I came across this during an idle moment. It gives a good overview of common problems on the Bongo.
http://www.practicalmotorhome.com/advic ... yers-guide
Maintenance
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Maintenance
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Re: Maintenance
Nice one.
Worth a 'Sticky' and/or add to the 'Buying a Bongo' info in the Mamber's Area.
Worth a 'Sticky' and/or add to the 'Buying a Bongo' info in the Mamber's Area.
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Re: Overheating
Hi I can't figure out how to post this on a separate post??
Our 1997 2.5 diesel Bongo was loosing coolant last year, I drove it a few weeks ago and there was a gurgling & knocking noise from the front header tank & the temperature gauge went up to h, parked it up & haven't driven it since, I've bought a thermostat & water pump & a 1.1 header tank cap which I'm going to attempt myself, any advice would be very helpful, reading post on this site I'm thinking its the head gasket???
Our 1997 2.5 diesel Bongo was loosing coolant last year, I drove it a few weeks ago and there was a gurgling & knocking noise from the front header tank & the temperature gauge went up to h, parked it up & haven't driven it since, I've bought a thermostat & water pump & a 1.1 header tank cap which I'm going to attempt myself, any advice would be very helpful, reading post on this site I'm thinking its the head gasket???
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Re: Maintenance
if you post your rough location someone local may help/ advise or steer you towards someone in your area that knows bongo.s
Re: Overheating
Go to Board Indexbongo wrote:Hi I can't figure out how to post this on a separate post??
Our 1997 2.5 diesel Bongo was loosing coolant ....
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'96 White unconverted AFT 2.5L Diesel 4WD
'96 White unconverted AFT 2.5L Diesel 4WD
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Re: Maintenance
The comment in the article about looking for oil in the header tank as being a sign of head gasket failure might be true for many vehicles but I've never heard of any Bongos exhibiting that symptom.
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Re: Maintenance
me neither mate.
thanks for the how to instructions, ian sent them to me too.
im getting there. . its like someone taking away your favorite football when you were nine.
thanks for the how to instructions, ian sent them to me too.
im getting there. . its like someone taking away your favorite football when you were nine.
Re: Maintenance
Simon Jones wrote:The comment in the article about looking for oil in the header tank as being a sign of head gasket failure might be true for many vehicles but I've never heard of any Bongos exhibiting that symptom.
That's probably because the WLTD (normally) uses a multi layer gasket and its usually the head that goes crackers, but the gasket can still leak between the valve gear oil supply port and the water jacket .