Snowmobiler info here: We never run cold engines at half to 3/4 throttle for very long (30 seconds or more) as we have seen many cold seizes happen this way. When leaving the truck and heading down the trail, we throttle up and down for the first 5-10 minutes or so to get things warm. Of course I missed some of this thread and it may not have anything to do with your issue. In that case, I'm sorry.
Don --- John Whitling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To speed the process use starting fluid. $2 never > went so far to prevent > a terrible time. > > Gil Osenburg wrote: > > > 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 > ________________________________ > 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! *** http://mail.yahoo.com ________________________________ 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! ***
