Ahh thanks Michelle, that is most helpful. That's the sensor on the air filter near the box right? (So long since I've checked) I'll give this a go.

Thanks Ian et al, I have just read this.
Interestingly, UPDATE- I did purchase the full re-conditioned unit from Bongo Spares (made it up with Emma!) and it worked a treat for 5 miles, then the same issue came up again, actually it was worse. Yes the distributor works very well , but that was not ...

Thank you very much spherical.

Dear Spherical, thank you very much for your response. So the Camshaft position sensor is the crankshaft sensor on the Bongo 2.0li? The distributor is about the only thing I haven't replaced! Interesting to note here, the distributor on Mazda bongo through the link you provided new is cheaper than a ...

Hi, I have had my Bongo for 13 years and know it fairly well. It still runs smooth and well. But last 12 months it does classic crankshaft position sensor problems symptoms and rpm runs up and down quickly, tries to stall, sometimes does but always starts again fine. So it is intermittent and more ...