Sevice intervals

pistonbroke · Post by **pistonbroke** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:52 pm

Are any of you techies able to explain why my local Ford dealer tells me that the service interval for a Ranger is 6,000 miles, but the Bongo book says 5,000 kms (3,150 miles) for the Bongo/Freda? I thought they had the same engine. OK the Bongo is a bit of a lump, but the Ranger's no lightweight either. Better cooling on a Ranger given that the engine is in the breeze up front, not tucked away in the middle?

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:11 pm

Maybe cos its pushing out nearly 40% extra power pistonbroke

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:53 pm

Is that right Dandy? Do you know what gives the Bongo the extra power?

neil/di · Post by **neil/di** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:29 am

I thought they had the same power output

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:31 am

The cylinder head is different,probably a better flowing item. It will house a different profile cam also,well, the automatics will anyway...

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:47 pm

Sorry.got my figures wrong there it's about 20% more power - 109 PS for the Ranger/B2500 and 130 (ish) for the Bongo

LIke bigdaddy says............could be in the head/cam design and turbo boost. If it's in the head then I have my doubts whether the new heads advertised on Fleabay are as suitable

Anyone confirm/deny this?

David Edwards · Post by **David Edwards** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:19 pm

I have had mine serviced every six months for the last three years and not had any problems yet, to me it seems 6 months is just about right.Happy motoring.

Keswick · Post by **Keswick** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:35 pm

We are soon approaching our first six months. She came with full service, and cambelt change. We have done relatively little mileage 1000-1500 miles. What should we be booking her in to have done?

pistonbroke · Post by **pistonbroke** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:24 pm

How do you blokes know all this stuff!!!!??? Must clear the c**p out of my head to make room for Bongoknowledge

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:44 am

Personally i service at 3000 miles, or every six months,whichever arrives sooner. I go a bit over the top with servicing on my cars,my everyday hack is a ford focus turbo diesel estate, which is now showing well over 200,000 miles i service that every 5000 miles, and have never had any reliability problems, which i like to put down to my strict servicing schedule...