[Vwdiesel] bus engines

[Stephen Kraus]

Does anybody know what the newer school buses carry? They seem to have NO
trouble on hills and I've never seen them break down.

On 3/3/07, David Cook <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> > some point in stock trim.  The 466dt can pull it's
> > guts out all day and
> > not melt that I know.
> >
> > -james
> >
>
> The bus I drove the last three years had that engine.
> Compared to some of the newer busses, it was dead
> reliable.
>
> The only problem was the trans was geared for more
> city use than anything else, it would outrun all but
> the newest of busses (mine was 12 years old) up till
> it redlined at about 55-60.
>
> However, I had to take it on long highway trips
> occasionally.  I'd just pull the manual throttle out
> all the way and go.  The engine would go full bore for
> well over an hour with nary a complaint.  If it had a
> newer 5 or 6 speed auto, it would have been just
> awesome.
>
> I was really chagrined to see old 45 parked in the
> back as a spare bus this year though.  :-(  They
> bought a whole bunch of new busses.
>
> All that to say that the 466dt is a heck of an engine.
>
> David
>
>
>
> David Cook
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