Yahoo! I know the answer to this one!!
I am sure someone on the list will give you the scientific cause behind vapor
lock but if you reroute your fuel line away from a
heat source( such as the valve cover), your problems are solved. I had that
problem and rerouted my fuel line around by my
radiator and no more vapor lock.
Kerry Z
West Linn, Oregon
1968 1600
----- Original Message -----
From: <CalSpeed@aol.com>
To: <chubbard@shl.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: hesitation on acceleration fixed?
> In a message dated 31-08-99 9:19:08 AM EST, chubbard@shl.com writes:
>
> << Here in the hot
> part of the USA, vapor locks cause the same symptoms. After stopping for a
> slurpy, the car ran like it was out of gas. Dumped that crap on the pump and
> waited a minute. It fired right up. This still happens on occasion. I'm too
> cheap to buy a new pump. >>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to prevent vapor lock? Would a new fuel pump correct that
> prevent phenomenon from happening? Btw... what is vapor lock? I have an
> idea that it has to do with extreme temperature changes and ... humidity?
>
> Michael "Calspeed" Carion
>
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