Bongo Fury

When I go to fill up the tank will only take about £20 worth before iit begins to overflow. This could be a problem on long journeys. Any suggestions re. cause and cure?

Hi,

Could you have a problem with the tank venting, there is normally a way for the air to escape the tank as you are filling it, if this were blocked I suspect it would make filling up quite difficult.

What happens when you fill up, does it just stop as if it's full, or does it splutter and blow back a bit?

http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html


Above shows there are vent pipes etc on the tank, worth maybe checking these out.

I hear it gurgle a bit and the filler cuts out. If I pull it out a bit, thinking that it might still fill, it will spurt back at me. It's expensive stuff to leave on the forecourt!

are you sure its not full and the sender faulty

Have you put a can of fuel and running it beyond empty

bad earths on the sender unit have been known to give low readings

I'm scared to risk running it till empty. The gauge never goes much beyond half way though and I fill up at anything below quarter full.

I know if I am gental with it I can fill it till I can see the diesel in the spout.

sender unit
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... arth+gauge
Also

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... uel+sender
sound similar

If the gauge never goes beyond half then ts a gbood bet the sender is faulty or needs cleaning or re earthing, easy to to loads on here about it.

Thank you all, especially Westonwarrior for the link. I can see how to get to the plate and access the sender, but then it just looks like a load of mucky tubes and I am lost. What do I do next? Answers please in simple words for a technophobe.....

I have never had to do this but as far as I can tell

there is an electrical connector with 2 wires, 1 of them is the earth, from the link I posted it seams you attach a piece of wire and earth it to the screws on the cover.

I think I would disconnect the block and try electrical cleaner first

Hi
Don't worry...just get the tools out and do it....it's one of the easy jobs on a Bongo
Cheers
Helen

Ah tools! Which ones? Screw-driver and pliers? what sort of wire? Sorry, I know I'm hopeless - I can paint you a picture of an engine, just don't ask me to strip one down!

have had the same probem on a berlingo van,to me it sounds like the sender unit as well

Well once you get the plate off you will be able to trace the earth wire, then just clean it and the body contact, I drilled another hole and made a second back up earth connection as a failsafe, still going strong, it is easy, it must be cause I did it,lol.