Hello from Tad!

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:13 am

Dunno, the gauge can't have been on full for more than a minute or two.
No 'froth' in the oil either.
I might have just got away with it.
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Getting bled tomorrow that's for sure though!

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:24 am

Mountain wrote:Dunno, the gauge can't have been on full for more than a minute or two.
No 'froth' in the oil either.
I might have just got away with it.
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Getting bled tomorrow that's for sure though!

Fingers crossed for you. You sound like you know your motors OK, even if some garage didn't. An error like that is not something I would have instinctively thought to go looking for when I'd just bought a roadworthy car. And you couldn't realistically have fitted a low coolant alarm before you even know there was one for the Bongo.

Good luck and keep us posted

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:41 am

Fingers crossed

My father's a mechanic, I was raised in a garage

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:51 pm

Er...anyone got a picture of this mysterious bleed pipe?
I've spent about half an hour trawling the forum to no avail.
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Is this the pipe next to the oil filler cap?

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:43 pm

It's the long one that should come out of the 4 way connector with a plug in the end going over the alternator & clipped under the nearside of the passy seat, should be the only one that goes nowhere,15-381A on here, top right - http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:52 pm

yep...it's not very long though. Been blanked off. I'll put some pics up in a bit

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:04 pm

Get a new one then you need the length to bleed properly.

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:38 pm

OK,
Pipe about 3ft long after all & blanked off with this above the turbo.

Sorry image too big, taken in the dark with broken camera phone....sat on it and cracked the screen at weekend!!

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:40 pm

I am now following bleed procedure with funnel.

Biggest funnel I have!
A few bubbles out to start with, but heaters still cold.

BTW missfixit70, cheers for all your help

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:15 pm

how you doing with your bongo mountain,got it sorted

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:18 pm

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=39421

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:51 pm

dreamwarrioruk wrote:how you doing with your bongo mountain,got it sorted

Looks like the head gasket had gone with the first boil.....oh well

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:55 pm

lucky if its just the gasket

tay · Post by **tay** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:55 pm

hope you get youre' head sorted out cos'that bongo looks proper bo i tell thee!

Mountain · Post by **Mountain** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:59 pm

tay wrote:hope you get youre' head sorted out cos'that bongo looks proper bo i tell thee!

Wish I'd known about the world's worst cooling system before buying one though.

lucky if its just the gasket

Don't tell me....a Bongo overheats just the once and the head explodes, the auto free top is sent into orbit and the wheels fall off?

The head is in being skimmed and leak tested today so I will prepare myself for the worst.

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