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    Thread: Testing the Heater Blower Resistor
Post: Testing the Heater Blower Resistor

Since I have it in bits anyway fixing it, might as well write down some useful info. Resistance testing this is quite simple once you figure it out. Step 1 - Thermal fuse. It's the little cylinder a...
shtu B9 Second Generation 2 249 30-01-2025, 07:02 PM
    Thread: Numbers left on UK roads
Post: Numbers left on UK roads

On 17 December 2019 (i.e. 2 years ago today) I jotted down the number of older Berlingos and Partners still on UK roads according to the website carlogbook.co.uk.  There are a few websites that have t...
notsofast General Chat 5 1,630 20-12-2024, 10:23 AM
    Thread: display fading (MFD B, not bulb related)
Post: RE: display fading (MFD B, not bulb related)

Installed a 'green' version today to replace the orange colored as it faded and the pixels would only be visible a few minute after driving. It came from a C5 and fitted into my Partner Zenith(2006) o...
dangelateur M59 Berlingo 86 47,069 03-08-2024, 04:14 PM
    Thread: Key Remote Locking Not Working
Post: RE: Key Remote Locking Not Working

The sync is done with a rolling code that is shared between the BSI and the key circuit board. When you lock, the BSI tells the key the next rolling code sequence required so the next time you unlock,...
Sol M59 Berlingo 25 12,653 09-06-2024, 11:00 AM
    Thread: Limp Mode - Solved (Radiator fan relay/resistor)
Post: Limp Mode - Solved (Radiator fan relay/resistor)

Hopefully this may help someone else. I'd been having problems with my 2013 Multispace 1.6 Hdi going into limp mode and throwing an orange EML triangle. The only code found by my cheap Streetwise 2 s...
SteveE B9 Second Generation 1 8,410 14-04-2024, 01:08 PM
    Thread: Leak down tester
Post: RE: Leak down tester

(18-02-2024, 01:59 PM)Colr6 Wrote:  A quick query, has anyone managed to use an old injector adapted to take an air line and gauge to use as a cylinder leak down tester ? I had this thought as n...
brajomobil General Chat 2 543 28-02-2024, 03:09 PM
    Thread: Lidl Battery Charger
Post: RE: Lidl Battery Charger

So I decided to spend a few hours doing online research, and have just ordered a new battery and charger from Tayna. The charger is an all-singing-and-dancing NOCO GENIUS5UK.  Not the cheapest at just...
notsofast General Chat 19 5,041 14-01-2024, 05:14 PM
    Thread: What's the stupidest (Car!) thing you've done?
Post: What's the stupidest (Car!) thing you've done?

Anyone for a confession? Just been clearing out some old Haynes manuals and a it triggered a memory that made me smile. Many years ago (80-something) I bought a Porsche 924 Turbo, which I loved. The...
Argos69 Drivers Café 38 13,366 24-12-2023, 08:09 AM
    Thread: OBD Red discussion
Post: RE: OBD Red discussion

(30-11-2023, 09:31 PM)saskak Wrote:  Thanks for the work and the link to the device, sounds like a great thing. I will certainly order one if it supports M59 as well and not anything equal or a...
Sol General Chat 83 11,977 30-11-2023, 11:18 PM
    Thread: Exciting news - Red OBD !
Post: Exciting news - Red OBD !

Hi all, I have exciting news. As you all know, there were no aftermarket OBD tools at a reasonable price, which worked on PSA vehicles and in particular, the Berlingo. I have been working behind the...
Sol Nemo Corner 0 722 29-11-2023, 05:07 PM
    Thread: 1.6HDi (2007) alternator replacement guide
Post: RE: 1.6HDi (2007) alternator replacement guide

I had to take my 2007 into the local garage for a new alternator - was told it was sorted now but was " a bit of a fiddle to get done " - he isn't one to comment normally so it must have been a fiddl...
geoff M59 Berlingo 3 1,642 19-11-2023, 10:45 PM
    Thread: 1.6HDi (2007) alternator replacement guide
Post: RE: 1.6HDi (2007) alternator replacement guide

You did a fantastic video, I am making it a sticky. Superb.
Sol M59 Berlingo 3 1,642 18-11-2023, 09:33 PM
    Thread: Slow morning cranking
Post: RE: Slow morning cranking

(27-03-2023, 04:10 PM)saskak Wrote:   (27-03-2023, 03:26 PM)Zion Wrote:  It should read 14.4V when running, 15.4V is too high. (unless that was a typo) - the simplest thing is try another b...
Sol M59 Berlingo 12 1,122 27-03-2023, 09:22 PM
    Thread: alternator charging voltage drop when hot 1.6 petrol
Post: RE: alternator charging voltage drop when hot 1.6 ...

0.3v is a tiny drop, could happen with a slight difference in bolt tightness on a terminal, a slight oxidation or a slightly thinner wire from the factory. Even 0.5v is not a huge drop. Maybe get a ...
Sol M59 Berlingo 18 1,924 27-03-2023, 09:11 PM
    Thread: Slow morning cranking
Post: RE: Slow morning cranking

It should read 14.4V when running, 15.4V is too high. (unless that was a typo) - the simplest thing is try another battery. It takes no time at all to rule out, unlike the starter which is a way bigge...
Sol M59 Berlingo 12 1,122 27-03-2023, 04:09 PM
    Thread: Slow morning cranking
Post: RE: Slow morning cranking

It should read 14.4V when running, 15.4V is too high. (unless that was a typo) - the simplest thing is try another battery. It takes no time at all to rule out, unlike the starter which is a way bigge...
Sol M59 Berlingo 12 1,122 27-03-2023, 03:42 PM
    Thread: alternator charging voltage drop when hot 1.6 petrol
Post: RE: alternator charging voltage drop when hot 1.6 ...

Ok , here is something to try. If it is a LIN network connected alternator, and Citroen have had these for a while, try with the engine running, pull the plug on the alternator (it's a single wire plu...
Sol M59 Berlingo 18 1,924 26-03-2023, 05:08 PM
    Thread: Shaky engine- at the end of my tether
Post: RE: Shaky engine- at the end of my tether

If you have access to a welder. . . Cut the rubber inside part from the bush leaving just the outer steel part in the housing, run a bead of weld around the inside of the steel part and allow to coo...
jj9 M59 Berlingo 12 1,307 21-02-2023, 09:45 PM
    Thread: Shaky engine- at the end of my tether
Post: RE: Shaky engine- at the end of my tether

If you have access to a welder. . . Cut the rubber inside part from the bush leaving just the outer steel part in the housing, run a bead of weld around the inside of the steel part and allow to coo...
jj9 M59 Berlingo 12 1,307 21-02-2023, 09:29 PM
    Thread: Courtesy light control fault
Post: RE: Courtesy light control fault

There is a permanent live for manual courtesy lights "on" along with the variable one for "theatre dimming", a trigger from the BSI for the door switch plus a ground, all wires go to the BSI1. My gue...
Sol M59 Berlingo 3 1,217 18-02-2023, 06:57 PM