As I remember, this was going from California to Detroit via Texas during the summer around 1956 in a 1955 Buick Special. We were stuck in some Texas coyote crossroad called a town because the car was vapor locked.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] vapor locked engines And don't you live near the dessert? That would get the engine hot enough. ----- Original Message ----- From: tunecollector To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:33 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] vapor locked engines Thanks for the explanation. It was something that happened to the family Buick 50 years ago and I always wondered what caused it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of clifford Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:07 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] vapor locked engines Dear List members: Back in the twentieth century, when I took physics, the reason given for vapor locking was that the fuel pump would only pump a liquid, and if the engine got too hot, and at that time the fuel pump was attached to the engine, the liquid fuel would become a vapor when super heated and the pump would stop working. The answer to immediate relief was to cool the fuel pump with water or let it rest. I am not sure, but I would think that a filter would let a vapor pass as easily as a liquid? Placing an electric fuel pump in the fuel tank, has eliminated vapor lock, at least the old fashioned type. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
