Bus breakdown experiences

[P419 EJW]

i seen that to 586 was the same at WN and was due to do the 25

Yep, saw what happened after I arrived in WN on 1419. 586 was receiving attention by the engineer, then put the hazard lights on, then inspectors were there. Several minutes later, 586 was on the move - to where? I don't know.

[Tara4352]

what time was you in Wolverhampton til

[the trainbasher]

7031 was seen going past Aston station earlier sporting a new air conditioning system with a broken window behind the drivers cab. I presume for a guess it had come off the 28 based on the Scott Arms display

[P419 EJW]

what time was you in Wolverhampton til

Erm... Around 15:40 - 16:00 iirc.

[Tara4352]

DNO IF YOU SAW ME P419 EJW as i got on 1431 on the 39

[P419 EJW]

I did see 1431 passing me and exiting the bus station but wasn't paying attention to the passengers on the bus.

[37351ml]

1407 had sat down yesterday too on the 38 in wednesbury bus station.not a good day for the 2 reinstated machines.

[Tony]

6112 is dying in Bearwood...was pulling away mega slowly

Well it has just arrived back in Stourbridge only 34 seconds late

[karl724223]

Despatch would be phoned

[Tony]

Driver phoned someone at Bearwood reporting the problem (presumably engineer on call), and told passengers the bus was not going very far, most passengers abandoned the bus at that point onto the 141 behind including me so I have no idea what happened after that

One of the things that will cause that is lack of ad-blue, not sure if there is a visible ad-blue gauge on the MMCs, I know there is on the older E400s

[Stuharris 6360]

According to the net, this Ad Blue stuff contains high grade Urea, is someone taking the piss?  ;) ;) ;)

[Stuharris 6360]

This is what i found,

"Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), commonly referred to as AdBlue in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and standardised as ISO 22241 is an aqueous urea solution made with 32.5% high-purity urea (AUS 32) and 67.5% deionized water. DEF is used as a consumable in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) in order to lower NOx concentration in the diesel exhaust emissions from diesel engines."

[domino.99]

I believe ad blue is a fuel substitute used alongside diesel which reduces the amount of diesel used ...am ready to be corrected though

Ad blue basically makes it so anything that comes out the exhaust clean air :)

[Liverpool Street]

Yeah that was it, knew it was improving emissions anyway haha.

Yeah its, in most basic terms, filtered sheep/cow piss.

[BU07 LGO]

Still smokes like a normal derv though!