Bongo Fury

Bob wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:23 pm Pretty sure they were available from Allan's, Plymouth, but the law has changed on doing such things.

And welcome aboard.

Northern Bongolow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:09 am Don't remove the fitting in the rear of the manifold it's a real oddball size and thread, cut the pipe to it and go for a normal external compression fitting and olive, if I remember right it's just a standard 22mm blanking fitting mine survived for years without problems.
Just a word of caution, the egr unit has a position sensor on the top, this sends a signal to the ECU and vice versa to confirm it's open closed when needed, no signal may give dash warning light.
Leave the wiring in place, and the unit, just blank off the pipework. It also isnt possible to confirm if it's removed blamked off should you have trouble at mot time in the future.

teenmal wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:24 am Why do you want to blank (Disable ) the EGR system ?
It is actually Illegal to do so .

nth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:37 pm

teenmal wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:24 am Why do you want to blank (Disable ) the EGR system ?
It is actually Illegal to do so .

Well the biggest advantages would be to stop the engine being deliberately strangled & also stop the inlet track being clogged up with exhaust soot.

nth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:07 pm I've never done it on my bongo, but done it on plenty of other cars. I went to blank off the bongo EGR valve as soon as I got it but someone had beaten me to it.
I have seen ports on inlet manifolds more than half in diameter. The last one I done I scraped the worst of it off with a screwdriver then had to leave the manifold soaking in petrol overnight before steam cleaning it.
Yes I would leave the EGR system permanently blanked off.

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mikeonb4c wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:13 am Interesting refreshing my memory on EGR- it reduces NOx emissions but increases particulate emissions. Both are bad for health and the environment: the jury seems to be out on which is worse. I'd say the biggest contribution Bongo drivers can make to public health and the environment is don't drive when you can walk, lower our mileage, and stay out of congested traffic in populated areas where possible (and taxes and levies are encouraging us on that). I wouldnt think removing the EGR is that irresponsible (though i think its now an MOT failure?). I still have my EGR fitted - my inlet manifold has never been maintained. Is that bad?

mikeonb4c wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:07 pm Good point -can't rule that out. Adrian is very good at keeping costs to customers down where he doesnt think work is necessary (he's even talked me out of things i was going to have done for that reason). I trust him absolutely. If cleaning it was important, I'm sure he'll have done it. All i know is my Bongo runs as good as ever. So, to revisit the question, is it very bad maintenance to leave the manifold alone rather than impose a cost on the customer to remove it and clean it. I've never heard of anyone finding the inlet manifold had caused their Bongo engine to malfunction but i'm not a pro like you.

teenmal wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:06 pm Mikey,you have probably read this before but worth another look, this guy knows what he is talking about.



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