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by Metro33man
Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: V6 bottom end gone
Replies: 28
Views: 6238

Re: V6 bottom end gone

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by Metro33man
Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:25 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: V6 bottom end gone
Replies: 28
Views: 6238

Re: V6 bottom end gone

I got my replacement V6 engine from Nippon Autospares, they had several in stock at the time. They offer a 3 month warranty as long as the engine is kept standard. Mine was from a 2002 model and had done 30000 miles. They can fit but as my Bongo was at another garage in Derby at the time I got them ...
by Metro33man
Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:12 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: V6 Noisy Tappets.
Replies: 16
Views: 5734

Re: V6 Noisy Tappets.

Had a similar problem where the engine on my 2000 V6 suddenly became much noiser. Tried an oil change and then added some Wynns additive as it sounded like noisy tappets/lifters. No better. The engine produced the same noise whether it was hot or cold, so I did not think it was a piston problem ...
by Metro33man
Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:14 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: V6 Petrol Idle Issues
Replies: 23
Views: 5875

Re: V6 Petrol Idle Issues

After I had my LPG conversion done earlier this year I had similar problems with stalling. I took the Bongo back to the installer (Autotech @ Ripley) who removed the throttle body and cleaned it out. That gave a temporary improvement but the problem re-appeared.

After some detective work I found ...

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