Smoke belching, noisy bus had air con fluid leak say BMTA

[webfact]

 

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority had some ready answers after an online post featured their airbus #556 spewing black smoke amid loud noises. 

 

It happened inbound on Baromratchachonnanee Road yesterday morning.

 

The BMTA said that the situation was caused by air-con fluid coming into contact with heat after a leak.

 

They said no one was injured. The bus was on its way back to the garage. There was no fire. 

 

They described the bus as old stock.

 

Channel 7 reported that 2,511 old buses are on the roads in Bangkok, some have been plying the capital's streets for 30 years. 

 

There are plans to replace them with clean, new, electric vehicles but a BMTA official told the media this will be addressed with the cabinet after the pandemic is over. 

 

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[lemonjelly]

Aircon fluid? Thought it was gas. Black smoke, loud noises.... engine stuff..... looks like a scene from The Railway Children 

Edited April 13, 2021 by lemonjelly

[OJAS]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The BMTA said that the situation was caused by air-con fluid coming into contact with heat after a leak.

 

You mean this clapped-out vehicle actually had an air conditioner fitted to it? Last time I was in Bangkok all the busses appeared to have "air conditioning" provided in the form of all the windows wound down!!

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Channel 7 reported that 2,511 old buses are on the roads in Bangkok, some have been plying the capital's streets for 30 years. 

A testament to Thailands future planning.

[tomazbodner]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

They described the bus as old stock.

This looks pretty "new" compared to some others on Bangkok roads, and just unwrapped compared to what is driving around in some other provinces...

 

Seriously, I get nostalgia when I see same model of the bus I took 25 years ago drive past. It is probably actual same bus, not just same number and model.

 

Now if I think of buses 8 and 44... they must be worth a lot. Museums in other countries would pay top dollar for them.

[brianthainess]

4 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

You mean this clapped-out vehicle actually had an air conditioner fitted to it? Last time I was in Bangkok all the busses appeared to have "air conditioning" provided in the form of all the windows wound down!!

The picture shows windows that don't open, and you can clearly see the A/C unit on the roof.

[rwill]

Freon creates Phosgene when exposed to high heat.  Phosgene was a nerve agent used during WWI.

It was one of the things we were taught to be careful about when brazing old refrigerant lines.

I don't think the refrigerant itself would smoke like that but there is also oil in the system.

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

A testament to Thailands future planning.

Never mind, the subs are coming.

[digger70]

6 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

You mean this clapped-out vehicle actually had an air conditioner fitted to it? Last time I was in Bangkok all the busses appeared to have "air conditioning" provided in the form of all the windows wound down!!

That's what one calls climate control ,,,,Controlled by the Climate,,,,   ????

[newnative]

Ha.  He described the bus as 'old stock'.  Isn't it all!  The old, un-airconditioned ones are absolute horrors. 

[Nanaplaza666]

9 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

You mean this clapped-out vehicle actually had an air conditioner fitted to it? Last time I was in Bangkok all the busses appeared to have "air conditioning" provided in the form of all the windows wound down!!

They still do ????