You're right ! Stuff works miracles and it is inexpensive !
Problem is how much time do you have before your next run or race to get it
all cleared up and out ? Nothing worse than than doing your pace lap with
fouled plugs and at the same time laying down a nice smoke screen for the
following vees !
Gil
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Whitling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] vapor lock
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
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