Bongo Fury

The Bongo has left a nice trail up the drive.

It's going in to be looked at in the morning but is there anything common that leaks near the rear drivers side. I'd like to be more specific but everything round there is wet. From the spring to the diesel tank. I thought at first it was diesel but it doesn't smell string enough to me so perhaps Gearbox fluid?

Brake fluid level is normal, coolant level normal.

Just wondered if there was a common fault to look for in that area?

Do you have a conversion?

Could it be fresh or waste water, or a split container of something in the back?

Good suggestion, the waste outlet does come out in that region and yes it has a mid conversion.

However it doesn't appear to be anything to do with that. The stuff that leaked yesterday is still there on the drive now definitely not water.

Assuming it's an autobox, have a good look under the driver's side behind the door, there are three small diameter steel pipes going from there to the front, one of them is to do with the rear heater and the other two are the feed & return from the gearbox to the cooler. All three pipes tend to corrode where the are bent through 90 degrees.

Patchup repairs are possible but the pipes are available as spares, fitting is a bit of a nightmare as a lot needs to be stripped out to do it but it is a common problem.

Correct!

It was the gearbox cooler pipes, booked in for next week to be sorted.

They weren't sure if it would be covered by the warranty as they said if it had rusted through it would be wear and tear, but I'd have thought that would be exactly what the warranty would cover against?

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... pipes+leak.

and here.

http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... =3&t=58378

Bongo back again!

The offending pipe has been replaced. Fingers crossed that is it now - it has spent more time at the garage than at home recently!


The bad thing now is that we've been getting the bits ready to go away again and we can't find the awning poles anywhere! We went away last in October and it was raining so we brought the awning back wet and hung it up in the garage to dry. I presume the poles were around but can't find them anywhere

Phoned the campsite but they can't remember anyone leaving any (we tend to be very good at checking that we don't leave anything)