of car for £250 in my view. Ive always liked the xantia, even though mines cost me a fortune. There comfy spacious and a nice looking and a real bargain.

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:14 pm

I recall a long running saga on the Frenchcarforum about a Synergie with this pump - thing had blown after a clutch change - turned out it had earthed through the ECU - which had blown just after the input plug on a zigzag track on the circuit board! - Could have been repaired with 10 minutes with some sandpaper and a soldering iron!

This one would run but was noisy and lacked power which suggests that thats what they do if the ECU has failed - so - what's wrong with it - as pumps by and large don't give much trouble.

There was also a thread on here mentioning that the 2.1's and presumably the Epic run at higher injection pressures than some (earlier?) engines.