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Common problem on a Bongo (apparantly!!)
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:02 pm
by dandywarhol
This is a common problem on a Bongo according to the bumf and pic on Fleabay..............

anyone elses like this????

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:05 pm
by Dabs
Aint seen nuthin like this before
Might be the result of a bodged repair!!
Dabs
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:06 pm
by moonshine
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:07 pm
by timhum
Never seen one like that before, I wonder what the other side is like!
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:09 pm
by mikeonb4c
B***dy Hell. Hope my expensive Chassis Clean job will ensure THAT doesnt happen

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:18 pm
by francophile1947
Nothing like that. I've got some bubbling round my rear arches, but I'll fix that when the weather gets better.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:18 pm
by dobby
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............

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:57 pm
by dandywarhol
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

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:11 am
by Scott & Gillian
Ouch! that looks nasty!
I hope I dont have nightmares after seeing such a sight!

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:14 am
by dobby
Cheers Dandy top tip!
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:35 am
by neil/di
Bl@@dy hell thats the stuff nighmares are made of

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:59 am
by David Edwards
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:27 am
by Harry
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
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:08 am
by NeilT
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!

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:17 am
by mikeonb4c
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
