My thanks go to all who replied to this thread.
My local garage are brill and their only concern was that they were not familiar with the workings of the diesel pump and were a bit worried about taking it apart in case springs and small parts started flying across the workshop.
Anyway I showed them ...

Hi all,
Just had to put my bongo into my local garage as it needs a new radiator.
Whilst they were looking at this they informed me that there was a serious diesel leak coming from the fuel pump.
This is a p reg 2.5 diesel flat top.
The mechanic told me that there is a seal gone underneath a sensor ...

Hi fellow bongonauts here's todays conundrum.
Just picked up my new baby silver p reg tintop and the indicators were not working .
The things were flashing very quickly (usually a sign that a bulb has gone).
On checking it would appear that none of the indicators are flashing and they won't even ...

My thanks go to all bongonauts that have attempted to answer this problem.
In particular mike and simon.
I had a root around this afternoon looking for the sensor on the block approximately mid way down the block as advised and low and be hold there was a plug dangling down looking all lonely and ...

Thanks for the replies fellow bongonauts.
I will get under the hood in the next day or so and twiddle with stuff.

Thanks for the advice guys.
Right here goes, just decided to get off my bum and move the bongo and check which fan is actually on.
And it turns out that it is the fan behind the radiator right at the front of the bongo under the bonnet.
So the question now is how do I stop it from running all the ...

Hi, thanks for the info.
Iv'e just lifted up the drivers seat and turned the ignition to position 2 (just before actually turning over ) and as per normal a fan came on and stayed on.
I looked at the front of the engine and the fan was not spinning.
It appears to be coming from the passenger side of ...

Hi guys an gals in bongoland, bit of a techie query.
I've just bought my 3rd bongo a 2.5 diesel tintop p reg 4wd and on driving it home from the dealer realised that the electric cooling fan was on.
This at first didn't concern me as the temp gauge was constantly around a 3rd of the way up the gauge ...