Citroen C8 Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss Problems

Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss Problems and faults
C8 2.2 hdi misfire and black smoke when warm.

The car drives perfectly for about the first 20 mins then when accelerating above 3000 rpm the car starts to misfire and black smoke comes out of the exhaust. This continues to get worse and starts at lower revs until the engine light comes...

2005 Citroen C8 2.2 hdi
Posted: Aug 17, 2015
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Misfire and low power under load in low revs

the car has an issue with idle and running in low revs with a whiteish smoke that is only present under around 1800 revs, also like to mention idle is only a problem once it gets hot! i believe ive located the part to an activated arm con...

2005 Citroen C8 2.0lt hdi
Posted: Jun 29, 2015
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Egr

I have the Citroen c8 hdi its got a running problem. It smokes and chugs while at idle and a sort of misfire at around 1200 rpm I've located the problem to part of the egr valve there's a little black valve ( round) to the left side of t...

2005 Citroen C8 2.0l hdi
Posted: Apr 26, 2015
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Car turned over last night but this morning wont

engine cut out on me yesturday as soon as i hit over 60mph on motorway had new dpf put in aweek ago and a writen warning sign depollution system faulty came on yesturday no dpf icon came on car would turn over last nite but this morning whe...

2006 Citroen C8 2.2 D SX HDI
Posted: Sep 24, 2014
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Engine cutting out if drive over 60mph

engine would cut out then on the dash it would say theres a fault with the dpf.. we have had a new dpf put in and i have been driving the car around town for the past week but as soon as i went on the motorway and went over 60mph a warning ...

2006 Citroen C8 2.2d sx hdi
Posted: Sep 24, 2014
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Hazard warning lights coming on and brake failure warning

hi i have a small problem, 3 out of 10 times when i start the car the hazard warning lights come on automatically once i turn them off they do not come back on till i put them on manually and 5 out of 20 times of starting the car an aud...

2005 Citroen C8 2.0 HDI 16V EXCLUSIVE ESTATE
Posted: Aug 17, 2014
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Starter motor fuse blows on regular basis

Starter motor fuse blows and cannot start car, after changing fuse car starts then after few days or even hours blows again and back to drawing board, AA been out and cant diagnose also been to 2 garages with diagnostics meters, still no fu...

2008 Citroen C8 2.0 Diesel
Posted: Jun 5, 2014
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Offside engine coolin fan constantly on

The offside engine cooling fan is constantly on. This is even without the key being in the ignition. The engine is not overheating and no warning lights are alight on the dashboard. Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated.

2006 Citroen C8
Posted: Sep 18, 2013
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Power loss

NEW CAM BELT AND WATERPUMP, was driving in heavy rain hit a bit of water lying in road mins later chugging then power loss, car stalled at lights and continued with powerloss for a couple of hours NO warning lights or notices,strange right/...

2004 Citroen C8 HDi 2.0
Posted: Sep 8, 2013
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Grey smoke from exhaust smells oiley

Hi i have recently purchased a citreon C8 which has started smoking a grey blue smoke which smells like it is busning oil, the car starts and runs fine and the engine sounds sweet and not missing and seems to have plenty of power. Just wond...

2003 Citroen C8 lx hdi 16v
Posted: Feb 10, 2013
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Car will not start or lock

my citroen c8 will not start at all will not lock its like im a different car with my key any ideas

2005 Citroen C8
Posted: Sep 2, 2012
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Suspect turbo

Driving on motorway yesterday, was at roughly 70mph and switched on cruise control, speed and revs dropped dramatically, then struggled to get above 55mph. Pulled over for an hr and then back on road again. Car was struggling to get up to 7...

2005 Citroen C8 2.0 hdi auto diesel
Posted: Aug 14, 2012
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Car missing

hi every one yet another fault with my c8 had this car about 10 week now bought from ebay big mistake when first got car shortly after started getting anti polution faults but never went in to limp mode. if it helps think the bloke i bought...

2003 Citroen C8 2.0
Posted: Jul 12, 2012
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Transmission not driving

Today a number of times I got a "Speed too high" warning message showing on the Screen in the middle of the Dash. At any time I was only doing 40 > 50 MPH. Then I noticed that the Engine was revving if I accelerated but the Car would tak...

2004 Citroen C8 2.0 HDI Auto with 91000Miles on the Clock
Posted: Jun 19, 2012
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Car misfiring and shaking?

Hi, Yesterday car has started misfiring and shaking like mad. Then 10 min later warning light came on "Problem with catalytic converter". However one mechanic implied it could be just catalytic converter sensors, where's other said abou...

2005 Citroen C8
Posted: Sep 22, 2011
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Will not start after hot run

After high speed or longish run in hot conditions the car will not start again. I don't know what the problem is but the result is the 20amp starter fuse blows. Hence car not starting. Two citroen garages have not been able to help. I now c...

2006 Citroen C8 2.0 diesel exec auto
Posted: Sep 1, 2011
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Car not starting

For the last six months we have been having intermitten anti-pollution fault, car has been fine for nearly 3 weeks(that's good), but then my husband went to start the car up on saturday morning, and it started ok but after 5mins stopped and...

2006 Citroen C8 2.2 exclusive
Posted: Nov 29, 2010
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Is it the Cat converter or something else - drains battery

Hello again, not related to previous problem with radio last listed. One two occasions I have had a completely flat bettery in the morning. I have noticed that when I switch off, the motor under the car for the cat[?] or anti pollution sy...

2005 Citroen C8 2.0 Auto Diesil
Posted: Nov 10, 2010
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