maybe trouble ahead?????? on start up

[bigdaddycain]

Open oil hours?

[Aethelric]

with nurse "Glad it's a manual"?

[lizard]

Hi Andy.

Bit hard to diagnose from here, but I would have thought it was unlikely to be anything major, if the car runs well at other times and once warmed up.

In cold weather, the glow plugs become very important - a dash light comes on for a few seconds after you turn on the ignition to show the plugs are being heated. If one plug has failed - something that'll happen every mow and then - then the engine will initially only fire up properly on 3 cylinders, and it will sound pretty rough! After running for a few seconds, it should settle down and the 'missing' cylinder starts to ignite properly too.

A garage will be able to check in minutes whether a glow plug has gone - they seem easy to access in these cars.

Damp doesn't affect diesels like it does petrol engines, since diesels don't require a spark to ignite the cylinders. Therefore, they are pretty immune to wet conditions. It's possible it could affect other control electrics, though - I'm not familiar with how complex the Bongo's management system is.

Meanwhile, something I think is worth trying is a good quality fuel additive such as Millers Power Plus/Sport. As well as generally improving the quality of combustion, they will thoroughly clean out your injectors which can suffer especially if run on cheap 'supermarket' fuel. I use it fairly regularly, adding a double dose when my Zafira started playing up - service light coming on, and car going into 'limp home' mode. A brisk drive with some of that in the tank seems to have cured it (can't be sure it's all down to the additive, of course!)

Cheep supermarket fuel , bloody stuff costs over a £ a litre

[francophile1947]

Cheep supermarket fuel , bloody stuff costs over a £ a litre

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[teenmal]

Cheep supermarket fuel , bloody stuff costs over a £ a litre

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Its a change from beep beep

[teenmal]

Open oil hours?

Very Slick Guys.

[missfixit70]

Thought it was a bit of a crude attempt myself.

[lizard]

Thought it was a bit of a crude attempt myself.

"Groan"

[andyb36]

how do you check if its jap coolant

do you taste it and see if its sweet or sour

lol

sorry had to join in the jokes about oil etc etc



but as far as i know all was done from prev owner

service reciepts every where including the under wax

well sounds about nothing with my bongo, but i shall look at the fuel additive

where do i start..... injector or fuel or oil additive,,, what does everyone use.......

any suggestion to protect the big end//s the big end boom boom

prob gone too far now,,,,,,,,,,sorry ,, it is 6.46 in the morning

andy

[Nevets]

Sounds definitely like a dodgy glow plug fault.

As it only takes 1 to not fully glow properly on a colder morning..

You could try working the glowplugs 2-3 times before you crank it over as this helps..

[bigdaddycain]

with nurse "Glad it's a manual"?

[bigdaddycain]

Sounds definitely like a dodgy glow plug fault.

As it only takes 1 to not fully glow properly on a colder morning..

You could try working the glowplugs 2-3 times before you crank it over as this helps..

Yep, i only had one lazy plug which made mine a bugg3r to start...

[teenmal]

Sounds definitely like a dodgy glow plug fault.

As it only takes 1 to not fully glow properly on a colder morning..

You could try working the glowplugs 2-3 times before you crank it over as this helps..

Yep, i only had one lazy plug which made mine a bugg3r to start...

Hi,I think the problem is,after the engine starts.

[andyb36]

hi all

yes the slight problem and only slight, is when the engine is started from o/night cold etc....

it starts instant,,, but then chuggs slightly as if its coughing.........a few blips on the gas and all clear

only does this every now and then. and like i said a couple of revs and all clear

but if i didnt rev and clear it,,,,,, it would chugg / cough / whilst on tick over with no revs

not for very long//////// i dont think cos ive always revved and cleared it

andy

[andyb36]

ow and thanks all

this thread did 30 answers my new record...........even though i did do a few replies lol



andy