broken down! advice please

[wonkanoby]

is the stat opening and bottom rad hose getting hot

[haydn callow]

Did you get the Bottom Hose HOT by the time you stopped bleeding it ???? and did you check the heaters were blowing hot ??

If yes to the above .. I fear the worst...

If No to the above....bleed again....it will take about 40 mins.

Is coolant getting chucked out of the header tank overflow when you start up ??? Thats a very bad sign

[xxchefxx]

i thought it was hot but im off to do it again fingers crossed its nothing major

[xxchefxx]

ok i have done it again and been for a 15 min drive up and down the motoway the temp guage is higher than normal but did not go any hire than this



dose that meen i still have air seeing it was way over h after jjust getting to the end of my road?

and more important will it get me to work and back without doing any damage? i have a 40 mile round trip

[wonkanoby]

and when it got there did you feel the lower rad hose and rad

as im suspecting the stats not opening

[dandemann8]

To be honest I wouldn't drive it till it was properley looked at the less damage done mean's a cheaper repair bill

[scanner]

ok i have done it again and been for a 15 min drive up and down the motoway the temp guage is higher than normal but did not go any hire than this



dose that meen i still have air seeing it was way over h after jjust getting to the end of my road?

and more important will it get me to work and back without doing any damage? i have a 40 mile round trip

If that is a standard unmodified gauge it is too hot.

If it has not been modified to give an accurate response anything other than the normal 11 o'clock reading is bad news and usually bad news too late to do anything about it.

[xxchefxx]

ok i have this thing and its set at 6 dose that do anything i forgot i had it in the van untill the last post im guessing its to do with the temp.

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[lpgimports]

mason alarm

your temp gauge has been modified so act more like a traditional gauge unlike most Japanese vehicles which sit there damped till they suddenly go to H RED game over insert head for replay......

If it is showing hotter than before though something needs looking at, bleeding, thermostat flushing.

Paul

[xxchefxx]

Just been told by a friend that I could take the thermostat out till I get a new one and that will stop it from over heating is that true?

Or will that just make me blissfully unaware of the fact my engine is about to explode

[Bob]

Personaly I wouldn't bother with short term bodges. If you take the stat out you will have to bleed it again, then fit a new stat and bleed it yet again.

I definaately wouldn't drive it until you are certain it's been fixed properly, even if it means paying to transport it to a Bongo friendly garage it could well be cheaper than blowing something expensive.

[haydn callow]

I doubt your stat has failed.... Get the thing looked at by a Bongo garage.....it will be the best thing in the long run.

[xxchefxx]

Any idea if there is one close to me I'm in rubery just south of Birmingham b45

[haydn callow]

Worcester has a Bongo mechanic.(mobile)
also
Coventry (LPG IMPORTS)

Probably more ??

[Bob]

Good shout Haydn, Dave at Worcester Mobile Mechanics (very near Shrub Hill station) has done work for me and I'm very happy to use him, and LPG Imports is a Forum Member and well thought of.

Slightly further away is Ian Taylor, Stoke, or Wheelquick, Wigan.