since I have big feet and no room It is certanly a possiblity. You learn many things your first year.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [F500] vapor lock
Hope you didn't sit that 2 minutes with the pedal partially depressed ? That'll do it most of the time ! Best thing to do is to pull the plugs and lay a clean rag across the two plug holes and then start cranking. This will usually clean out the lower case of the excess gas/oil build up. Keep cranking until nothing shows on the rag - slap in some clean plugs and you'll be ready for a run ! I can't remember our team or any others suffering from a vapor lock, maybe someone else does ! Then again it just might be a "cagin" thing ! Gil Gil ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:16 PM Subject: [F500] vapor lock > This weekend i was running auto cross temp was about 96 (on the asphault > > 110+) humidity96% (thats louisiana) had just started my engine and pulled > > in line had it running for about 30 sec to a min shut it off (did not want > > to over heat) . waitedabout 2 min went to restart. It would not start > after > cranking for about 2 to 3 min i hit the gas and tried again. pushed > back > into pits. Though i had lost fire but after shocking myself decided > that i > probrobly flooded it (things get flooded easy in new orleans, Ha > ha). after > a bout 4 hours of sitting it finally cranked. had heavy oil on > plug and > strong smell of gas on plug. Someone suggested I vapor locked > the engine. > Just woundering if that was the case and how do you avoid it. > He said when > that happens in canada that put a large piece of ice on the > engine next to > the carbs and that usually takes care of it. Rory ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
