Stuck in gear, fans on, no glow plug light.

[Gavinstjohn]

Hi all, my 1995 2.5 td Bongo is sparadically working. Sometimes I get in and it fires up fine, drives perfectly, other times I jump in, the coolant fan automatically comes on, the glow plug light doesn't illuminate and the gearbox is stuck in 3rd. I have done everything I can think of. Has anyone experienced this and managed to fix it?
Thanks Gav.

[Bob]

Welcome aboard.

Not a set of symptoms I'm familiar with, but we may be able to suggest a Bongo Friendly garage near you.

[Gavinstjohn]

Thank you Bob. I'm near Bridgend, South Wales.

[Bob]

Owen's Motor Services, Cowbridge, are on the list of Bongo Friendly garages:

https://jmaps.net/owens-motor-services

[Gavinstjohn]

That's amazing, thank you very much for your reply. I'll contact them tomorrow.

Gavin.

[Bob]

You’re very welcome, good luck.

[sabbir]

Hi all, my 1995 2.5 td Bongo is sparadically working. Sometimes I get in and it fires up fine, drives perfectly, other times I jump in, the coolant fan automatically comes on, the glow plug light doesn't illuminate and the gearbox is stuck in 3rd. I have done everything I can think of. Has anyone experienced this and managed to fix it?
Thanks Gav.

hi
i am from canada, i have the exact issue, i am unable to find any mechanic that deals with bongo here in canada. did you find out what was the issue with your van? thanks a lot

[Gavinstjohn]

Hiya, not quite yet, we are going to change another part which connects to the gearbox, this is being done tomorrow, Tuesday September 24th. I'll let you know the outcome.
Cheers Gav.

[sabbir]

thanks much appreciated.

[sabbir]

did you figure out anything yet?

[Gavinstjohn]

Hiya, so, reconditioned gear box fitted to the van (did not fix it) there's a gear selector piece which fits to the gearbox, that was done on Thursday 26th, so far so good but it's still early days.

[sabbir]

so your gear selector was faulty or the actual gear box had issues?

[Gavinstjohn]

At the moment it's looking like the gear selector.

[sabbir]

it fixed your glow light and fan ?

[Gavinstjohn]

Hi, at the moment yes, the fault was sparadic, the van could work for a few days and then not. As it's only been a few days i don't know if the part swop has cured thr problem yet.