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Post by Steve80 on Aug 4, 2013 14:22:09 GMT
Up to seven buses ran out of diesel on the same day on the 157, this was back in 2001/2002. I guess this was in the days of connex I ran out of diesel on the 157 while driving a TA. Was heading into morden, and as I was turning left from morden hall road into aberconway road the lights on the dashboard just went off and I can remember struggling with the steering wheel as well as the accelerator so I press the brakes and then the engine just shut down. I do wonder what would have happened if the bus cut out just a moment earlier as I sure I would have crashed into the traffic lights. Ended up diverting the 118 and out of service N155 that were trying to enter morden by frantically waving my arms in the air  and finally my replacement bus came 30 minutes later. The engineer was trying to find out the problem with my bus and it was only then I was told that my bus had run out of diesel. I was due to leave morden at 0040 but left at 0110 instead. I remember reaching crystal palace around 0145 so it was a quick journey lol |
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Post by moz on Aug 4, 2013 18:44:27 GMT
Yup, happened a few times to me. Last time was on a Trident at Liverpool Street, but our Ts only show the AdBlue gauge. The Sovereign guy who turned up said the fuel monitoring system was a standard fit, but some companies decided against activating it.
Moz
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Post by VPL630 on Aug 4, 2013 19:38:54 GMT
Yup, happened a few times to me. Last time was on a Trident at Liverpool Street, but our Ts only show the AdBlue gauge. The Sovereign guy who turned up said the fuel monitoring system was a standard fit, but some companies decided against activating it. Moz Heard the same story a few times, anyway, not a London bus but an Ex London bus Attachment Deleted Before you ask, we didn't run out of fuel just getting a top up, You like the blinds ? |
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Post by M1104 on Aug 4, 2013 23:50:28 GMT
What a stupid design, not to have a fuel gauge on a vehicle As much as I agree with you, I believe the reason is that buses are 'in theory' filled to the rim every day and 'in theory' Should never run out of motion lotion. |
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Post by lc1 on Aug 6, 2013 19:52:21 GMT
I was once on a bus which pulled into North Street Garage to refuel whilst in service. I've done the same at BX, before they realised the Health and Safety implications of having a fully loaded bus being fuelled on the fuel bay...now we get subbed if theres a risk we could run out, but like Moz we have no fuel gauges on our E400's (202 batch onwards) The WVL's at BX are prone to running low on fuel hence why they are kept off the early 229's on a Sunday (as they don't hold enough fuel to last the day) |
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Post by londonbusboy on Aug 6, 2013 22:19:44 GMT
Just encase anyone is interested
E200s hold 200L
E400s 275L
source: ADLs Website
Mercedes Citaro 280L
Wrights website isnt much help,nor Scania would be good to do a comparison.
source: Merdeces Website
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Post by Madstuntman on Aug 7, 2013 13:01:16 GMT
Happened to me a few times, once on a 428 causing all kinds of chaos in Slade Green on a Friday evening.
And another time on a 126, it was in a bus that had been brought out to me as a sub bus, it had been towed in the previous day and put straight into engineering... When my first bus broke down an engineer took the now fixed bus off the pit and brought it out to me. I did 1 rounder before running out of fuel as the bus had never visited the fuel bay between being towed in, repaired and brought out to me.
Also when I was at NF when on a late we was banned from using a road when running light back, simply because the Scanias would run so low on fuel that if you drove them up this steep hill the dribble left in the tank would run to the back and the engine would stop!! You'd always do your last 2 rounders or so with the fuel light on.
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and finally my replacement bus came 30 minutes later. The engineer was trying to find out the problem with my bus and it was only then I was told that my bus had run out of diesel.
