our bongo nightmare

[Manie]

Hi all our bongo has been in lakeside garage since last tue, because we thought there was something wrong with gearbox and to have the air con pump replaced . I was happy when they rang and said it was not the gearbox . Now they are saying its the fuel pump they are canging the sensor today if that does not work they are replacing the fuel pump(£515) tomorrow. Fed up as booked into our first bongo bash on thursday. Fingers crossed now its the sensor.
Manda & Jane

[wokewy]

Good luck, hope it's simple and cheap for you and you get to the Bash okay.

[Simon Jones]

What are the symptoms of the gearbox problem? If it is not changing at correct speeds, then it could be the throttle position sensor is duff or needs adjustment. Try a search for "TPS"

[Manie]

What are the symptoms of the gearbox problem? If it is not changing at correct speeds, then it could be the throttle position sensor is duff or needs adjustment. Try a search for "TPS"

They cant get her started now .
They said they checked the tps and thats fine they reckon it.s the fuel pump .they have cahanged all the filters etc.. they have been working on her a week now.
Manda& jane.

[Manie]

Good luck, hope it's simple and cheap for you and you get to the Bash okay.

Yeah everythings crossed.
Manda & Jane

[Simon Jones]

Ok - it does sound quite serious. I hope they get it fixed soon. If it were me, I would ask for the old parts back at the end. Not that I would doubt for one minute that they has not replaced the faulty parts, but you could sell it for spares on ebay. There is one on there or the Forum For Sale section now.

Good luck

[Manie]

Ok - it does sound quite serious. I hope they get it fixed soon. If it were me, I would ask for the old parts back at the end. Not that I would doubt for one minute that they has not replaced the faulty parts, but you could sell it for spares on ebay. There is one on there or the Forum For Sale section now.

Good luck

thanks thats a good idea
Manda & Jane

[mikeonb4c]

Is this garage experienced / familiar with Bongos?

Hope you manage to get it sorted OK. Cars (all cars) are a potential nightmare when this kind of thing happens (my £8k Spacewagon cost me £600 for a new ECU after 10 months of ownership)

Keep us posted (if you can bear it!)

[Manie]

Bad news needs a new pump .
Plus has an oil leak.
only had our bongo 2 Half months
feel fed up but fingers crossed it will be fixed for bongo bash x

Manda& Jane

[Steve L]

Manda,
I remember your previous post about this problem and the gearbox being reluctant to change up. Changing the fuel pump seems extreemly drastic to me. Are the garage aware of the gauze filter which is inside the fuel pump underneath the fuel inlet. Its a simple job to do. Mine had the self same symptoms. Cleaned this, job sorted. Get in touch with the garage and ask them if they have actually cleaned this filter or just changed the fuel filter.

[mikeonb4c]

Bad news needs a new pump .
Plus has an oil leak.
only had our bongo 2 Half months
feel fed up but fingers crossed it will be fixed for bongo bash x

Manda& Jane

If you mean pump as in diesel injector pump, I think I saw at least one injector/pump on ebay a day or two back. May be worth checking out?

[bigdaddycain]

Good tip about the banjo filter steve...Is the bongo starting now manie? Does the garage now about the primer on the fuel filter on some bongo's? I assume they filled the fuel filter with diesel before attempting to start? They may need to bleed the air out at the injectors...

[Manie]

Manda,
I remember your previous post about this problem and the gearbox being reluctant to change up. Changing the fuel pump seems extreemly drastic to me. Are the garage aware of the gauze filter which is inside the fuel pump underneath the fuel inlet. Its a simple job to do. Mine had the self same symptoms. Cleaned this, job sorted. Get in touch with the garage and ask them if they have actually cleaned this filter or just changed the fuel filter.

yes i rang them first thing yesterday and they went and cleaned the filter but no luck .
They are fitting pump this morning so my fingers are crossed. I just hope this fixes it as they have done nearly all the less expensive bits .
They cant start it .
Manda

[Manie]

Good tip about the banjo filter steve...Is the bongo starting now manie? Does the garage now about the primer on the fuel filter on some bongo's? I assume they filled the fuel filter with diesel before attempting to start? They may need to bleed the air out at the injectors...

Hi they are fitting new pump this morning .
No they cant get it started .
I have rung them with all the tips that you all tell me and they have tried them with no luck i will ring them with this one fingers crossed .
I need them to fix it so we can come to bash tomorrow.
thanks
Manie

[Manie]

Is this garage experienced / familiar with Bongos?

Hope you manage to get it sorted OK. Cars (all cars) are a potential nightmare when this kind of thing happens (my £8k Spacewagon cost me £600 for a new ECU after 10 months of ownership)

Keep us posted (if you can bear it!)

Hi
the garage is lakeside they are advertised on this site.
pump being ftted this morning .
i hope it works, also that the aircon pump i bought works to .
I think i need some lesson in bongo maintanance to keep her going after this.
cant wait for all the problems to be fixed as so far not been much fun .
Manda