... runs down before you get enough fuel through. I'd also check the banjo filter and clean it out and make sure it has had a fuel filter change sometime recently.

... e gone issue, won't rev above 1200 rpm. I have now replaced the fuel filter, looked OK, no sludge. I'm now considering my next step and would welcome suggestions moving forward. Fuel pump maybe? How easy is it to change? Where is it? Is it mechanical or electric? Hopefully someone who ...

Will do a change every 4-5K miles from now on

Same here. The oil and filter costs £20 and takes 15mins to change with 10 of those for draining it (1 cup of tea) so can't see the point in leaving it in there for 10K.

The translated Bongo manual gives the oil change as 15000km (circa 9300miles) or every year for the FE. I did my first oil/filter change since ownership (last serviced) at roughly 4000miles with 10w/40 semi from ECP's. Will ...

... vibration and chassis sensations in the Bongo. So notice very minor changes in performance. I started to wonder if the oil might be getting loaded ... duty. Yes I see your point Mike but I am now thinking of changing the filter every time I do the oil as a bonus. That in itself is leaving some ...

... necessity and will have to wait for now. Given you have to have the oil filter off anyway (which will almost certainly drip) it is not going to save a huge amount of hassle over a bowl. Well you only change filter every other oil change so half the changes are completely painless. ...

... been regularly serviced having had an oil (recommended by Citroen) and filter change only 6500 miles ago. It would appear that the oil had suffered excess soot which led ...

I have touched on this previously. As I gather oil change on Diesel Bongo is officially 6 months, which in my mind seems somewhat ... interval mind you. :) I do our oil approx every 12 months and the oil filter every 2 changes as I only do 4,000 - 5,000 miles per year. I suspect there ...

... weight than usual (only about 15kgs) but I have a feeling it might have changed. I personally felt I had to rev a bit more to get up hills and for ... I have assessed it for long enough to judge. I do plan to check our air filter as well, it may be due a change. (Cannot be oil related as I have ...

... on a 4-10 y.o. car/van send a thick black plume of smoke out at gear change when accelerating. Then at more consistent revs it seems to emit less. ... or for a conversion to your work van for a particulate filter etc. And in fact a well maintained and well driven vehicle will always ...

Some people like to fit cone type filters to get more induction noise but on a Bongo I cant see why that would be any ... MAF filters. Air filters are so cheap that for me I think it makes sense to change them every oil change. I can see that if you couldn't get to the air box because ...

... problem, but the first thing I would do is start with the basic and change/clean the filters. yup spot on, I totally forgot to consider the obvious. Filters first if there is an ...

Thanks Gasy, new fuel filter fitted last month so will change in a few

Do get a new fuel filter to KEEP in the bongo
As the veg oil will clean out tank and fuel lines for the first few months
And has been known to cause a blocked filter and leave you stranded miles from no where
Change filter after a few months and get another to keep in there ( Sod's law )

... be the complete opposite of someone else. In the past I've needed to change 2 filters in very short order (less than 1000 miles) and then gone for mega miles without even ...