Fuel Computers

harpo42 · Post by **harpo42** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:22 pm

Can anyone point me in the direction of an aftermarket fuel computer that will fit the Bongo?
They used to be very popular at one time and although they are fitted in many production cars i dont seem to be able to find an aftermarket one.

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:39 pm

Why bother? - I've never heard of an accurate one anyway

David Edwards · Post by **David Edwards** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:07 pm

We had these things in our panda cars for a while, pain in the bloody neck they were, never accurate and because they had a buzzer which was supposed to act as an econmeter they almost drove us bonkers. Now..in the bongo I am sure Harpo you don;t need a computer to tell you that the bongo is a thirsty little ( or big) bugger and I think a fuel computer would have you paranoid in a couple of weeks. BUT good luck if you get one and may it give you trouble free motoring. Happy motoring.

harpo42 · Post by **harpo42** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:08 am

Thanks for the replies. Yes I know that Mango is thirsty

My thinking was that certian speeds are more economical than others etc, so a fuel computer may help to improove MPG.

Colin Lambert · Post by **Colin Lambert** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:03 am

Fuel computers are a waste of ££!.
My Saab has been showing over 30mpg for the last week but when I fill up tomorrow it will actually be more like 24mpg. (Why do people keep saying the Bongo is thirsty? It isn't you must all be used to driving micro-cars!!

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The reason for the Saab's inaccuracy is that I went on a very long drive.which builds up so many miles 'credits' in its brain. low consumption Xmiles= high average.
then I come back to driving in town and the mileage slowy drops from the 36+ it was showing after the long drive to the 30 it is showing now.
high(er) consumptionXmiles= erosion of previous reading.
Save your money!
On a long run keep Mango BELOW 2,500rpm and you will get about 33-34 as long as you avoid hard acceleration. Round town you should get about 23-24.