[Bricklin] 1975 Bricklin vapor lock problem

[John T. Blair]

At 11:39 PM 7/28/2011, isensee at aol.com wrote:

 >I have never had a problem with vapor lock on my Bricklin, but I have an
 >Avanti that has. I solved the problem by putting a thicker gasket under the
 >carburetor to reduce the heat that was being transferred from the intake
 >manifold. I know other folks who have installed an electric fuel pump - with
 >higher fuel pressure vapor can't stay in the line.

Jacques,

If you install the electric fuel pump, especially if it pumps over 4 
psi, you'll
probably need a regulator to drop the pressure to about 4psi.  Otherwise the
float may not be able to cut off the fuel supply and the fuel 
will  overflow the
carb onto the block.

John






>  Here is an article that discusses some additional solutions.
>http://www.ehow.com/how_8182993_prevent-fuel-vapor-lock.html
>
>I understand that gas with ethanol is worse for causing vapor lock than the
>pure gas older cars were designed to run on. Here is a website that lists
>stations that still sell ethanol free gas.
>http://www.buyrealgas.com/
>
>
>Scott
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: JLC <breton48 at live.com>
>To: 'bl' <bricklin at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 6:06 pm
>Subject: Re: [Bricklin] 1975 Bricklin vapor lock problem
>
>
>Hi... I was out with the Bricklin today and had to pull off the road once as
>the engine died due to  vapor lock... and got stuck in the middle of an
>intersection ten miles further with the same problem.
>
>A question to those who may have had the same issue: how did you solve the
>vapor lock problem?
>
>JLC
>#2121
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