Coolant Alarm Yes or No??

[ex25er]

..........what was the question again??

oh yes, I remember. That would be a 'yes' from me then.

Great bit of kit as far as I'm concerned. It's given me some extra piece of mind which is what I wanted. No more no less.

I understand what it will do and also what it won't do, because I read the posts before I got it....... some of them I seem to have read over and over again since!

Thanks Haydn, for making it available and making it so easy to fit.

Phil

[Harry]

And seein as my name was mentioned earlier I fully concur with the previous post.

No complaints whatsoever about the alarm...just a hiccough in what is a very simple installation which in my case had a virtually undetectable (no blame on anyone) installation fault.....now fixed.

H

[The Great Pretender]

The last thing I need or want is a slanging match with anyone..However if I belive my integrety is being questioned I will respond.

Well here is another thread that has had some good input without me...........
An understanding that air in the head can cause problems.

I have never slagged off any system that offers help, just tried to help people understand and get help understanding the system myself.
Please don't get upset about this, take it as constuctive critisism. Dont cherry pick parts of a reply that suits.

[waycar8]

The last thing I need or want is a slanging match with anyone..However if I belive my integrety is being questioned I will respond.

No slagging match here, just gave my opinion and my thoughts and views!
once the fact sheet is finished people can make their own minds for themself so need for people to tell them to get this alarm fitted or that alarm fitted just because they are making money out of it , at the end of the day there was no need for you to respond to this thread as they asked a question COOLANT ALARM YES OR NO, theres plenty of people on here that have your alarm fitted so they can give there own testamonial and advice, you dont have to push it yourself, or are you skint and wanting some £ for your holidays (that was just a joke by the way )

[westonwarrior]

Good grief

Come on guys cut it out

We are in the process of writing a fact sheet about the cooling system and the alarms available with input from various people on all alarms and their merits, to stop threads like this getting ott every time the cooling system is mentioned.

Can't you all just hold off till its published so we can point to that instead of having to act like nannys to a bunch of squabling kids.

Its rediculas that this is in danger of flaring up again


This post is not aimed at anyone in particular, but to all, please stop now.

[waycar8]

[As Haydn sells the alarm, surely he is entitled to 'Push it'?
and seeing has he has already gone on his holiday, I don't think he is skint?.

firstly... he is entitled to sell his alarm via the main site page, not "push it" on the forum
secondly...i only put the bit about needing some extra money so that to defuse the situation abit and to make people aware that there isnt an argument so to speak! as it seemed to be getting a little heated did this thread

Hasn't this site gone very nasty and backstabbing lately.

no i dont think so, certain people have been flaunting the rules of the forum lately, hense one of the reasons why the fact sheet is getting made up , so it will help newbies and other members who dont know what they are about, so that they dont only have those who "push" or out to make money on said alarms word for it , i never here Hayden or you "push" the mason alarm (that too was a joke also )

Cheers Wayne

[Becks-bongo]

Am sorry that my question&poll has turned ino a bit of a "issue" on here....That was not my intention..

Thanks to everyone for there answers... I will wait for the fact sheet and then decide. just hope i dont have any coolant issues in the meantime!

[daveblueozzie]

Am sorry that my question&poll has turned ino a bit of a "issue" on here....That was not my intention..

Thanks to everyone for there answers... I will wait for the fact sheet and then decide. just hope i dont have any coolant issues in the meantime!

dont blame yourself ,this stuff kinda happens. good poll interesting answers as well.

[waycar8]

Am sorry that my question&poll has turned ino a bit of a "issue" on here....That was not my intention..

Thanks to everyone for there answers... I will wait for the fact sheet and then decide. just hope i dont have any coolant issues in the meantime!

it hasnt turned into an issue , everyone has an oppinion and it will never be someone elses so conflics will occur , as long as your bongo is maintained you will be ok.
Or just buy the Coolant alarm if your not sure of your bongos water works , so your initial post, yes or no???.......all comes down to personel preference. each to their own

i think there will be something in the next newsletter about the alarm fact sheet, but i am sure it will be posted on the forum once its finished

[pippin]

The Great Pretender wrote, and I quote:

An understanding that air in the head can cause problems.

From the way this thread is developing I wonder which heads the air is in - that of the Bongos or of the posters!!

keefysher wrote, and again I quote:

There have been 8 reported cases of overheating on this forum.


The way these discussions have been going there has been rather more overheating of the forum than there has been of Bongos!!

Cool it, guys!

[Peg leg Pete]

Well I am one of the 8, had to replace the engine, but I have made sure that I have maintained the system I am confident to run without a coolant alarm, this is my personal choice. I think if you are at all unsure about the state of your coolant system, fit whatever you feel is right for you just thinking are the 8 reported overheating bongos ones fitted with the coolant alarm? if so mine overheated before they were put om the market, our bongo overheated due to not knowing the system, if you read all the excellent posts on the subject, make up your own mind, lets stop all the arguments please

[dandywarhol]

If Haydn's reply "Every Bongo should have one" followed by a link to his personal website is to the question "Do you have a low coolant alarm fitted?" on the 7th post on page 1, then that is blatent advertising IMO, even accompanied by a friendly smiley wink.

If the rules are no advertising in the threads then Haydn needs to think about what he is posting otherwise it might get up people's noses (which seems to be happening)

A lot of the so called backstabbing in the past few months also has a lot to do with the subcontracting of the low coolant alarms to another forum member at an "attractive" price to resell so I can see that, coupled with blatent advertising, it may cause issues among the ranks.

Lets just answer the original question with a positive YES to ANY alarm being "a good thing" and Haydn, this isn't the first time your advertising prowess has been debated - could you agreee to advertise in the appropriate place?

[Peg leg Pete]

Well said Dandy

[francophile1947]

If anybody has anything helpful to say to help Becks-bongo, please start a new thread - this one is now locked, as I'm sick of it - it hasn't been on topic for ages