BEGINNERS GUIDE TO THE MAZDA BONGO

Some information on the mazda bongo. For beginners including the hold button, haw to access the spare tier and much more

[SamHickson-zvzy]

im 28 years old I've got a bongo 1996 4x4 desel, its a year younger than me, I love it so much I actually live in it now, doing this is helping me save up to buy a house in a few years, or another bongo lol

[MakeDoAndMend]

I am a bongo nut. Also waving at your video on our smart TV. Cheers from old George and Jane Motorhome Adventures.

[bordersw]

Had a diesel Bongo about 12 years ago, fresh import, underbody was completely rust free so immediately under sealed it. Only problem I had was ‘swirl flaps?’ went wrong after 1000 miles of towing. It was jet black and the wife covered it in flower stickers - wrecking it in my opinion. After a couple years decided to sell it, thinking the flowers would ruin it. Paid my Autotrader fee and put a for sale sign on it. Literally 2 minutes later there was a knock on the door- bought straight away by a local guy who had spotted it a couple of years ago - due to the flowers. He was a gardener and thought it would make a great work van with those flower stickers!

[Kinghobbe]

Cheers mate. very useful and 'we are the prime specimens of the Campervan world' was a good one.

[northernnigella]

Just got my first bongo - this was super helpful as a newbie bongolita owner 😆

[sorchakennedy]

Great video! Just bought a Bongo so its great to get guidance on how to chekc the engine etc. Thank so much!

[celiabonwick]

Enjoyed this, all the best for your adventures...living the dream 😀

[simonindevon]

Great video thanks - I just got my first Bongo two days ago (1998 2.5td pop top), looking forward to getting out n about and meeting other Bongonauts :) Nice to hear a Norfolk accent! I grew up there (nr Swaffham) but live down in Devon now. I'll be making a trip up to Norfolk in the summer to see family and spend a few days up on that beautiful North Norfolk coast.

[Thescott]

As a new Bongo owner, thanks Ben for the videos, and tips. Maybe see you in Norfolk next year 👍

[Peter-rpz]

I've owned my year 2000 2L petrol tin top Bongo since 2011, never had an issue with highway driving at 70mph/ 110kph, with 100, 000 km of driving all over Europe. 80MPH/ 130KPH is more civilised is you are carrying a bit more weight, such as cases of wine or brandy, cheese, gammon ham, furniture, garden statues, antiques, and whatever else you can stuff everywhere inside. I happily drove Zurich to London in a day. Yes, it would sometimes be nice to have a bit more power; like when pulling on to a motorway against an uphill incline, but the 2L petrol is adequate and my driving style tends to be about maintaining momentum. The 2L petrol Bongo is very robust and far cheaper to repair than the diesel if anything breaks, with similar fuel economy. It has less fuel consumption than the v6 petrol. On a trip, I average 450-500KM per 50L depending on driving style/ speed, that is around 25MPG... not bad for a 2 tonne brick. Never had an issue with E10 fuel, most reputable importers will have replaced all the hoses with upgrades. This is a very robust, dependable vehicle and most of my mileage has been in Eastern Europe, on bad roads and it has never let me down. This is a great camping base station to carry all our gear around; we strap in a Camping Gaz stove on legs in the back using elastic stretchies and cook under the tailgate. We never bothered with kitchen conversions because we want to keep it simple. Parts and labour are far cheaper than the Euro offerings like VW. My repairs have been brake pads, ball joints, the odd blown light bulb, oil service, cambelt every 5 years and that is it. Total mileage is 180, 000KM and it still drives like new! They do rust around the rear wheel arches over time, but if you keep on top of that, you should get many years out of it.

[mariannestacey-]

Thankyou for all the information about the BONGO all very interesting Thx once again..I would love to own one, one day..

[TheRealColt]

the longevity of the bongos engine is determined by how many bongs are chugged in the backseat

[richietriangle]

We're totally on the same page as you dude. We also wave frantically 😂
Thank you for the very informative video 😊

[jayjay]

Wonderful and very informative video, I love your Bongo I've been looking for one myself 👍

[MandyWilliams-uzju]

Hi Ben love your channel me and my husband Jeff are thinking of getting a bongo so we found you so your living the dream ❤️ it Mandy

[ChristiesSteamWorkshop]

Great video mate my parents have owned our bongo for just about 19 year and ours is a 1996 automatic turbo

[LynetteShawMcKone]

I don't understand the comment about motorway driving the petrol version; I go up and down the M6 regularly, never, not once, had an issue. Thank you for the spare wheel info though, I was just wondering about that last evening! I'm very lucky in that I have a Bongo expert just a few miles away, just 2 villages down the road, and he's great at explaining things and entertaining my somewhat eccentric ideas 🙃 I look forward to seeing more of your videos.

[wanderinginwildwales]

Just picked up a 2.5 diesel. Thank for letting me know about the spare tyre 😂

[matt]

On our second 2.0L petrol. Never had any issues cruising at 70 on motorways.

[duvessa]

That’s the first time anyone’s shown how to get the spare tire out. Thank you for that. I was confused about the fuel conditioner. I’m in the US. We have 87 octane 89 and 92 . Are you saying that the Bongo takes premium fuel?