Servicing the bongo

[richie]

I need to give the bongo a lookover, as it is well due for an oil change etc.... I'm looking for some good advice,

If I want to clean the filters in the bottom of the gearbox when replacing the auto fluid will I need to buy or make a new gasket for when the bottom cover gets put back on or will there be quite a good seal re using the old one, presumably there is a reasonable pressure in there when running so I dont want an oil trail behind me! I did read on here it needs a tap to seperate it when dismantalling and it should go back on but has anyone had trouble with this or is it a definite no no to reuse the seal?
Is there also a brake bleeding sequence or is it ok to start furthest wheel away from the master cylinder and work towards it as I have generally done before.
The last question in this teccie quiz is if I need to replace the batteries in my key fobs does that cause a problem, does the car need re programming or is it a more basic set up than that?

Thanks
Richie

[bigdaddycain]

Hi Ritchie, the official line with the seal to the box is that it MUST be changed, however, i'm sure that i have read on here in the past that the pan was carefully separated, and the gasket re-used without problems.

Nobody could advocate that to you though in case of any subsequent problems.

I'd have a strip of gasket paper ready in any case, press the (still dirty) underside of the pan onto the paper (turin shroud style) just in case the pan does need to be dropped later,and a gasket be cut.

I don't have factory remote locking on my bongo (mine's an aftermarket item), but judging from the amount of bongo key fobs i've blipped with no response, i reckon the memory is lost when the battery is replaced in the fob... I stand to be corrected...as ever.

[dandywarhol]

As above but mine came away clean and i reused it. There's virtually no pressure in the sump cover - just gravity for the fluid to leak by.

[richie]

Thanks for that lads, food for thought there.... It would be a shame to loose the central locking.

Has anyone on this forum changed keyfob batteries without the car loosing its key codes I wonder, theres a few of us on here someone must have tried it, any takers fellow bongoers?
Richie

[apole]

Hi,

I changed the batteries in the keys recently, used a CR2016 battery.

Didn't have to recode anything, just worked.

The bongo keys are not complicated, they dont' have transponders or anything.

[richie]

Thanks apole thats good news hopefully it will be ok then. I will try the spare key first just in case...
Thanks
Richie

[dara]

key fob ..............
battery out
bought the same size
..........battery in,
noyhing else to do ,worked great again

..unlocking with remote was always way easier than... locking with the remote
i thought this may be fixed by a new battery...
but no, just the same,
unlocks nicely at first?second push of button.
but can take 10 -20 pushes and various body shapes at times to lock her up
but hey,


dara

[bigdaddycain]

I know i have 30 seconds with the key fob in my car( not the bongo) to change over the battery, otherwise the system has to be reset. (a dealer only job )

It may not be advisable to remove the battery, then leave it out of the fob whilst a replacement is sourced, even a "dead" battery in situ would not cause the alarm/locking system to be reset. (if indeed the bongo's system is comparable).

[richie]

Dara you have hit the nail on the head there, that is why i want to change the batteries. The system is a bit hit and miss. maybe i will try some switch contact cleaner squirted into the fob to see if that helps. The range of the fob has always been poor too, you need to be within a few feet of the car for it to work whereas my works van would work a fair way down the street, i dont know if that is common on the bongo too.

Richie

[dara]

richie,
same with me
no long range opening/closing as you say, richie, within a few feet only
didn't have any concern over that til now ,just accepted it as how it worked
spraying some stuff in the fob might be a good idea, i don't know

does anybody know where the signal is picked up
dara

[richie]

yes good point- if we knew that we might be able to extend the arial wire.

Richie