Leyland 680 Start in Freezing Weather

[kdlehel]

i believe is a 4 stroke has a grate sound.

[MrMerlo1990]

hello great sound:) These engines were mounted on trucks Polish Jelcz these engines are leyland s 680: P greet the Polish

[OXLEYCRUSHER]

Memories of working as a BR apprentice at Tyseley diesel depot in 1986-Leyland 680's everywhere!!

[ryanjam07]

yeah and rev the bollocks out of a cold diesel engine, that will do it a world of good (NOT!)

[pupleon]

@ryanjam07 and its still running now!!

[vikingsmb]

@ryanjam07

They have to start them on full throttle. then once it is slightly warm then they put them down to idle

[Mitsugejl]

A Leyland will always start, damn tough engines :)

[mrspivvy]

any chance of some more footage of this?

[pcgenius9]

@mrspivvy Maybe when the weather gets colder hehe

[mrspivvy]

@pcgenius9 cheers,look foward to it!

[fontheking5]

Nice slow slow cranking, makes you think it`s not gonna turn on

[510DEVOTEE]

Sounds like a National 2 on steroids ,shame video not longer

[mrspenn1611]

I used to drive an old Leyland Beaver Artic HGV with a 680 power pluss engine. Like old faithfull, it ran and ran and ran.

[Mitsugejl]

A Leyland always springs to life somehow. Same engine as danish built buses too. Great :)

[hobsholelane06]

makes me laugh how the leyland nationals had the same engine.

[mrspivvy]

@hobsholelane06 did they have 680s? I thought national mk1s were 510, then mk2s had L11 or gardner?

[smiffy1071]

@mrspivvy the L11 engine is derived from the 680, so quite a few operators when the original engine needed replacement actually put a 680 in

[SukiFromOldbury]

@mrspivvy LN2's had the 680 at first, later ones had L11's. In theory a good idea but it just introduced a set of problems which didnt exist before; The ramped floor in the rear gangway meant dropping the rear of the engine down on its mountings before you could get the gearbox out. 680 engined buses were prone to the Compressor working loose and breaking up the fuel pump coupling. Gardner was a later option to suit some fussy operators. Pointless really and not particularly successful .



[mrspivvy]

@SukiFromOldbury I think the main selling point with gardners was that they were incredibly durable and tended to be more economical, although this may have been due to the fact they got governed at the factory to about 1700 rpm max

[TheMillFairfield]

@mrspivvy

680 was an option on the Mk2's, Merseysides were all 680s

[smiffy1071]

@hobsholelane06 Only the national 2 had this engine. I suppose you could put a

680 or L11 in a national 1, but not without some major work...

[mrspivvy]

God, I love the sound of a o.680! nothing like it

[kevr83]

She lives! Ah what a great noise.

[smiffy1071]

Nothing sounds quite as nice as a healthy 680... brought tears to my eyes!