EEK- MY BONGO SCARED ME

biobits · Post by **biobits** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:57 pm

Hi Guys,
Please help - i have had a problem.
This afternoon I was driving around the streets with no problems. I pulled over and parked at the side of the street. then when i pulled off something odd happened. I had no power - my foot was on the floor but i was still just crawling along. Took ages to speed up at all and i had to drive with my hazards on - it was so slow - and i did hear a few strange noises.
I managed to get to my husbands work and turned the engine off - called my hubby and he came out and turned the bongo back on and drove off like normal - no problems
Can anyone suggest what may have happened please?

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:03 pm

Where there any warning lights lit on the dash?

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:05 pm

Did you forget to let off the handbrake by any chance...................

waycar8 · Post by **waycar8** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:07 pm

did you notice any smoke from the back?

i had same problem a while ago..............never found out what had happend, but its never done it again.

i think the the glow plugs didnt fire up properly.

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:10 pm

dandywarhol wrote:Did you forget to let off the handbrake by any chance...................

I was going to ask that but I thought I would be more subtle

biobits · Post by **biobits** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:10 pm

no warning lights and no i did not have the hand brake on - there was just no power - it was as if it could not get out of 1st gear but it was not revving high even with my foot to the floor.
it was not overheating either
it was very strange.

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:17 pm

brorabongo wrote:
dandywarhol wrote:Did you forget to let off the handbrake by any chance...................
I was going to ask that but I thought I would be more subtle

Sorry.......I should have asked

"Is there perhaps a slightest possibility the preferred parking brake and auxilliary retardation device could have inadvertantly been applied by unforseen forces or a family pet?"

waycar8 · Post by **waycar8** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:19 pm

lmfao @ DANDY

biobits · Post by **biobits** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:22 pm

no matter how you put it - i definitely did not leave the handbrake on

you lot are really daft - subtlety not necessary but it is amusing -

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:28 pm

Nice one Dandy.

Just an idea-

Could it be possible, that it was the throttle cable sticking? has anyone heard of this in Bongos before?

papa joe · Post by **papa joe** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:35 pm

Handbrake off ......Was it started up then ???

I feel another locked messge coming !!

Bollicky · Post by **Bollicky** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:18 pm

sticky solenoid maybe

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:27 pm

...and you are quite sure you didnt put it into S1 or L1 (or whatever its called) instead of D when moving the gear selector?

jimsmimm · Post by **jimsmimm** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:35 pm

May have been some dirt in the fuel strainer causing fuel starvation which has cleared its self .... could be worth while getting it out and giving it a clean with some cotton buds.... had similiar problems before myself though not as bad as yours sounds,( bongo wont pick up properly and struggles to rev past 2000 RPM, really bad on hills)... I reckon my tank has some rust on the inside and have now fitted an inline filter in the fuel line up stream of the fuel strainer to catch anything before it reaches the mesh which is very small and fine and easily blocked.......its been discussed before on the forum and there's pictures posted somewhere ...try running a search fuel strainer....

biobits · Post by **biobits** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:37 pm

thanks for all the suggestions
I know it was in d as i tried putting it in the other gears to see if it would help

....,( bongo wont pick up properly and struggles to rev past 2000 RPM, really bad on hills0
this is exactly what it was like - but my hubby says we already have the extra filter

i hope it will not happen again,

EEK- MY BONGO SCARED ME

EEK- MY BONGO SCARED ME

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