General Information 122 Books
186 Citroen XM Internet Reference Version 1.0
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122 Books
Pocket Mechanic
By the way - have you all purchased the Peter Russek book - Citroen XM pocket mechanic - it is pretty
good, at least until the Haynes manual comes out. Petrol only though.
Peter Russek : 01494 440829 Fax : 01494 473980 Email : russek@globalnet.co.uk
Citroen XM
I think the book is the Citroen XM by Alberto Martinez and Maurice Sauzay ISBN 2-85120-315-0 and it
is the story of th XM from design to building.
*** This book was given to us at the introduction of the XM in France in 1989.
It was available through the Citroen dealers for a short time. The book is published by EPA in France but
above ISBN number is for the French edition.
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There is also a book by Jan P.Norbye put out by Automobilia, ISBN 88-85880-18-5 which is also about
the XM from before design concept to completion. It’s hardbound, 11.25 by 10 inches.
I bough my copy back in 1988/89 when it was first published.
DesignTechniches
I was in Grenoble earlier this week and noticed an XM manual in the "Design Techniches" series. It
looked as though it covered most things a Haynes manuals would cover.
Official Manual
It’s almost impossible to cover the entire electr. system of the XM. Up to now there have been published
34 XM Manuals and updates.... Check "Technical BookStore" on our site for a complete overview:
Haynes manual
I’m not impressed with it, not up to haynes usual standard and the electrical section is I think a waste of
paper.
There is too much info on servicing and not enough on repairs, and the photos are also of poor quality.
Just my view, what do you think?
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Admittedly there are no diagrams for the suspension electronics and also not enough detail on the
description of the fuel injection system, in terms of diagnosis without a diagnostic computer.
However , I feel that the readability of the wiring diagrams has > dramatically improved compared to the
Xantia manual that I had been using. Well worth buying the manual for. It is obvious that a fair amount
of the text is straight out of the Xantia manual.
The manual it says that on early 2 litre cars the engines were fitted, concurrently, with both the Bosch
and Magnetti Marelli multipoint injection engine management systems. I had previously believed that for
a year they all had Bosch systems then Magnetti Marelli systems until catalytic converters were
introduced.
My early (10th May 1990 manufacture date) car has a Magnetti Marelli system so I had always assumed
that someone had replaced the engine at some point. Can someone shed any light on this?
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