Jason...
you're not going to believe this, but put some wooden clothes pins on the
fuel line where it might be getting hot.
This is the cheapest and easiest way to solve vapor lock in gasoline engines
in the heat that I know. They apparently help to dissipate the heat.
I know this sounds like something from Bewitched. but ...believe it or not,
it works!
Of course, take the clothes pins off before you have your car judged at a
show!
Bob
63 Imperial
Atlanta, GA
>From: jason reizner <jreizner_lists@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: IML: vapor lock suggestions?
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
>
>yesterday i was out driving my new '68 hardtop for
>about an hour and got it good and hot, after which i
>parked it for about a half hour on the street while
>running some errands. when i came back, the car would
>crank, but wouldn't catch for the life of me, sounding
>like it wasn't getting any gas. figuring i had lost
>the original fuel pump to the mtbe in the gas here, i
>had the car towed home. upon investigating, i found
>the pump to be fine and the new filter to be
>unrestricted. i just tuned the car up this weekend,
>and verified the ignition system is in top form, so
>i'm pretty sure this was a fuel problem. what's
>strange is that i went to go start the car cold this
>afternoon, and she kicked right over and ran just
>fine, leading me to believe this is an issue with
>vapor lock.
>
>i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that had
>worked for them in the past. i'm thinking my next
>step is probably to stick a phenolic spacer under the
>carb, insulate all of the exposed rubber lines, and
>put an inline electric pump in the fuel line under the
>front passenger door where the previous owner seems
>to have spliced the original line with rubber.
>
>thanks,
>jason reizner
>chicago
>68 crown hardtop
>90 grand wagoneer
>85 grand wagoneer
>83 wagoneer limited
>87 xj6 sIII 4.2
>
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