Citroen XM Forum

kingp wrote:IS the funny little radiator thing in some of the pictures for cooling the engine oil or something else?

Just looked through the thread and its had a very thorough rebuild so well worth that money IMO.

That is the AC radiator.

I thought that was the one infront of the normal rad? I mean the one that seems to be mounted vertically..

kingp wrote:I thought that was the one infront of the normal rad? I mean the one that seems to be mounted vertically..

Oh! Yes, the car initially had an automatic gearbox so that is the gearbox oil cooling radiator.
The automatic gearbox was broken so i replaced it with a manual one from a series one and the with a manual HDi gearbox.
Here is the picture you are talking about:

Ahh that's explains it it's in the same place as the charge cooler on the 2.5td you see

Interesting. So, is it tricky to fit the BE3 on the 2.1td? Did you get it to work 100% smooth as in a Xantia?

Ah, I see you have a thread, I better go read this for info.

Best wishes
George

Simply superb work going in here, Amazing!

Great vale for the money too, imagine how much it would cost do get all this work done here in the U.K?

jorgy wrote:Interesting. So, is it tricky to fit the BE3 on the 2.1td? Did you get it to work 100% smooth as in a Xantia?

Ah, I see you have a thread, I better go read this for info.

Best wishes
George

Yes to both questions. I had to redesign the gearbox support cause nothing fitted and hydraulic clutch.
After driving a Xantia with identical gearbox i got motivated. When i changed the gearbox i was in a hurry and didn't took pictures.

Is this still available? Will it be £600 when it arrives in the UK?