Trail rat , yes it will have very very slight play but due to the depth you have to use a single finger to feel for play , and TBA it’s very hard to feel any play at all in a good unit , if you use a torch and a mirror you will also see scuffs from the impeller marking the turbo body . If you use the torch / mirror method and the thread and no nut is visible your last chance is its stuck in the oil in the bottom of the inter cooler .

If it is the turbo and you keep driving it the impeller nut will come off and be sucked into the engine !!! Be warned !!!

Im a tech for citroen , you need to remove the turbo plastic pipe so you can see the impeller if you can wiggle it , it’s f##ked , you will need to replace the turbo THE OIL PUMP FEED FILTER , the turbo feed and return pipes and don’t buy a **** e bay turbo , only use fully synth oil and flush it x2 . It has been caused by lack of servicing or poor servicing the main one being changing the oil when not fully warmed up and using poor oil . Message me if you need any other info .
20 years at citroen for my sins !!!

Sorry guys , no one look at that web site , I won’t sleep tonight If I’m responsible for corrupting one of you .

Not ripping soft but , I use barwo.com , 1000s of free new movies and just Download to an android tablet or stream on an I pad .

My pals , 2012 514 , has cracked in the same place , it was returned to the shop Monday he’s waiting to hear a reply but as the above said , everyone I know has had a newer or higher spec replacement as compensation. Good luck

Rode there Sunday amazingly dry , probably had a bit of rain up there today but it will be fine , drains amazingly well .

Marko yes , they do kill turbos if not serviced correctly , the oil pump has a filter / gauze that becomes clogged if not serviced correctly / correct oil used / ran low , but to be fare , 2 year or 20000 miles servicing is a lot to ask from 3.5 litres or oil and most people don’t check the oil once between servicing . You can distroy anything if your stupid enough !!!

The ford (puma) engine out of the new transit is in the latest Peugeot / citroens big commercial vehicles and isn’t good at all .

Hora , in my opinion , 1.6 hdi (dv6) or older 2.0 hdi both great Diesel engines that ford / Volvo / Mazda use and change its name .

Hi , I work for citroen UK , TBA belts snapping on 2.2 relays are rare and when it’s been stripped and investigated you will probably find that a tentioner not a belt has given way , In box me where in the UK you are ?

Rode all the trails with a ” normal ” lid inc the tuff black , would probably take a full face next time , you will def fell under dress in that bus with all the full body armour downhill guys , great place , get there first thing the wind picks up through the day and becomes unridable / dangerous when very windy , very friendly / helpful guys run the place too . Will be booking my 4th visit in the spring when the weather improves .

My zesty has been changed to 750mm havocs , 50mm haven stem , rubber queen BC , and used a works componants headset to slacken the head angle to 66 degrees , doesn’t climb as good but its liveable but descends fantastic !!!

Love my chilli rubber queens , great grip , not the fastest rolling if used front and rear like me . Still laughing at a previous reply from onzadog ” conti make 2 compounds black chilli and plastic !!! Very very true !!!

I’ve had talas forks , never used the different lengths options , and didn’t rate the plushness of the talas forks , love floats . Save your money !!!

I run a brand new fox float 150 fork with 203 formula rotor and can get the same vibration/flex when using an all mountain / trail bike for downhill , I just asumed that the previous statement was the issue !!! Wrong bike for the style of riding , never have an issue when trail centre riding ??? Has never bothered me TBA

I’ve been looking at every where , llandegla or CDB are you best chance for half decent weather , was looking at lakes or gisburn , both a wash out according to met office !!!

Got iodine 3s , stiff , quick , light ish and as above said 2 pure have been great with customer support . And they look the dogs too !!! But avoid the early 2010/11 spec like the plague , it seem that’s where the bad reputation came from . Would post a pic if I could work it out !!!

Thanks for the movie recommendation but I’m a proper soft arse when it comes to sad films and my old fella died of cancer so it’s a subject I try my level best to avoid !!! Thanks anyway .

Thanks for the replys , looking at movies to download to my I pad now , I’ve never had any issue riding the next day after giving full blood so , should be no issue after what you guys are saying !!!

I’ve got kashima on my forks and shock, IMO I can feel the difference on the forks ( will actually use full travel , unlike my non kash floats ) but nothing on the rear shock ? Poss something to do with low pressure sensitivity improvement , obviously much less so with my fat arse on the rear shock running near 200psi !!!

I use 661 evos and bought medium felt too tight at first , after a few rides and a wash now much slacker and I’m considering having an inch taken out of the straps to make them tighter !!! Sounds to me a small is what you want mate !!!

I got the low friction bushes when I kashima upgraded and custom tuned my shock , because of all the changes obviously had to pick out individual improvements but in my head less friction is better and when I bolted up one end of my shock before with old du bushes It was solid , with plastic it’s almost no friction when fully Torqued up !!!
Hope it helps

From the car park , round the 8 with all the extra bits 1.5 / 2.0h not killing your self .

Using the starter for stop start system is noisy and slow to re start , psa use a 3 phase altanator , restarts silently , much better and quieter !!! @ £500 optional extra

Had an italian car sales man where I used to work , he was about to put the ” car of the week ” on the 6 foot ramp , when I asked him if he could drive an automatic ? Offended at me casting doubt at his red blooded Italian driving skills , he jumped in the car floors it and launched off the end of the ramp with the car going full throttle , cleared a good 10 foot dukes of Hazard style and wrote the car off and a Chinese take away sign as well !!! Apparently his foot got stuck going for the clutch that obviously wasn’t there !!!

A lot of people have the front bumper/bonnet heli taped to stop stone chips

After checking , the the basics , timing , injectors , etc , there was a common fault that the inlet manifold became carbon ed up and caused misfire and is only an issue with the early mono point injection .
It’s easy to check , remove the throttle cable , fuel pipes and x6 10 mm nuts and have a look with a mirror and a torch !!!
You owe me a pint if I’m right !!!
Good luck

Dw8 fuel pump used to seize the cold start linkage . Have you disconnected the cable and checked its free ? Tbh in years I’ve only seen 2/3 fail !!! Unlucky if so . Get your self an old school choke cable and just use that . Last time I did it for a ” tight ” friend I fitted a 2cv one that was getting binned as old stock . Worked great !!!

I work for Peugeot / citroen give me your last 8 of your vin number and ill get the part number tomorrow , from memory they are about £80 +

Really rate my KMC gold 10 speed , stayed gold , changes great too
Think the non gold version is @ £20 ?

I went from a 680 bar and a 75mm stem to 750 bar and a 50 stem , transformed my down hill confidence and speed and didn’t make my climbing much worse . Made bike more ” chuck able “
If that makes sense ???

20 years in the motor trade and I’ve seen very few ” happy endings ” most warrenty company’s make YOU pay for investigation / diagnosis and 99% of the time don’t pay out due to wear and tear / customer abuse / not covered . Save your money .

EGR valve will clog up / seize up / go faulty on every diesel car/van it’s even worse on the latest euro 4/5 cars also particle filters will block for fun . It’s just one of those things and is cause by emission laws . Worse on cars driven gentle and round town .

Bought xtr trail pedals , have no issues clipping out , but find the major improvement over race spds is clipping In on the trail . Don’t think I would ever use anything else .

Speak to BMW , strongly suspect it won’t be the first time they have heard of the fault , have you googled it ? Poss oil viscosity too thick ? If its only a cold start issue and if no problem selecting first gear it sounds like your clutch is ok

If its a manual and without having it checked properly if it selects reverse without the engine running it’s very possibly a clutch problem . Also if it does select ok when cold without the engine running do that until you get it looked at . I.e depress the clutch select reverse and start the car in the morning .

Same as above , went Sunday with family did my head in , mad busy shuffle was the best speed I could manage . Looks nice , but defo an off peak place to visit .

As far as I know king or hope don’t do press fit in a lapierre zesty size ??? If they do ill order tonight ?

My Shimano bb last me 3 months and fsa lasted 6 months , second fsa starting to make bad noises now , not great but fsa are £30 and I steam clean the sh*t off it after most rides so that doesn’t help I recon , looked into getting an enduro ceramic bb but at £150 and unsure if that much better .