Auto box doesn’t like the wet weather..
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:33 pm
Hello folks, still pretty new to life with a Bongo and am suffering an issue with the auto box during wet weather..
Normally all is fine and it shifts through the gears as expected, however twice recently, on both occasions in really horrid rain, the box won’t shift up to fourth.
First noticed on a late night run across the M62 in monsoon type conditions, initially it seemed to rev like I’d missed a gear, so I gingerly reapplied the throttle and it picked up, but wouldn’t shift into fourth.
Back home and assuming water ingress I pulled all the leccy connectors I could see, sprayed and applied silicone grease before reconnecting.
The issue wasn’t seen again, probably as most of my trips were local and in decent weather.
However, my son borrowed it, again for a longer trip in heavy rain and he experienced the same symptoms, Auto box not shifting from 3rd to 4th.
Any Top-Tips, usual suspects etc.?
Any / all advice most appreciated.
Normally all is fine and it shifts through the gears as expected, however twice recently, on both occasions in really horrid rain, the box won’t shift up to fourth.
First noticed on a late night run across the M62 in monsoon type conditions, initially it seemed to rev like I’d missed a gear, so I gingerly reapplied the throttle and it picked up, but wouldn’t shift into fourth.
Back home and assuming water ingress I pulled all the leccy connectors I could see, sprayed and applied silicone grease before reconnecting.
The issue wasn’t seen again, probably as most of my trips were local and in decent weather.
However, my son borrowed it, again for a longer trip in heavy rain and he experienced the same symptoms, Auto box not shifting from 3rd to 4th.
Any Top-Tips, usual suspects etc.?
Any / all advice most appreciated.