Thread: Life's Puzzles
View Single Post
Old 07-07-2003, 14:16   #29
Theodoric
Inactive
 
Theodoric's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: London
Posts: 2,974
Theodoric has reached the bronze age
Theodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze ageTheodoric has reached the bronze age
Quote:
Originally posted by Dave Stones
yup left-handed screwdrivers arent made so engines dont overheat

yeh seriously heaters are on to stop the engines overheating... ive never understood why though. any bus engineers care to enlighten me? why is he engine heating system piped into the busheating system? seems silly... maybe im just naive...
The heat will come from the engine cooling system (or some other hot part of the engine; I don't really know). However, the point is that it is not a separate heating system. You are therefore taking heat from the engine and pumping it into the rest of the bus; just like a fridge as it were (a vision of the driver sitting there with his winter woolies on has just passed through my mind). As long as the system pumping the hot air into the bus does not produce more heat than is being pumped away, the engine will be being cooled.
Theodoric is offline   Reply With Quote