Common problem on a Bongo (apparantly!!)

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:02 pm

This is a common problem on a Bongo according to the bumf and pic on Fleabay..............

anyone elses like this????

Dabs · Post by **Dabs** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:05 pm

Aint seen nuthin like this before

Might be the result of a bodged repair!!
Dabs

moonshine · Post by **moonshine** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:06 pm

Not yet, but I feel it is worth a look to see if it is starting. I for one will do so tomorrow, in daylight.

timhum · Post by **timhum** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:07 pm

Never seen one like that before, I wonder what the other side is like!

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:09 pm

B***dy Hell. Hope my expensive Chassis Clean job will ensure THAT doesnt happen

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:18 pm

Nothing like that. I've got some bubbling round my rear arches, but I'll fix that when the weather gets better.

dobby · Post by **dobby** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:18 pm

I've brought some dinitrol from Frost's with an extended nozzle - I'm going to take out the cubbins pocket things in the rear panels and fill the voids with it.

That bongo picture looks like a Mini's A panel!

I'll let you know in a couple of years if the dinitrol worked............

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:57 pm

Best way to do it dobby - also remove the rear lights and squirt the stuff in there too..........watch it doesn't get onto the seatbelts

Scott & Gillian · Post by **Scott & Gillian** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:11 am

Ouch! that looks nasty!
I hope I dont have nightmares after seeing such a sight!

dobby · Post by **dobby** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:14 am

Cheers Dandy top tip!

neil/di · Post by **neil/di** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:35 am

Bl@@dy hell thats the stuff nighmares are made of

David Edwards · Post by **David Edwards** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:59 am

NOpe never had anyone take a bite out of mine like that, I have however, seen something almost similar on a Renault Espace ( plastic body I have owned two), that was caused by something that more and more people are buying, namely a Karcher or similar pressure washer. |I have one myself but would never wash the car with it, the pressure is just too much and cars were never designed to be washed by em, the slightest blemish and... woosh... goodbye paintwork. This can be alleviated ( big word I know) by regularly hosing out the wheelarches, something the average motorist does not think about ( no insult intended) but which is something that used to be drummed into us on driving courses where the vehicle is washed after every trip can help prevent it, that and a good sloshing with underseal. Happy motoring.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:27 am

Nope...never seen anything like that before....checked mine tonight...no corrosion under there at all...and it isn't undersealed.

I do make a point however of washing down under the wheel arches most weeks, particularly in winter, having had trouble with other vehicles rusting here.

If thats a sample of the bodywork, goodness knows what else is going on out of sight.....wouldn't touch this bongo with a barge pole.

cheers

H

NeilT · Post by **NeilT** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:08 am

namely a Karcher or similar pressure washer.

This is a word of warning. Those that get a pressure washer, can go mad, not knowing the damage that it can cause. If you do own a pressure washer, use it with chopsticks. The first time, it can be a case of mnnnn... look how clean I am washing... but then you realise what you have power washed off !! and it's not pretty i tell you...like the jumper i received for christmas!

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:17 am

Hey guys, if you were having a bath with your loved one, you wouldn't hose her down wit ha Karcher would you. No, you'd take a nice soft sponge and some skincare soap and gently sponge her all over. Then, it a fit of playfulness, you might take the shower head and wash all the soapy water off with it. I dont think I can stretch the comparison further than that