Citroen Xantia

since 1993 of release

Repair and car operation



Citroen Xantia
+ Introduction
+ Operation manual
+ Routine maintenance
- Engine repair
   + the Repair procedures which are not demanding extraction of the engine from the car - petrol engines
   + the Repair procedures which are not demanding extraction of the engine from the car - diesel engines
   - Removal and major maintenance of the engine
      Major maintenance of the engine - the general information
      Removal of the power unit - methods and precautionary measures
      Removal, partition and installation of the power unit - models with RKPP
      Removal, partition and installation of the power unit - models with AT
      Order of dismantling of the engine by its preparation for carrying out major maintenance
      Dismantle of a head of cylinders
      Cleaning and check of a condition of a head of cylinders and components of the klapanny mechanism
      Assembly of a head of cylinders
      Removal of shatunno-piston assemblies
      Removal of a cranked shaft
      Cleaning and check of a condition of the block of cylinders/case of the engine
      Check of a condition of shatunno-piston assemblies
      Check of a condition of a cranked shaft
      Check of a condition of loose leaves of radical and shatunny bearings of a cranked shaft
      Engine assembly order after performance of major maintenance
      Installation of piston rings
      Installation of a cranked shaft and check of working gaps of radical bearings
      Installation of shatunno-piston groups on the engine and check of working gaps of shatunny bearings
      Initial start of the engine after completion of its major maintenance
+ Systems of cooling, heating
+ Power supply system and release
+ engine Electric equipment
+ Coupling
+ Transmission
+ Power shafts
+ Uniform hydraulic system
+ Brake system
+ Running gear and steering
+ Body and salon furnish
+ Onboard electric equipment
+ electric equipment Schemes


Removal and major maintenance of the engine

This part of Head Repair of the engine is devoted to the description of procedures of removal/installation of the power unit, and also the general major maintenance of a head of cylinders, the block and internal components of the engine.

The text of Head contains information in a range from councils on preparation for carrying out major maintenance of the engine and to acquisition of necessary spare parts to the detailed step-by-step description of procedures of removal, check of a condition and installation of various internal components.

Since the section the Order of dismantling of the engine by its preparation for carrying out the major maintenance, all instructions are made on the basis of the assumption that the engine is removed from the car and is established on the assembly stand or a strong workbench. Information concerning repair procedures, which performance does not demand removal of the engine from the car, no less than an operations procedure statement at dismantle, regenerative repair and installation to the place of hinged units, the Repair procedures which are not demanding extraction of the engine from the car - petrol engines and the Repair procedures which are not demanding extraction of the engine from the car - diesel engines (see above), and also in the section the Order of dismantling of the engine are given in appropriate sections by its preparation for carrying out major maintenance and further in the text falls.

All key parameters and efforts of a tightening of the carving connections, which observance is obligatory, are stated in Specifications.