we had one of those same said vapor lock problems " back in the day" when we owned a 64 T bird which had a 390 in it. it was not until after we shut down a third time and a NYS trooper asked what the problem was. . He said" watch me" he opened the gas cap" and said " try it". then the following week a dammedable power pole jumped right out in front of that Bird, I swear it moved and made a nasty deep dent back to the engine. same trooper investaged the accident and asked if it was" vapor lock from gas fumes or beer fumes" end of story.Lee
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 08:07:03PM -0500, clifford wrote: > 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] > -- Don't abandon hope. Your Captain Midnight decoder ring arrives tomorrow. Do you Jabber? I do. My JID is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
