Bongo Fury

Well OK is back and working.

12 Days in the garage...........

do you wanna know what went on ?

GIVE US THE BAD NEWS FIRST HOW MUCH ?
then give us what you had done.

Dave

I hate to Say £1488.66.......

Ouch What was done?

jeeeez id say new head belts pump supply and fit service and coolant ?

mr and mrs pips wrote:Dave

I hate to Say £1488.66.......

OMG

Dave. wrote:jeeeez id say new head belts pump supply and fit service and coolant ?

and there MORE....

mr and mrs pips wrote:

Dave. wrote:jeeeez id say new head belts pump supply and fit service and coolant ?

and there MORE....

Gosh

erm Radiator , thermostat possibly pump seals whilst they were at it

maybee valves cam shaft

and cherry on top they mot'd it

sounds like youve got a pukker bongo now tho

Dave. wrote:

mr and mrs pips wrote:

Dave. wrote:jeeeez id say new head belts pump supply and fit service and coolant ?

and there MORE....

Gosh
erm Radiator , thermostat possibly pump seals whilst they were at it
maybee valves cam shaft
and cherry on top they mot'd it
sounds like youve got a pukker bongo now tho

Still MORE. infact they used words I had not heard Of.

mr and mrs pips wrote:
infact they used words I had not heard Of.

I think i would have used a few words most people don't normally say when given the cost for the work done.

I'm fully braced for something like this to jump out of the woodwork and bite my pocket. In over 4 years of ownership my Bongo has been outstanding. If it threw a big bill now I wouldn't regard it as having been any naughtier than a lot of cars. And its been a helluva lot more fun.

The main thing is lets hope they've changed all the parts that were suspect and that might have contributed (as well as those that suffered) and lets hope you can get back to many miles of happy camping etc (mind you, if you can halve the camping miles travelled you might quickly recover the repair bill cost in fuel savings - sad but true )

gosh spill the beans then ..............

i once paid over £1550 for a VW caravelle auto gearbox

mikeonb4c wrote:I'm fully braced for something like this to jump out of the woodwork and bite my pocket. In over 4 years of ownership my Bongo has been outstanding. If it threw a big bill now I wouldn't regard it as having been any naughtier than a lot of cars. And its been a helluva lot more fun.

The main thing is lets hope they've changed all the parts that were suspect and that might have contributed (as well as those that suffered) and lets hope you can get back to many miles of happy camping etc (mind you, if you can halve the camping miles travelled you might quickly recover the repair bill cost in fuel savings - sad but true )

Wise Words indeed. The van has not really been too costly except Diesel or caused a problem in Six Years, however here it the list, ,minus appropriate Garage expletives.

Removed Cylinder head for machining (Gone Bannana Shaped) eek...
Then Sent away as it had 2 seized Glow Plugs took 3 extra days to find a company that had the right tools
Rebuilt engine
New head Gasket & Kit
Head Bolts replaced
Thermostat replaced
Antifreeze, Oil, and Filter Change,
New Glow Plugs
Cam Belt on the way out Replaced....
Took hours to get the coolent to de-bubble the engine apparently

Two New Rear Tyres

Then an MOT as it was due so they did that .... and thank goodness it Passed.

12 Days Later & £250 pound to our lovley government in TAX its back, does this mean it qualifies as a Bongo Friendly garage ?

Today - It Drank almost a tank of Coolent today on a test run hope its just settling in.........

Finger Crossed

sounds familiar......our betty is going into a bongo friendly garage at the ned of the month to get the head gasket thing replaced......depressing. just hope she's gonna be ok after that. id rather spend our money on nice comfort bits like a rock and roll bed and so on

Be careful if it was bled properly as you said, it should not need a full expansion tank of coolant.
Keep a very careful eye on the temp gauge ,do you have a coolant alarm ?