Bongo in a bad way

bernie · Post by **bernie** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:03 pm

My Bongo has been at the garage for some time now. It had an overheated engine which was diagnosed as a cracked cylinder head. It had to eventually be replaced but the new head still suffers from a lack of pressurization. The head has been verified and tested but the Bongo still won't play ball. The garage (and boy have they put the hours in on my van) have now hit a brick wall with this and have recommended that a new engine is the most viable solution. Trouble is now that we have to try and locate a new engine...I'm just not sure where to look or what to do??? Any help/advice would be greatfully received.
Cheers
Bernie

maxheadroom · Post by **maxheadroom** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:13 pm

bernie,
where are you?

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:19 pm

I saw a Bongo engine advertised on ebay (I think) yesterday. Is not complete and might go cheap BUT it too had had head / compression problems so perhaps be wary (the problem sounded a bit like yours).

There's a Bongo being broken in Stoke on Trent (again on ebay) that may stil have an engine. Waycar8 is breaking his Bongo and that had a known A1 engine. The garage in Newbury is v good on Bongo engines etc. etc.

Good luck. It must be a real pain when this happens

waycar8 · Post by **waycar8** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:23 pm

Hi bernie, mike is right i have an engine thats in good running order, never overheated,

, my bongo has been invovled in a front end collision.

i am in wakefield west yorks, pm me if your interested.

Regards wayne

bernie · Post by **bernie** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:27 pm

thanks for replies all. I'm in Cheltenham.
I did see the cheap engine on ebay, but like you say it too seems to have it's own problems.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:45 pm

The guy in Newbury is excellent. Cant rememebr his name but do a Search as everyone sings his priases. I remember he offered and engine complete with the labour for changing it over for - I think - around £1k on ebay about a year ago

Post by **Ian** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:49 pm

He's called Discount Trucks.

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:13 pm

Check they've used a genuine Mazda cylinder head gasket. The spurious ones aren't always up to the job. I know Bumbly1 had the same problem and a Mazda gasket solved it.

scanner · Post by **scanner** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:45 pm

dandywarhol wrote:Check they've used a genuine Mazda cylinder head gasket. The spurious ones aren't always up to the job. I know Bumbly1 had the same problem and a Mazda gasket solved it.

Or a Ford one for a Ranger presumably?

bernie · Post by **bernie** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:47 pm

The replacement was a Ford Ranger part

paul9 · Post by **paul9** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:46 pm

bernie wrote:The replacement was a Ford Ranger part

but was it a genuine head gasket?
some of the heads for sale on ebay are chinese copies and not ver good quality ones.

bernie · Post by **bernie** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:37 pm

Is there a standard engine for '95 Bongos?

apole · Post by **apole** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:56 pm

The guy in Newbury is Gerry at Discount trucks.

His number is 01635 254185.

Good luck.

Andy

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:50 pm

bernie wrote:The replacement was a Ford Ranger part

I think that a GENUINE head gasket is being suggested Bernie...

Did your garage fit an original gasket, or a spurious/pattern item?

It may be worth changing the gasket over to an original before the palarver of messing around with engine swaps...

Plus, if it does turn out to be that the gasket wasn't up to the job, i think your garage would rather know,instead of it slowly occuring to them in a few jobs' time...

They should foot the bill if a new gasket cures it too,but only if they sourced the parts originally.

May be worth checking?

bernie · Post by **bernie** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:16 pm

I checked with the garage today and they said that both heads that they fitted were genuine parts.