'00 Xsara lost power after hose replaced

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Tue 16 Mar 2004 01:57
'00 Xsara lost power after hose replaced - mfarrow
Hi

A friend of mine has just had a split hose replaced on his 1.4L petrol Citroen Xsara. I forget what hose it was, either MAP sensor or Lambda sensor. Anyway, it was causing the car to run rich and the oil to smell of petrol, even after a 15 mile journey!

He thinks the lack of power is due to the car needing a tune-up, he's going to get it "Krypton tuned", or whatever it's called, soon.

Is he wasting his money? I have suspicions lack of power now is because the engine's not running over-rich any more, i.e. it was the fault which was giving him the extra oomf. Any ideas?

Thanks for your time.





Mike Farrow
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Tue 16 Mar 2004 09:24
'00 Xsara lost power after hose replaced - Sooty Tailpipes
Maybe there is some adjustment that somebody made to compensate, but I doubt it as cars of this age do it all automatically and there are no adjustmenst unless you replace a chip in the ECU.

Kryton (or any other) tunes are for pre-1992 cars where timing, points, valve clearance, mixture etc.. are adjusted, this car is too new for these to be appicable.

If it was a hose that was the problem, it would be the MAP sensor, but the rich running could have damaged the lambda probe/oxygen sensor.
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Tue 16 Mar 2004 09:35
'00 Xsara lost power after hose replaced - pmh
Could it be that the ECU has either gone into a default 'get you home' mode or that it has gone into a self training (learning) mode having recognised new components? If the latter it should get better over a period of time, see the handbook if there is any advice.


Alternatively try to force it into a new self learning cycle. I hesitate to say take the battery off overnight as it may create even more problems in a citroen! But I think that this is what I would try, if I had radio code and keypad codes and instructions . Somebody MM? RW? will have the citroen specific info.




pmh (was peter)
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Tue 16 Mar 2004 22:33
'00 Xsara lost power after hose replaced - Ben79
In a 2000 old shape Xsara, you only need the radio code if you disconnect the battery. The ECU will remember the keys and there is no keypad.

Ben
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Wed 17 Mar 2004 11:36
'00 Xsara lost power after hose replaced - mfarrow
Thank you all.

I told him before to disconnect the battery, at least now I know I wasn't telling him the wrong thing :-)

I think he's a bit dubious to do anything to the car himself. It still has warranty which he took out when he bought it second hand (definately worth the money: new air-con radiator/cooling fan/headlamp [all thanks to being in an RTC previously!]).

The funniest part is that even though the hose is right near the top of the engine compartment and easily unplugable, Cirtoen charged him £14 to fit it!




Mike Farrow
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