Bongo Fury

Dunno, the gauge can't have been on full for more than a minute or two.
No 'froth' in the oil either.
I might have just got away with it.
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Getting bled tomorrow that's for sure though!

Mountain wrote:Dunno, the gauge can't have been on full for more than a minute or two.
No 'froth' in the oil either.
I might have just got away with it.
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Getting bled tomorrow that's for sure though!

Fingers crossed for you. You sound like you know your motors OK, even if some garage didn't. An error like that is not something I would have instinctively thought to go looking for when I'd just bought a roadworthy car. And you couldn't realistically have fitted a low coolant alarm before you even know there was one for the Bongo.

Good luck and keep us posted

Fingers crossed
My father's a mechanic, I was raised in a garage

Er...anyone got a picture of this mysterious bleed pipe?
I've spent about half an hour trawling the forum to no avail.
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Is this the pipe next to the oil filler cap?

It's the long one that should come out of the 4 way connector with a plug in the end going over the alternator & clipped under the nearside of the passy seat, should be the only one that goes nowhere,15-381A on here, top right - http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html

yep...it's not very long though. Been blanked off. I'll put some pics up in a bit

Get a new one then you need the length to bleed properly.

OK,
Pipe about 3ft long after all & blanked off with this above the turbo.



Sorry image too big, taken in the dark with broken camera phone....sat on it and cracked the screen at weekend!!

I am now following bleed procedure with funnel.



Biggest funnel I have!
A few bubbles out to start with, but heaters still cold.

BTW missfixit70, cheers for all your help

how you doing with your bongo mountain,got it sorted

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=39421

dreamwarrioruk wrote:how you doing with your bongo mountain,got it sorted

Looks like the head gasket had gone with the first boil.....oh well

lucky if its just the gasket

hope you get youre' head sorted out cos'that bongo looks proper bo i tell thee!

tay wrote:hope you get youre' head sorted out cos'that bongo looks proper bo i tell thee!

Wish I'd known about the world's worst cooling system before buying one though.

lucky if its just the gasket

Don't tell me....a Bongo overheats just the once and the head explodes, the auto free top is sent into orbit and the wheels fall off?

The head is in being skimmed and leak tested today so I will prepare myself for the worst.