Ring you breakdown people and explain nicely to them that at point of failure no garages were open to take your bongo so the safest place was yourhome address, now you have managed to get it booked into a local garage you need it total lifting to the garage as it is undrivable without potentially da...

Camping as well, sounds even better !

My money's on the crank shaft pulley bolt has loosened itself slightly and the clatery noise is the vibrating washer between the bolt n the pulley.

Is it a metallic engine rattle ?

Are the battery earth to ground connections clean tight and covered with a dob of grease ? with the engine running you should be seeing between 13.6 and 14.4ish volts, also check the wiring from the alternator to ensure its not damaged.

firstly is it using oil or has it been overfilled with oil, secondly other than the smoke is it starting ok, no misfire etc ?

Peter.

L'oreal used to do this and it turned out to be worn seals inside the pump causing fuel to very slightly start to return to the tank, cost me £400 to have the pump removed and resealed, also worth a look is your battery condition / type if a sub standard battery is fitted then the engine is gonna be...

I went to Dunelm Mill yesterday and bought one of these £14.99 radiators, 7 fin as described above but when I got it home I realised that mine is 600W. What a bargain. I tested it out in the garage when I got it home and it took the chill off it in an hour or so. They are still selling them for thi...

Just put a Bosch s4 335 on mine as a starter battery as my other battery is for leisure, euro parts £84 delivered.

Lord help oncoming traffic when the sun's out !!!!!!! she looks pulls buddy

al & chris wrote:We use one at 400w and its fine. Only time we felt the cold was a couple of years ago when temp was down to minus something ridiculous in Scotland. These minus 6 temps we have had you should be fine.

I rest my case Your honour !

Does it turn over or are you just getting lights on the dash ?

francophile1947 wrote:It'll be interesting to see how it performs - 400W is not very powerful

Well it's not like its gotta heat a massive space is it, and its gotta be better than
the overnight heating I have in there at the moment t

Well I'm Defo up for it + my wife n kids, I'm lovin the idea of driving onto the beach, that should sort the 2wds from us 4x4s hell I may even bring me kayak

You'd be suprised just how easy they are to do, as pointed out above it's fairly basic tools and a nice methodical approach