[AT] vapor locking

[Ralph Goff]

One of the more unique cures I have seen for vapour lock was on a fifties 
Buick . They had wooden clothes pegs clipped onto the fuel line between the 
fuel pump and carburetor. The wood provided some insulation or heat transfer 
thereby keeping the fuel slightly cooler.
I had no idea that modern vehicles ever had vapour lock fuel problems 
though. Especially with fuel injection. My 403 Olds in the pickup runs 
plenty warm but the only problem I have seen there is occasional percolation 
in the quadrajet making it a bit reluctant on a hot restart. Never failed me 
yet though.

Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] vapor locking


>A trick I use on my Blazer to prevent vaporlock is to wrap the fuel
> line in aluminum foil. This provides a great insulator for those
> places that get direct radiation (like from the tailpipe on a Blazer)
> or general heating from underhood temps. It's not magic but it might
> help and it's cheap.
>
> Ken in AZ
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 6:57 PM, John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net> 
> wrote:
>>  I did plenty of swearing when I burnt my fingers manually pumping the 
>> fuel
>> pump!
>>