Alec,Great news Geoff! Would be great to hear a bit more about your car - how long you've owned it, how far you've driven it, what still needs fixing etc...
For example - have you replaced those pesky bushes either end of the power steering ram?
-
Edit - have just seen your "For sale" ad - I guess that makes it even more interesting to know a bit more history. Is this car that you have just fixed the one that you are selling? I notice that this thread refers to "1998 XM V6...", while in the ad you have specified "2000 XM..."
Cheers
Alec
Does a duck swim? Is the Pope Catholic? Both my ES9J4 engines have needed cam boxes and covers resealed.Don't the cam carrier boxes leak on the ES9 engine as well?..I have heard that that is the case..There's even a You tube Video of resealing them.
yep - they are bastards geofwct.Hmmm...I've had the sump pan off 3 times as well. I've done the camshaft covers 3 or 4 times. I have a heavy leak from behind the plastic backing of the timing belt/camshaft drives, the plastic extending right down to the front crankshaft seal area. I wonder if that is leaking. I am now considering lifting the engine out of the car to fix these persistent leaks.
what you trying to do armmidillo, give me sleepness nights with another thing to worry about.Not doubting you for a moment! It was intended as a comment on how the parts situation is continuing to get worse.
In fact I went off half cocked - ES9J4S part is different.
ES9J4: 1307HJ
View attachment 129319
ES9J4S: 1307SC
View attachment 129318
Have you replaced the engine oil breather hose cluster? Also different from the ES9J4S version, and also unavailable AFAIK. My 406 ran much better after I replaced this - am guessing my Xm is probably sucking air through leaks in these pipes.
Cheers
Alec
i can ask mike, our mechanic, where exactly we got ours made. it was a bloke he knew who fabricates these kinds of things.Wonkipop's swirl pot arouses some lust in me. Mine broke a few years ago and I made a 'temporary' repair to it:
While people talk about them coming apart, in mine the inlet connection turned to mush and crumbled apart. I'm sure the outlet will eventually do the same thing and would love to get my hands on a proper replacement.
There are some guys in France who weld them up in stainless steel. These look like they will outlast the car (and all of us) but are understanably pretty pricey (€100-200) and they're not really set up to send them OS. CX Basis used to stock a repro version with the wrong diameter top connector and reports of early versions splitting apart. They are currently out of stock. Perhaps the new stock will have the correct top.
Yes please - mine's half broken. My cover is good, but has no hinge springs. The latch should lift it enough so that hinge springs are not needed. Will send a PM.ps - does anyone have an xm that suffers from a broken security code cover press latch.
ie its otherwise unbroken apart from the latch.
i went through a bit of a saga with this, replacing the broken cover entirely with a new one 2 years ago.
only for the the actual press catch to break straight away about the third time it was touched.
about 6 months ago i came across an obscure ebay listing where a guy was selling just the little catch (press lock).
i bought 6 of them because why buy one of such a tiny useless thing.
anyway its gone for 6 months now without breaking and operating nicely.
so does not appear to be rubbish product. (he must have got them from somewhere other than cit/pug part suppliers?)
anyone desperate for just that stupid little bit i can spare a couple.