@tamago: Yeah, 1224Y got hit 110 degrees for the dial with the
cog (same as SGF's) and that I guess is for the gearbox. Water
temperature can hit 90 degrees, but once it reaches 100 the bus
will no longer move. But the occurance of fire seems to be isolated
to ZF Bendies so far. I would consider the bus captain (name not
release for privacy) of service 189 who is perm 1224Y professional
and responsible as he does a walk around check everytime after he
tapped his card at the office. For example, arrive into
Interchange, off load passengers, drive to parking, get off and tap
card, come back and walk round the bus once,
especially stopping at the engine compartment area. Once I saw him
opening the cover and closing again. This is what responsibility is
I believe.
@Oceane: Yeah the reports must be quite mixed up. We cannot be
sure of the service but that parking slot can be used by all SMRT
services.
New Paper: "A bus at Boon Lay Interchange caught fire yesterday
morning. Its driver was apparently unaware till a fellow driver had
horned, reported Shin Min Daily News. A stall owner at the
interchange said the bus had dropped off its passengers and was
heading to the parking bay. A series of explosions followed, before
fire spouted from the rear engine. The fire was later put out by
Civil Defence officers. No one was hurt."
There can be just so many places in an engine which can
explode...
