No engine coolant bleed pipe

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Hoggins
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No engine coolant bleed pipe

Post by Hoggins » Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:51 pm

Hi All,
Very recently joined the Bongo club, and so far loving the motor - however when checking for the bleedpipe under the passenger seat, it just isn't there! Turns out, when the head was replaced (I assume), the wrong tee piece was used, ie a ford ranger tee was used, with only two outlets, and no bleed outlet.

I've read a partial response on the old bongo forum regarding adding a tee to the Turbo coolant pipe to use for bleeding - has anyone done this, and if so, has it worked well? Are there guides to doing so (I cant find any!).

Cheers in advance,
Hoggins
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Re: No engine coolant bleed pipe

Post by Northern Bongolow » Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:55 pm

try this mate.
or type in the search, t piece and turbo and a few links come up.

http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... turbo+pipe
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Re: No engine coolant bleed pipe

Post by Hoggins » Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:38 pm

Absolutely perfect, many many thanks - looks like I have a project! :-)
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