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by Bongoplotter
Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Rattle from underneath
Replies: 3
Views: 710

Re: Rattle from underneath

Thanks Geoff
Will have a look around
by Bongoplotter
Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Rattle from underneath
Replies: 3
Views: 710

Re: Rattle from underneath

Sounds like it's coming from the indicated area here on photoImage
by Bongoplotter
Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Rattle from underneath
Replies: 3
Views: 710

Rattle from underneath

My van has just started to make a metallic rattle from underneath, which disappears with revs. Sounds like coins in a blender.
Link attached.
Any ideas please?
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by Bongoplotter
Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering
Replies: 3
Views: 1282

Re: Power Steering

Geoff, you were right. Best to get a garage to check it out. And not just the local "Bongo - friendly (not)" garage who assured me the power steering pump needed to be replaced.
Took the van to Simon in Harbury today who found a split in the high pressure power fluid steering hose within 60 seconds ...
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering
Replies: 3
Views: 1282

Power Steering

Many thanks to Geoff for replying to my post about this earlier in the week. I've taken a video to try to illustrate the noise made in both park or drive, but for some reason I can't upload it here. A local garage changed the power steering fluid and flushed the pipes a couple of weeks ago as the ...
by Bongoplotter
Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 1072

Re: Power Steering fluid/noise

Unlike the garage, who claim not to be able to hear the noise 🙄
Some mechanics just don’t know what to do with Bongos 🙄
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 1072

Re: Power Steering fluid/noise

Thanks Geoff, that's really helpful
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 1072

Power Steering fluid/noise

Power steering fluid and oil were changed by a garage last week as the steering had begun to feel like that of dodgem. Really stiff at times, really loose at others but there was no regular pattern to it. Drove home beautifully from the garage but from the following morning the van's been making a ...
by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 7094

Re: Random Screws

Thanks very much both
by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 7094

Re: Random Screws

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by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 7094

Random Screws

A mechanic fitted a new TPS to my van yesterday and was puzzled as to the purpose of the two screws shown in the photos below.
Any ideas please? Thanks
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by Bongoplotter
Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Gearbox not changing up
Replies: 5
Views: 9656

Re: Gearbox not changing up

Thanks Geoff & Northern Bongolow
TPS sensor is now replaced and the mechanic wondered why there are two screws where you wouldn't expect there to be!
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by Bongoplotter
Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Gearbox not changing up
Replies: 5
Views: 9656

Re: Gearbox not changing up

The guy was asked to fix an engine oil leak and investigate the gearbox problem. He changed the gearbox fluid, changed the brake fluid, added inhibitor for the engine oil and changed the glow plugs.
by Bongoplotter
Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Gearbox not changing up
Replies: 5
Views: 9656

Gearbox not changing up

1997 Diesel, closing in on 300k miles and really hope this won't be the end!
Gearbox working well until the engine warms up and then not changing up until almost 300k revs at times, then when it does change, it's with a real jerk. Topped up the gearbox oil which seemed to help for a few days but ...
by Bongoplotter
Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:09 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Spats from Van-X
Replies: 3
Views: 1229

Re: Spats from Van-X

Decided to go ahead and buy some. Front spats were clearly the shorter pair. The two larger ones were different sizes and there’s no way the longer one will fit. Despite sending photos and polite emails to Van-X they insist that this is impossible and couldn’t have happened. Looking like this could ...

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