Cutting out when engine hot
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Cutting out when engine hot
Hi got a 2002 Tintop which is completely baffling me. I have read other threads but not found the exact problem.
With the Bongo at normal operating temperature and under braking the revs drop well below the normal idle and the dash goes red & all power fails, including the power steering which is fun!
The Bongo then won't restart instantly and takes a good minute of starter motor and pumping of the accelerator.
It also has a starting problem. Sometimes it starts instantly other times after about a minute or two of trying.
Looking forward to some thoughts.
With the Bongo at normal operating temperature and under braking the revs drop well below the normal idle and the dash goes red & all power fails, including the power steering which is fun!
The Bongo then won't restart instantly and takes a good minute of starter motor and pumping of the accelerator.
It also has a starting problem. Sometimes it starts instantly other times after about a minute or two of trying.
Looking forward to some thoughts.
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
Diesel auto..?Markski wrote:Hi got a 2002 Tintop which is completely baffling me.
Cheaper by comparison to a race horse...
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Oh yes forgot that one. It is a Diesel Autojaylee wrote:Diesel auto..?Markski wrote:Hi got a 2002 Tintop which is completely baffling me.
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
If an answer can't be found on here, why not call Discount Trucks in Newbury for advice and - if the old girl can make the trip - a sortie over to them for a cure. If they can't fix it, not sure who could. It doesn't sound so much expensive as just baffling, and DC's charges are v reasonable i'm told + they are excellent. Good luck getting it sorted.
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Thanks for that. I have it booked into a friendly Bongo garage after the New Year. They own their own Bongos so I am hopeful they can solve the problem. Just interested to find out prior to then.mikeonb4c wrote:If an answer can't be found on here, why not call Discount Trucks in Newbury for advice and - if the old girl can make the trip - a sortie over to them for a cure. If they can't fix it, not sure who could. It doesn't sound so much expensive as just baffling, and DC's charges are v reasonable i'm told + they are excellent. Good luck getting it sorted.
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Mark
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
have you tried without fuel cap
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Tried to start it with the cap off and it fired up first time. Now could have been a fluke but it may be worth looking into! What do I do next??wonkanoby wrote:have you tried without fuel cap
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assuming the caps an original wash it out
as its has a breather might be blocked up
as its has a breather might be blocked up
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Thanks I will give it a go when I get home tonight.wonkanoby wrote:assuming the caps an original wash it out
as its has a breather might be blocked up
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
can someone link him to the thread which simon jones did/contributed to recently, it showed a link to the position of the fuel tank breathers which may also be relevant.
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hope this is the link ady
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... k+breather
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... k+breather
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
thanks for that mate but its not the one i was thinking of.
there was a thread within the last month that simon put some links to lush projects on, i think jaylee contributed too.
it showed the actual locations of the tank breathers on the v6 and diesel.
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there was a thread within the last month that simon put some links to lush projects on, i think jaylee contributed too.
it showed the actual locations of the tank breathers on the v6 and diesel.
ps im sh*t on puters
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right we will try this link ady
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... er#p529808
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... er#p529808
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
thats the one. thankyou.
i am begining to think the fuel cap blockage may be one of the many bongo urban myths, as i see it, but may be wrong, it may breath a little through the cap but the main venting is done at the breathers in the links posted. waxoiling/undersealing may contribute to these getting blocked, then the cap alone cannot cope ???
anyone any thoughts.
i am begining to think the fuel cap blockage may be one of the many bongo urban myths, as i see it, but may be wrong, it may breath a little through the cap but the main venting is done at the breathers in the links posted. waxoiling/undersealing may contribute to these getting blocked, then the cap alone cannot cope ???
anyone any thoughts.
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Re: Cutting out when engine hot
Ady - I don't know about Bongos, but I did have it happen a couple of times some years ago on an old Triumph and it was a known irritation. It would happen on a full tank, even though they were supposedly vented by a pipe. Removal and replacement of the fuel cap would get it running again, but as I remember the culprit was a rubber section in the vent pipe.
I never proved this answer myself because I sold the car with the problem.
Peter
I never proved this answer myself because I sold the car with the problem.
Peter