Any good for bleeding a Bongo?

[Simon Jones]

This could be ideal for use when using the funnel see-saw method. It's even got a built in on/off valve

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-x-Beer-Bong ... 2049wt_924


Disclaimer: dont blame me if it melts in a big pile of goo

[Titan1995]

One wonders how you stumbled upon that item Simon?

[mantaJim]

To be fair it does say its a bongo 2.5

I may need to resort to one given my V6 non starting problems

[Titan1995]

So what is the six potter non starting all about then?

Mine is also a not starter.....the FIP being in another country might be the reason. It is off for overhaul in Wales.

[Northern Bongolow]

One wonders how you stumbled upon that item Simon?

he's buying up the worlds stocks of things with bongo written on it as an investment. .
he also has lots of chaz and di plates and cups from staffordshire, and a few old beatles records.

[Simon Jones]

You forgot to mention the container load of Olympics merchandise I've put aside for my retirement

Still waiting for my set of brand new wheel arch spats to become the last set on the planet & then I'll flog them

[Driver+Passengers]

To be fair it does say its a bongo 2.5

Hence the £22 price tag.

[mantaJim]

So what is the six potter non starting all about then?

Mine is also a not starter.....the FIP being in another country might be the reason. It is off for overhaul in Wales.

It just cut out (about 4 miles form home after a 120 mile journey from Anglesey).

It started and ran, albeit very roughly with a bad misfire. Got it flatbedded home (evetually after a 3 hour wait) and now it refuses to start. I get fuel delivery and a spark but not sure the spark is strong enough so have just taken delivery (very fast turnaround BTW - many thanks to Ian) of a full set of HT leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm & coil and order igniter module. I do have some oil collection in the rearmost sparkplug tube on the drivers side though ..lots of posts about this and V6 non starting and misfiring i ngeneral.

[321Away]

So what is the six potter non starting all about then?

Mine is also a not starter.....the FIP being in another country might be the reason. It is off for overhaul in Wales.

It just cut out (about 4 miles form home after a 120 mile journey from Anglesey).

It started and ran, albeit very roughly with a bad misfire. Got it flatbedded home (evetually after a 3 hour wait) and now it refuses to start. I get fuel delivery and a spark but not sure the spark is strong enough so have just taken delivery (very fast turnaround BTW - many thanks to Ian) of a full set of HT leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm & coil and order igniter module. I do have some oil collection in the rearmost sparkplug tube on the drivers side though ..lots of posts about this and V6 non starting and misfiring i ngeneral.

If no joy with all those parts, have a look at the crank pick up, passenger side, bottom of engine, when they fail they break down when hot and cause misfire then die altogether, and are usually last thing suspected as you still have a spark!

Julian

[jaylee]

"Black funnel and green hose.
Fast first class delivery." I would imagine so, if used for the intended purpose...?!!

More fun highlighted here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQL1qrGsriw

[mantaJim]

So what is the six potter non starting all about then?

Mine is also a not starter.....the FIP being in another country might be the reason. It is off for overhaul in Wales.

It just cut out (about 4 miles form home after a 120 mile journey from Anglesey).

It started and ran, albeit very roughly with a bad misfire. Got it flatbedded home (evetually after a 3 hour wait) and now it refuses to start. I get fuel delivery and a spark but not sure the spark is strong enough so have just taken delivery (very fast turnaround BTW - many thanks to Ian) of a full set of HT leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm & coil and order igniter module. I do have some oil collection in the rearmost sparkplug tube on the drivers side though ..lots of posts about this and V6 non starting and misfiring i ngeneral.

If no joy with all those parts, have a look at the crank pick up, passenger side, bottom of engine, when they fail they break down when hot and cause misfire then die altogether, and are usually last thing suspected as you still have a spark!

Julian

Thanks Julian no joy unfortunately so will check crank pick up as you suggest

Cheers

Jim

[321Away]

symptoms sound similar, have had limited experiences with petrol bongo's but have worked on lots of other vehicles at other garages etc, The bongo pick ups are very strange, they seem to work then break down, last year saw a V6, that would start and run from cold and after a few minutes, develop a misfire, and the rev range would gradually decrease til the car would cut out and not re-start,was a pain as after a full lead/cap/arm/plug swap out it ran ok, jump in for a test drive and few mins down the road would get slower and slower lol but still had a spark?!
culprit was item 18-230 on http://lushprojects.com/bongopartsmk2/c ... mgno=.html, iirc was quite expensive, so might wanna find someone with a local V6 that you could swap the sensor out with for testing and it took a month for the local dealer to get hold of the part.

Julian

[mikexgough]

This any good.... cam sensor for a V6 Ford Probe.... not too much for a punt.... Be worth checking what you have against the photo....

[mantaJim]

Thanks Julian, thanks Mike - I'll look into this and let you know. Hoping to get the van to Adrian in Bury next week.