Thanks Mike, they'd said they will look for visible cracks and failing that send it off for testing so it's reassuring to know they are on the case.

Been reading up on here about the heads this afternoon, saw someone mention a price of around £550 for a new one with all the right bits. Does that ...

Another thought - should I be questioning the garage why this has happened within 2 months of them having the head off to replace the seals, seems a bit of a co-incidence to me although I've never had reason to doubt their skills before but working on a Bongo to this extent is relatively new ...

So the mechanic picked my Bongo up at the weekend and after an initial inspection they aren't seeing any leaks leaving them to assume the head has cracked or the head gasket has gone - having replaced the HG seals recently, a cracked head seems to be most likely suspect!

Does that sound right? Any ...

Hi Mike

Coolant was clear fortunately
No bulging hoses or signs of rust staining

Re the bleeding, I mentioned there were videos for this but was told they they don't actually empty it as they had a machine that basically flushed it through and kept the pressure in it without actually emptying ...

Thanks for the info Matt, have been searching and reading but don't really know what to look for other than overheating, this is much more specific, thanks :)

The temp guage first rocketted up to Hot when on a dual carriage way doing 70, I slowed down to 50 and temp dropped. When I pulled over ...

I should perhaps add that the Bongo had a full service less than 2 months ago, it also had a new head gasket seal added as I was getting an oil leak and I put a new stat in while all this was being done. I've done over 500 miles in it since all this.

Just reading other threads now on over heating ...

My 2.5 TD 4WD Bongo seemed to over heat last night :(
Well as it's a diesel, I'm told it actually pressurised - it spat water out of the header tank anyway and once I stopped took all the water form the header tank into the rad. It also seemed to make a squeak when it was hot.

I let it cool down ...

Thanks for all the replies guys, I've taken the plunge and just decide to replace everything [-o<

Called Vaughn and AVA Leisure to place my order and got to say, what a nice bloke! He may have just been just been making me feel better about splashing my cash but said it was a problem he'd heard of ...

Thanks for the link, some good info from there.

I'm slightly confused as to where the rocker cover gasket sits? Is it between the light grey and black parts in the middle of the circle in my picture?

Or to put it another way, 10-235 in this image: http://lushprojects.com/bongopartsmk2/code=1010C ...

Hi Simon and thanks for the speedy reply. I get what you're saying about the cam belt, shame though as they only did it when I got the motor back in Jan this year, in fact given the lack of interest the garage has shown since I drive it away, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't their mechanics that ...

Few easy questions I hope... Firstly I have a 2001 2.5TD 4WD Bongo, is this the SGL5 model? Are parts for the 4wd 2.5TD generally the same whatever the year? (I've seen the glow plugs vary though)

Secondly - got my Bongo going in for a bit of work, full service and having the head gasket seal ...

Ok so I'm no engine expert and just got my local garage to have a quick look under me seats but they are no Bongo experts so am hoping for some advice here.

I started to get a burning oil smell at the end of last week and when I looked under the drivers seat, I could see some oil had leaked and was ...

The garage have kindly offered me a donation towards some new tyres :)

Thanks for the link, read through that thread while researching the other day, bit techie for me but understand they should all between same.

Seems the yoko tyres are normally used on subura foresters so I assume they will be ...

Hi All, after many month of saving, I picked up my new Bongo last week 8)

It seems though that the tyres are on their way out (all 4 came up as advisory on the MOT) Need to speak to the garage that sold me this as they had promised to sort anything out that came up on the advisory but haven't ...