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- Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:33 pm
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Coolant
Only an OAT (Organic Acid Technology) Coolant and Antifreeze is used in the C3. It is generally identified by its bright red/pink colour. If the colour of your coolant is brown, it probably was red/pink but now includes bits of corroded cooling system - flush the system thoroughly and refill with r...
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:47 am
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Upgrading the dashboard display (Part 1)
Project Upgrade - Change the dashboard display above the radio to show more information. The post below is part 1 (upgrading the display), part 2 (changing the colour) is here. and Upgrading the dashboard display for MPG (Part 3) - is here This is a step towards the larger project of 'enabling the t...
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:15 pm
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Upgrading the dashboard display (Part 2 - colour change)
Part 2 of the 'Project Upgrade' builds on the previous part that upgrade the one line alpha numeric display on the dashboard to a multi line dot matrix display which can be found here: Part 1 (upgrading the display size) to multiline display and Upgrading the dashboard display for MPG (Part 3) - is ...
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:17 pm
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Re: Rear knocking/rattling sound
Welcome to the forum swerve, Often the noise in the rear is due to something in the boot that has come loose or has been badly refitted, like the spare, jack, pump or locking wheel nut key. Its worth checking inside the boot first. Other rear knocking noises are the rear hanger for the exhaust box, ...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 2:05 pm
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Re: Rear knocking/rattling sound
Hi swerve, I have had exactly the same problem on my own New C3 1.6 HDI and it has driven me mad for the last 3 years. As the car was still under warranty and as I was not able to see or find anything obvious which was causing this rattling / knocking noise (only at slow speed and over uneven road s...
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:31 pm
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How to change the COM2000 (air bag & steering wheel removal)
How to remove the COM2000, includes 'How to remove the steering wheel' and 'How to remove the Air Bag' on a Citroen C3. Our COM2000 tear down is here where you can see what is inside the com2000 unit after its been removed and disassembled . CitroenC3_Steering_Wheel.jpg The COM2002/COM2002 is the un...
- Thu Apr 28, 2016 7:00 pm
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Re: Rear knocking/rattling sound
I have been suffering an annoying low speed knock which sounds like anti roll bar drop links From a quick look under the rear end there is obviously no ARB I jacked up the car under the beam axle and with a length of 4x2 and a brick levered and dropped the wheel like a bass drum pedal to replicate t...
- Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:51 pm
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Re: Faulty temperature sensor?
I think i have a faulty temperature sensor. On a 16v Diesel engine, have a look by the fuel filter. Coolant temperature sensor location: White arrow, green plug vacuum-pump-citroen-c3-hdi.JPG You can find the right replacement engine coolant temperature sensor in this link to euro car parts website .
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:00 pm
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Re: Faulty temperature sensor?
Could there still be an issue here or is it infarct not getting that warm? After a run, carefully (because they could be hot) hold the top radiator hose to see if it is actually hot, do the same for the lower one. This will show you if the cooling system is getting hot. After i sorted that, replace...
