DENNIS DART WILL IT START??? LJU914 YT51DZY

This bus is owned by Hodgsons coaches of Barnard castle. And was bought just over 4 years ago now and has had a interior retrim since then, and is also in Hodgsons Original livery. This bus holds the private registration of LJU 914 but its original registration is YT51 DZY .
The driver made the decision to cut this out whilst he was having his lunch break. When passengers boarded the driver attempted to start the old girl up but this old dart wasn't having any of it and decided not to start. After ridiculous amounts of starting attempts the driver went on the phone to the Engineer's explaining the issue. When the Engineer eventually arrived he eventually managed to get the old girl fired. The passengers on this bus seemed to of got used to how unreliable this bus is telling me it has problems on a daily basis. Also the driver was annoyed with him self for cutting it out as he said it had troubles with starting the day before and wished he hadn't cut it out. He also said he won't be cutting it out again and on his afternoon break when he normally goes in the office he will stay with it so he could leave it running!
This bus is equipped with the 3.9 Litre Cummins engine and an Allison AT545 transmission.
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[@combinechazza]

The day u go on a bus and the bus thinks to it self fuck this I don’t wanna work give me a break lol 😂😂😂

[@jezzam2034]

Haha! Such a great comedy video! :-P You'd never get this sort of thing down in London, that's why I love non-London buses - the driver and the passenger have a kind of relationship. Writing this halfway through and can't stop laughing!!! Subbed!

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Jezza M I know that is soo true, I couldn't stop laughing myself it was a very interesting experiance. Thanks for for the sub it is much appreciated I have subbed back.☺

[@jezzam2034]

:-) Thanks

[@georgedowns4431]

Darts are always breaking down 😂😂 where i live, we have a dart, owned by Arriva, with the same issue, registered GN06 EEB. This dart takes absolutely forever to start 😂😂

[@busstation2]

Pour cold water on fuel pump stop fuel atomising. In diesel pump common fault in hot weather when engine is stopped,after cooling pump engine will start

[@EMD_JT42]

Most of the darts are fairly old. So I can see why they won't start. The engine from the outside also sounded very knackered.

[@Mancbuses]

ours is 1998 and runs fine

[@MrJoshiej]

Great video she really didn't want to start sounds like a 2005 Dart

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

No she didn't!!!! Lol, makes for a great video though. Thanks for your kind words.

[@LiamW-]

I know eh? Always the 2005s

[@kieran6416]

I can hear you laughing. Lol 😂

[@britishfilmguy]

We had these in east anglia way back, most likely the early days of first group or first bus as they started off.. Denis darts were terrible show them a hill they'd bog down and have little power then brake down minutes later .🤣🤣.. credit to the driver for seeing the funny side of things.....

[@lachlanholidayaccessibletr6758]

ieminawealcherthedartihavbenonintheparstdidnothavaramponthebus

[@jacksvideos.awersome1892]

Why can’t they bring another bus instead of trying the engine when clearly it’s not going to work or phone the bus company and get the bus mechanics

[@andyclark1426]

Used to loose the 24v feed to stop solenoid on fuel pump, I used to take a feed from the rear tail lamp bulb holder on to fuel pump, tell driver to keep side lights on

[@fiestast1504]

We've fitted bigger fuel pumps on our 5.9 and they go like the clappers.

[@richardkallio3868]

Blooooody 'ell I ayn't pushin! 😅

[@mylolliepop12]

Particularly hilarious seeing a poor old 2005 Dart trying to start, you have earned a great ol' sub.

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Venomous. They've never been a one for starting up. Thanks for the sub I have subbed back.

[@mylolliepop12]

Thank you for the subscriber, nor have Streetlites been a thing for starting up, or not catching fire, or working at all, or trying to not look like a frog, used Streetshites are coming to where I live, which is particularly annoying, but also fun because I can insult them when they break down, which they will break down in a weeks notice.

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Venomous. Your welcome, certainly agree with you there about Streetlites and starting got plenty of videos on my channel of them struggling to start.I quite like having streetlites round here as well at my local Arriva Depot as I can see what they are like for reliability in fact there has been one sat VOR for the last two weeks now because of overheating problems.

[@mylolliepop12]

Amazing how unreliable they are, only running for Thamesdown right now, on the 14 in Swindon, which somewhere in Swindon is where I live, I know where my local Thamesdown depot is but it is quite far away, it is in the town centre of where I live and I don't live in the town centre, I never know what is going on at bus depots, because I never visit them but I'm conscious about the buses running to where I live which are currently Enviro 400s and 200s, and the occasional 2007 Trident, if a streetlite comes on my line I would start using it more because it would be bound to break down, and the line that goes to where I live is quite bumpy and hilly, it also goes through 3 miles of "middle of nowhere" and as a plus sadly none of the buses where I live break down, nor sound bad or show any signs of problems, I probably would have a go at filming the Thamesdown or Stagecoach depot, that might be quite interesting.

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Venomous. My local depot has Five Wright Streetlite Max vehicles Three are fitted with the Cummins Engine and Two with the Dailmler engine both Engines in the Streetlites have proven to be terribly unreliable, with one of the Dailmler Examples having to have a New Engine Refit earlier this year at just two years old. They are awful to travel on as well especially when hills are involved.

[@richardkallio3868]

Blimey, it’s knackered!

[@BusThrash]

dunno why the driver kept lifting off the starter just as it started coughing into life, should of kept the starter spinning to try and force the engine into running on its own steam. In all honesty I wouldn't be surprised if the driver was putting an act on, seen lots of drivers do it. Just deliberately let off the starter just before the engine goes "Oh look at that its broken down". Either that or he was trying to provoke a known fault on the bus to occur - again by deliberately letting off the starter too soon until the bus legitimately refuses to start.

[@mylolliepop12]

The only thing that'd do is murder the starter, the starters on these Darts aren't great.

[@warren6815]

Not sure how it works on one of these, but if the engine thinks it's running it'll stop the starter motor from spinning to prevent damage - pain in the arse if you're trying to get it started. Could possibly be a similar system on this bus?

[@BusThrash]

warren6815 possibly. I know that a lot of more modern buses have such a feature

[@ThatYorkshireBusDriver]

Had a dart do this to me previously before the starter motor stops when it thinks the engine has started, very frustrating

[@ryannevery844]

The darts were legitimately great buses but with fundamentally inferior mechanicals, and while the engine was good, the gearbox and the starter were absolutely terrible so they'd either start slipping out of gear or wouldn't start up at all, plus with the way some of them were driven they developed some serious overheating issues too and that sealed their reputation and fate

[@Promoter125]

Someone pulled the emergency engine stop.

[@Ben_Clayton]

brilliant vid I love Dennis dart start ups

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Thank you greatly, I find it especially funny when they don't start LOL.

[@Ben_Clayton]

Exploring North East Buses same

[@nataliaweymouth915]

@@exploringnortheastbuses60 I love buses

[@MadGaming_TV]

The sound they make when starting or the part after?

[@MrGrumpygit488]

Some of the darts at our depot were like this & only way they we could start them is from the back

[@irgendwerausbayern1999]

Give it a DAMN GOOD THRASHING!

[@ntechYT]

It's a dart. Not surprised!

[@karlappleby8939]

Love it!!!!!!😁🤔

[@smrtc651productions]

Fuel pump problem?

[@Ben_Clayton]

Just had this problem with a old 1999 optare solo. It just cut out going over trent bridge and wouldn't start again.

[@frodevalderhaug5186]

Maybe your Diesel Engine goes on high temp. There is One Thing You MUST see: The Radiator Cooling fanblade still not move! (This is no good,, There is somting wrong my friend.) M.V.H Frode Valderhaug

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

If the driver had kept that old darts engine staying running he would’ve been away

[@leeshill9142]

I remember these darts being a bit of a pig to start when they did work

[@JetDom767]

Poor old girl is going to have a broken starter at this rate

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Dom757200 Goes through plenty of them.

[@TDSWar]

Was the battery flat

[@alf3428]

Did the bus get towed?

[@ThePlymouthRoadSurfer]

That is without a doubt a 3.9L 4 cylinder, it sounds like it? I’ve never heard a 5.9L 6 cylinder sound like this when starting up?

[@M_A_R_I_N_E785]

5.9 Cummins diesel

[@jaggass]

Early DAF LF45's had the same engine but different starter motor. Never had any starting issues.

[@carabara3947]

Its The Alternator That`s At Fault,Soon As It Starts Charging It Disconnects The Starter To Stop It Being Burned Out.Slacked The Belt Tensioner And It Will Slip Allowing The Starter Motor To Run Longer.

[@anthonytaylor4443]

I like it it is very awesom i would like to have one of my own it not srarting would be nice but only for me•

[@anthonymcdonnell6615]

a few dennis darts for sale in widnes at the moment

[@efanthomastransportelevati3383]

Oh dear.

[@Tarten21]

Knackered injectors always have problems with these

[@jaggass]

Alot of 4cyl Darts don't like starting from hot.

[@shanecallaghan6841]

The poor bus

[@1100HondaCB]

Was 2001 the time when the 3.9 was in the process of replacing the 5.9? I've driven both and the 3.9 seem to go better although a bit vibey due to being a 4 cylinder.

[@jaggass]

September 2001 i think.

[@fergalgallagher6987]

Other one for the scrap yard or fix

[@eastlancsesteem]

RIP…

[@ussakira7294]

I thought it might start but no great video

[@adamfletcher4262]

6bt not starting how rare must be electrical issues

[@michaelnarine5387]

This could take about a year to get this started

[@brilliantblueboy4626]

Lol that lady at 0:15

[@TBAMF2024]

Ye

[@stacitayler9611]

driver: WTF

[@comeoutdoorswithus4406]

It was either old or it just quite simply ran out of fuel

[@dougfurniss734]

Long story short, no it didn't

[@fiestast1504]

4 cylinder engine darts are shit better off with the 5.9 6 cylinder. Sounds like the fuel filter is blocked or its sucked air into fuel system.

[@0t0t89]

Cummins 4BT ? 😵‍💫

[@laviniaharper1017]

Turn the engine of for five minutes

[@shivsakti5370]

Air compressor or self problem

[@harrothepilot]

Dodgy capitulator valve, or the fretzen needs reverse flushing......

[@crazydogeROBLOXBuildingandGame]

Did it start or Did it have to get picked up?

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

The Gaming Masters aldo & nic Yes it eventually started, an Engineer said it does it every Lunch and he said it needs to have tension moved of one of the parts in the Engine in order for it to start.

[@nickjohnson2963]

@@exploringnortheastbuses60 Hey there! I'm currently having this starting problem with an old Optare bus I bought. You said above that the engineer applied tension to a part of the engine. Have you any more details? They'd be really helpful for me! Thanks

[@MadGaming_TV]

U need to wait for the beep to stop and then start the engine i think

[@NLTransport]

galaxygamer 12 pretty sure the driver knows more than you

[@berownik1246]

Beep could be for low air pressure so it would never go out

[@robturvey2026]

The reason the bus wont start is because u don't have it in park or the park brake on or foot on the brake pedel

[@watsonjason1981]

sounds like the starter motor is jammed or the fuel pump is broken

[@squirrel6158]

pump that pedal

[@Biigfish559]

Just needs a lungful of brake cleaner :)

[@aaronreichler2570]

A 3.9 litre engine is kind of small and underpowered for a bus

[@jaggass]

Fine in lorries as they weigh less but not too bad in Darts depending on it's gearing.

[@televisionandcheese]

Haha yeah it seems a bit small, especially considering when your cheap 1999 Ford Falcon family saloon car has a 4.0 litre!

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

I don't think Allison darts are in a good shape. Voith and zf ones are fine

[@hooli4110]

In singapore all the dennis darts were scrapped

[@davidavery5131]

Got to give the driver credit though

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

David Avery Oh Yes definitely made it a great experience.

[@crayolakid456]

a good bus comes at a high price deary. this bus fails at impressing me

[@josephtdi8764]

The bodywork on nearly everyone one of these, is terrible

[@chaoszombie9995]

The Cummins motor in this isn’t the most reliable :/

[@jaggass]

It works fine in a lorry but not in a bus because they get trashed.

[@1100HondaCB]

Actually, the 3.9 is more powerful than the 5.9. The 3.9 is rated at 145PS and the 5.9 is rated at 125PS.

[@agboolaolomu6581]

Bus group and the other one 1⃣ the same day and

[@mikixgames1236]

Idk if the bus driver is pedal pumping it?

[@irgendwerausbayern1999]

I think he isn't. My guess: his foot is on the brake pedal.

[@watsonjason1981]

It could be the immobilizer is broken

[@1100HondaCB]

No need to attempt to start it for 5 minutes because if it wasn't going to start after the first couple of attempts, it won't start at all.

[@crayolakid456]

fail bus :(

[@hooli4110]

I bet there old to

[@MadGaming_TV]

I think they were made in the 1980s

[@MadGaming_TV]

@Hotpoint2005 oh ok thx 4 letting me know

[@thamesdown5532]

@@MadGaming_TV 1980s we’re the original, most of them are 2005

[@313rail]

@All Things Laundry #westandwithukraine August*

[@watsonjason1981]

its trying to start diesel is going through

[@thomascatford2627]

Ecu controled rubbish like all modern vehicles what was the problem obviously not getting fuel

[@crownjulesgaming542]

No its an old bus and because its old its harder to maintain and they tend to break down more

[@thomascatford2627]

@@crownjulesgaming542 what was the problem ?

[@crownjulesgaming542]

Thomas Catford I’m not sure it’s probably just wear and tear over time or poor maintenance

[@thomascatford2627]

@@crownjulesgaming542 its not an old bus if it was old it would have a gardner or leyland engine if it turned over 1 compression it would start

[@thomascatford2627]

@Hotpoint2005 who you trying to kid ? tension on a pulley to get it to start .what pulley ? And how does that make it start ?

[@callumstuart6768]

Pedal pump it

[@istanbulsehiriciulasm3849]

Typical cummins engine

[@vinniepizzapartyhat6735]

Dennis Darts have a terrible engine that’s why

[@billybradford5810]

Dodgy injectors then...

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

Billy Bradford No nothing to do with the Injectors. It does this every lunch time, it requires Tension on one of the parts to get it started.

[@johnfox8174]

This may not be to do with video.but why can't buses idle yet trains with engines under every carriage get away with doing this?have you wokey world savers thought about this.?

[@carllawrence3743]

He's either not owned anything older than 10 years old (for example a well-worn car) or he's messing around. When you turn the key or press the button you do not let go until its turned over several times and then if necessary try again, just once or twice nothing starts up that quickly, was he afarid of the starter motor or something stupd. Back to drving school Mr. Driver!