Technical questions and answers about the Mazda Bongo
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by al.b » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:21 pm
Hi all
I would love to visit this site sometime without problems cropping up. Any ideas before I go away and cry please.
Driving along tonight with a sudden and progressive loud rattling sound from the engine , if I ease of the gas it goes but put my foot down and the rattle is very loud. Carried on for 200mtrs and the noise which sounds like a very noisy tapett( but I think its more serious) got really bad, when I pulled up the smell(clutch type smell) was overwhelming. I have a 2.5td diesel Automatic 1996 55k on the clock and now very poorly. Their dosn't seem to be a poor take up of power but it sounds serious.
My own thoughts where the clutch and possible the clutch the plate but other than that I am clueless as a am relative new to Bongo but have no problems in 2 years of use(spoke to soon) but feel an expencsive tempature coming on!!! Any thoughts experts?
Any help would be appreciated
Al.b

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by scanner » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:27 pm
al.b wrote:Hi all
I would love to visit this site sometime without problems cropping up. Any ideas before I go away and cry please.
Driving along tonight with a sudden and progressive loud rattling sound from the engine , if I ease of the gas it goes but put my foot down and the rattle is very loud. Carried on for 200mtrs and the noise which sounds like a very noisy tapett( but I think its more serious) got really bad, when I pulled up the smell(clutch type smell) was overwhelming. I have a 2.5td diesel
Automatic 1996 55k on the clock and now very poorly. Their dosn't seem to be a poor take up of power but it sounds serious.
My own thoughts where the clutch and possible the clutch the plate but other than that I am clueless as a am relative new to Bongo but have no problems in 2 years of use(spoke to soon) but feel an expencsive tempature coming on!!! Any thoughts experts?
Any help would be appreciated
Al.b

I could stand to be corrected, but I don't think you have a clutch plate.
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by scanner » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:29 pm
Thinking about it your torque converter may have come loose.
I seem to recall that can result in a jangly noise.
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by missfixit70 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:30 pm
Could it be a pulley?, seem to remember a copule of people having issues.
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by scanner » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:33 pm
missfixit70 wrote:Could it be a pulley?, seem to remember a copule of people having issues.
Yes, forgot that, could be the rubber damper in the crankshaft pulley breaking up. Or pulley come loose.
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by aitch » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:46 pm
my crankshaft pulley rubber went and it made a lot of noise - not too dear to replace - second hand ones are available on line - good luck with this
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by mister munkey » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:56 pm
Along the lines of kissing as many frogs as possible to find a solution, my experience down this route was when the back bearing in my alternator gave up. Horrid noise for a day or two of short commutes before the charge/sediment lights came on to give a clue as to the cause.
Best of luck matey, heres hoping its a simple fix.

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by You've Been Bongod » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:08 pm
al.b
your best bet would be to give wheelquick a call and see if they can book you in

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by al.b » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:14 pm
Thank you to all for your speedy replies, Old age brings many problems least of all thinking an automatic had a clutch!!! Its bl..y cold,dark, you need transport like tommorrow, think we have all been thier, maybe daylight brings hope.Thanks very much Guys and Girls
Al.

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by dandywarhol » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:18 pm
Don't worry about scanner al.b - he's still learning
Your auto box has
3 clutch packs - although your symptoms don't sound like a clutch problem. A torque convertor drive plate can become loose/crack but very rare - the pulley answer sounds good to me but I'm puzzled by the smell you describe.

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by scanner » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:28 pm
dandywarhol wrote:Don't worry about scanner al.b - he's still learning
Ohh I know about those clutches I just didn't think (as you do) that they would give rise to that type of noise or that type of smell, I was commenting about a flywheel type clutch in a bellhousing as I thought that was what al b was postulating on.
Isn't there yet another clutch in the aircon unit as well?
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by dandywarhol » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:31 pm
...............and a clutch of eggs in the shopping basket...............

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by The Great Pretender » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:22 am
Ok, lets look at the good news.
It dosn't sound like an internal problem (small end, big end, valve hitting piston or the auto box) as there is a smell.
Lift the lids on the engine Al and run the engine, try it under load, I recon that MM's post points the way.
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by mikeonb4c » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:44 am
...and as YBB says, if you can manage to get Wheelquick to look at it and can limp over to Wigan (in the car....obviously!) then that would be a good option. Be of good cheer and travel in hope little grasshopper

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by al.b » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:09 pm
hi guys
Thanks for all the replies, it looks like the crankshaft bush. Q Is it easy to replace? Is it accessable from the front to fit the bush? Can anybody suggest a supplier. Is it a big job to those that have replaced one before. Any help would be appreciated. I suppose I could emigrate???
Al