Bongo Fury

Good Afternooon All,
I'm not sure my scavenger fan is working or if it needs to.
I have left the Bongo running for 1/2 hour and the fan hasn't come on having said that the gauge hasn't gone above the 11 o'clock position.
The van is getting hot but no real signs of overheating??

Should I be worried??

Can I wire the fan directly to a switch so I can have it running all the time??

HELP

Steve

Not the answer to your question I know, but I had intended to modify my Bongo so that I could run the scavenger fan for a while from the leisure battery to cool everything down when stopped in the summer.

Never got round to it (Bongo now gone).

Whilst the engine was running, did you have the seats lifted? If so it might not of got hot enough at the sensor, to switch on the fan.

There are plenty of threads on here about this subject. It's Worth a search.

I didn't think mine was working either until I returned from a 85-90mph dash - even then it didn't come on until after the van had stopped. I guess the engine compartment has to get pretty hot before it cuts in.

francophile1947 wrote:I didn't think mine was working either until I returned from a 85-90mph dash - even then it didn't come on until after the van had stopped. I guess the engine compartment has to get pretty hot before it cuts in.

I have noticed this too with mine. I hardly ever hear it come on apart from the odd occasion i come off the M62 near my home (5 mins from my house) and have been doing 80+ on the motorway.

Pull up and it sometimes kicks in while its stationary either at the traffic lights just down the road or when i pull onto the drive at home.

I have also thought about wiring it into the leisure battery on a switch like Pippin said, but now that Dave Mason has got his temperature gauge up and running and for a cool £27 delivered and a doddle to fit, i think i am going to purchase one of those instead rather than re wiring the scavenger fan.

I wonder if the scavenger fan temp comes into its own in the (hotter?) Jap climate. I like the LB wiring idea - even on the move there are occasion when - although not serious) I'd be happy to get rid of the 'warm radiator' feeling in the cab without resorting to aircon on. I wonder what the current drain on the LB would be.

mikeonb4c wrote:I wonder if the scavenger fan temp comes into its own in the (hotter?) Jap climate. I like the LB wiring idea - even on the move there are occasion when - although not serious) I'd be happy to get rid of the 'warm radiator' feeling in the cab without resorting to aircon on. I wonder what the current drain on the LB would be.

I dont know about your first statement Mike as the north of Japan bongos has the winter pack for the cold climate (mine had), also i would imagine the scavenger fan would drain a leisure battery quite quick depending on how many times you turn it on and if you leave it on by mistake

I would not worry about the scavenger fan until you cannot touch the handbrake without burning your fingers, if handbrake is cool -so should you be!

Knew someone would pick me up on N Japan cold climate waycar8 and quite right. But I'll bet downtown Tokyo can get v hot esp if stuck in traffic (probably even hotter if stuck elsewhere )

No worries peg leg
I will worry not

chees
Steve

Hi
Mike...I shouldn't get too worried about the fan, as this summer was a record- breaking 43Deg. C. and my fan didn't appear to work that often, and only when I stopped on the drive after a long burst over the hills. I find that the Bongo copes quite well in the engine cooling department, but I still don't like the lazy temp. gauge, and I'm going to send off for one of those TM2 monitors.
Cheers
Helen

Mike,

You're right about the climate in Japan; my sister taught there for a year and apparently the winters were FREEZING, but on the flip side the summers were BOILING. They have both extremes apparently.

This would help explain the presence of the scavenger fan that (according to the threads I've read on BF) we have trouble encouraging to kick in here in Blighty.

Shad.