(citroen post warning) Bit of light reading for me

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:04 pm

The tech training manual has this lot in it;

The info on the multiplex system being what I was particularly interested in learning about;

Hydractive 3 info will come in useful later on...

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:33 pm

Ah multiplexing! Both useful and an effing nightmare at the same time

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:41 pm

Aye.
TBF, it's making the car an absolute POP to upgrade with all the nice add ons though - none of this BS making up and running extra wiring looms around the car like I've done on my UKDM!

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:54 pm

That side of it is great, I recently found this http://www.volvotech.eu/cfe and I'm so so tempted.

The down side is stories like: Water gets into the cd changer in the boot, the whole car goes nuts as bad signals flood the network etc

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:19 pm

indigolemon wrote:The down side is stories like: Water gets into the cd changer in the boot, the whole car goes nuts as bad signals flood the network etc

Yep, exactly that. Or water getting into the towbar electrics having a similar problem is the other story I hear.
However it does make upgrades easy and means when I get a Lexia, I can plug in and do all sorts of weird and wonderful things all over the car, from the comfort of the drivers seat on a laptop

The rear glass on the tailgate can be opened on C5s (there's a button hidden under the wiper arm spindle cover) that doesn't work on mine, but sometimes the tailgate likes to open itself when I open the drivers door (does it a couple of times a week). Not major aggro 'cause the display tells me the boot is open. Apparently it's a common problem that the wiring in the tailgate flexi goes brittle and breaks (thin wiring due to being canbus system) and I suspect the 2 are related problems

I'll get round to looking at that sooner or later...