Pricey for no AFT, looks clean, inspect it all the more.

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If someone has looked after their Bongo, they will clearly be stating it in the sale. looked after is in my opinion:

Changed all the rubber and metal pipes on the diesel engine, maybe cut the rear heater out of the cooling system.
(and has receipts to prove it all)
Undersealed it within the last 3 ...

I had 37 mpg / miles to the gallon this weekend (224kms /17.1L fuel used using tank refill / brim to brim technique) combined motorway 50mph resticted and A road journey (round trip of 140 miles) 2.5L diesel. Best ever was 40 mpg some years ago.

If you drop back to 50/55mph the economy goes through ...

Looking at this face value, I would be worried. You will have to really know what you are dealing with as the costs can mount, you will be looking at £500.00 of tyres for a start on top of that. (They have shot up in price the last years I noticed)

Check crossmember in the front that hold the air ...

Copper washer back in place, it had a nice 10 months off and a mere 3,300miles later. 5W 30 fully synthetic in the 2.5 Diesel now.
5W 30 does appear to be the Bongo's fave for the Diesel, ours anyway. I think it was the lady who lived in somewhere like Eastern Europe who suggested it. RIP helen of ...

Be careful when using a drill, its very easy to create a hotspot and being plastic lenses they then soften or even melt if you push to hard or don't keep it moving!


Thanks, good advice I shall keep it moving and go easy as well.

(PS I have been a fool and reported your post in error looking ...

I bought a set of drill style polishing pads of various grades and a woolen one to give the compound one last go before any full grind downs. The drill will take the pain out of the job, iffy shoulder at the mo, so that will be most welcome !

Sorry to hear that Northern, I rather hope not to have cateracts at my age ! I also tried rubbing compound. Maybe I should have 1 more go
with that before I do a grind down. Do a proper good going over on 1 lamp a day, not both on same day.

Interested in your UV product G8. (Don't tell me the one ...

Thanks G8, absolutely agree that the dazzle is truly terrible at night especially country lanes even after oncoming drivers drop their full beam. Was doing a drive in darkness to airport recently with mist and whilst I was thinking Bongo is much better than old car (Bongo has a relatively new screen ...

I got rid of a car that was terrible at night for a few reasons, worst of all a terrible old windscreen and very weak headlights.

I do not do much driving at night but start to feel the front lights on the Bongo are somewhat under poweerd I have had OSRAM H4 Nightbreakers (Halogen) in for about 4 ...

Thanks for info. It's a good thing to look the Bongo over throughly at end of Sept eahc year, arguably rust better tackled in August so it likely more dry.
Behind the front mudflaps are worth digging out and that little bolt has a soil trap down in your front door as well.

Same as keeping the ...

Yes it should do, it is usually the windscreen you worry about usually with those massive 4 wheel site lorries carrying stones and what not flicking stones etc. up with their huge tyres. A windscreen is potentially the cheaper to be broke compared to the air con rad.

Those 4 wheel axles puts stones ...

Thanks for the replies.

UPDATE : YOU CAN DO IT WITH 1 SHEET - JUST ABOUT

Photo coming, took me 45mins this morning. I will probably have to redo the to part tomorrow as there is a little gap at the bottom.
Just a few cable ties sacrificed, top part is the easy part.

Could be £10.00 wisely spent ...

I thought I would share something with the members here. The Freda has very large openings between slats on the front grill, more so than the Bongo. Good for anti rust access on the top of the front/sides of cross member but less protection for expensive and exposed parts.

When driving on the M4 a ...