Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(26/06/2015 14:04)mathias Wrote:  I think it's got something to do with the radiator design.
Because these vehicles are designed for mainland Europe, the grille is positioned nearside (kerbside).

This is fine for LHD, but hazardous for a RHD design because it means the buses draw-in air from near the gutter (instead of from near the middle of the road).
Needless to say, the gutter is where most of the litter is.
Result? The MANs (in particular) suck-up loads of rubbish from the gutter and either overheat or catch fire.

The relationship with Stagecoach has broken-down over this, and that's why Stagecoach don't do business with MAN anymore.

Sorry yes thats spot on. The radiators have to regularly be cleaned out. Stagecoach did trial using a finer mesh on the MANs but that made the problem worse. Sure this was the same problem with the Mylenniums when they had overheating issues years back. You mainly have issues in the Autumn with all the leaves clogging the radiators up.