Vibrating engine on idle

eurobongo · Post by **eurobongo** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:44 pm

I am on the verge of downsizing and privately swapping my Motorhome for a Bongo. I have had a test drive in the the Bongo I will swap with , whilst idling there seemed to be a bit of a vibration, is this normal for Bongos? is it just rough running or or could there be something in the engine that is out of balance. Engine is a 2.5 diesel.

Thanks for any help or ideas.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:57 pm

eurobongo wrote:I am on the verge of downsizing and privately swapping my Motorhome for a Bongo. I have had a test drive in the the Bongo I will swap with , whilst idling there seemed to be a bit of a vibration, is this normal for Bongos? is it just rough running or or could there be something in the engine that is out of balance. Engine is a 2.5 diesel.

Thanks for any help or ideas.

I've always found mine to be like that but find it pleasant once I got used to it. But I think you need to try out several Bongos before you can decide what is normal and what isnt (I've noticed some newer Bongos are quieter than mine, for example)

Oh and welcome eurobongo if I've not done so already

Post by **Doone** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:05 pm

Ours is pretty quiet and I don't notice a vibration... as Mike said, maybe you should try a few to help you decide.

hectordog · Post by **hectordog** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:12 pm

There is some vibration on mine, compared to a modern diesel.
But it's impossible to say whether "your" vibration is normal.
It's a thing that needs comparing
Best drive a few I guess.

mister munkey · Post by **mister munkey** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:16 pm

Mine only seems to tremble with the a/c on otherwise its as smooth as a babys bum.

scanner · Post by **scanner** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:23 pm

Put your (approx. - no need for full 7 digit postcode) location in your profile and you should get plenty of offers to sample different Bongos and see whether they all make the earth move for you or not.

eurobongo · Post by **eurobongo** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:06 pm

Thank you all for your comments and advice

I would love to try lots of different bongos but I have had only one responss to my offer of a swap.

I think it is probably because of the aircon, which was on., the vibration was not bad, current owner said that it had always been like that since they purchased a year ago.

scanner · Post by **scanner** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:11 am

eurobongo wrote: I would love to try lots of different bongos but I have had only one responss to my offer of a swap.

What offer? Where did you make it?

My suggestion to try some wasn't to do with swapping for them, just that I'm sure plenty of owners would let you see whether/how much theirs vibrated compared to the one you have tried.

But without knowing where you are, we can't know whether to offer you the experience.

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