Bongo Fury

Hi Folks

I have an update on the Engine Replacement saga. You will remember that I had a refurbished engine fitted in July. The engine failed to run properly, the engine refurbishers blamed poor installation by my mechanic, my mechanic in turn pointed to a possible pre-existing cylinder-head hairline fracture or headgasket failure as the likely cause of the problem. (You can peep at the gory details by resurrecting my post of August 9th - five or six pages back...)

The short version of the update story is that my Bongo is safely back in my hands, the engine faults have been corrected and it drove 140 miles without incident at motorway speeds this afternoon on my way home from the engine refurbishers.

The longer version would include mention of the intervention of Trading Standards and some unresolved legal, technical and financial issues. Suffice to say that the vehicle was released to me without any attempt to extract payment for the work done BUT I am told I will receive an invoice
for £300ish in the fullness of time. It's inappropriate to elaborate any further just now, I will be keep you informed...

Many thanks for the encouragement and advice. The matter is partly resolved - having the Bongo back in good working order is a major development.

I now have to learn to trust the Bongo again - but not before I fit the low coolant warning kit from Hayden!

Pat McKenna

Keeping everything crossed for you....you deserve some better luck...can we persuade you to come over to the Silverdale meet in October?

cheers

H

Good Luck with all this Pat!!
Hope the Bongos now on the up and problems are sorted for Ya
Dabs

glad your all sorted (well to a point by the sound of it) run her in gently ,and the coolant alarm is a good idea i have one and its nice to know its ok when you start up in a morning that its working and not low on coolant for any reason. and you can stop in time if you lose any coolant

Good luck Pat and glad things appear to be on the 'up'. Interested to hear the full story of how the engine was got better in the fullness.

Mike

Good stuff but..keep on your toes about this, they may wait a while and then send a bill after a sort of cooling off period so you might feel obliged to pay up. Stick to your guns and follow advice and the main thing...look after your bongo now. Good luck and happy motoring.

I have my fingers crossed for you Pat.... hope its sorted now

Im looking forward to having some peace of mind from fitting haydns well considered kit too.

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm plucking up courage to fiddle with the Bongo to fit Haydn's Coolant Loss warning system. The engine performed well all week, travelling to and from work and going up and down country lanes without a bother. Harry - I'll try to pop over to your October met as a day-visitor.

Thanks Folks - membership of this forum is as good a security blanket as the cooling loss warning device...

Pat

Nice one pat
glad you have the bongo back , just keep level headed as you have and good luck , what a result after the agro , i know how fustrating it can be but you kept cool and did the correct thing in the correct manner
thumbs up mate

rob

Hi just make sure your coolant is not full of K-Seal (a leak repair additive)

I reckon Pat will have checked the coolant

Hi Guys
Just taking a break from watching the catch-up Heroes on BBC2. Thanks for the message regarding K-Seal, Hugh. Rest assured the repair was genuine - not just a quick fix.
Be good. I'm going back to Heroes!
Pat

whats truggy racing ??
Haydn Callow. 1974 british C class model power boat multi racing champion. 1979 BAOR stand off scale model aircraft champion (spitfire)

haydn callow wrote:whats truggy racing ??
Haydn Callow. 1974 british C class model power boat multi racing champion. 1979 BAOR stand off scale model aircraft champion (spitfire)

Here you go haydn


Offroad truggy racing at its best , thats mine in the above pic
rob