towing a caravan

claireb · Post by **claireb** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:40 pm

Me and my bloke are looking into buy a caravan. We have a 2Lt tin top bongo which is petrol. Not converted. 8 seater. We would like feed back on anyone that's towed or towing a caravan. We are looking into one that's around 850k or below 4 berth. Lots of advice welcome. Thankyou

Post by **Bongoplod** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:53 pm

claireb wrote:Me and my bloke are looking into buy a caravan. We have a 2Lt tin top bongo which is petrol. Not converted. 8 seater. We would like feed back on anyone that's towed or towing a caravan. We are looking into one that's around 850k or below 4 berth. Lots of advice welcome. Thankyou

dont

Unless youre looking at an Eriba,or cockpit/gopod,dont bother considering towing with a 2ltr petrol.
Underpowered and under geared.for anything over 700kg you need a diesel or V6 petrol

Brian

Post by **Bob** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:23 pm

I'm with Brian on this.

The Bongo is already a pretty heavy lump for a 2ltr petrol engine so only a small/light caravan would suit.

The diesel, however, is a great tug but I'd recommend fitting an oil cooler to the auto box.

And welcome to the Forum.

roosmith · Post by **roosmith** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:52 am

We tow a 1400kg caravan with our diesel Bongo however this is on the limit of what I'd be happy with. The Bongo can perhaps do more but it certainly wouldn't be quick and with the auto box not exactly effortless! I don't know what feedback people have on the V6 but I wouldn't want to try it to be honest, let alone the 2 litre.

Getcarter · Post by **Getcarter** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:00 pm

I used to have a 2 ltr but swapped it for a V6 to tow our caravan. I never towed with the 2 ltr but reckon it would not manage much more than a small trailer well.

claireb · Post by **claireb** » Mon May 02, 2016 8:46 pm

Thank you for all your reply's we are now looking to sell our beloved bongo. If any can point me in the right direction of where to best sell that would be of great help

cmm303 · Post by **cmm303** » Wed May 04, 2016 8:14 pm

claireb wrote:Thank you for all your reply's we are now looking to sell our beloved bongo. If any can point me in the right direction of where to best sell that would be of great help

This site seems to give good results. Little discussion here:
http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... 1&p=676454

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