Vapor lock usually affects carbureted vehicles, running gasoline, with an engine-driven mechanical fuel pump. Fuel-injected vehicles can experience vapor lock. However, it is rare. E85, Ethanol, and Methanol also reduce the risk of vapor lock. The first step in preventing vapor lock is to rout fuel lines away from exhaust parts, heater hoses, etc.

2016年7月22日 · Vapor lock? Thread starter johnny78cj5; Start date Jul 22, 2016; johnny78cj5 New member. Jul 22, 2016 #1 ...

2010年4月7日 · 1. Vapor lock. On a hot day, or after a long drive, she won't restart. My ex-neighbor (used to build race engines) said that if I used one of the phenolic spacers I wouldn't get the heat transfer to the carb.

2013年11月21日 · 1. Pressurizing the fuel line will change the boiling point of the fluid as to reduce the chance of vapor lock which is caused by the fuel overheating and changing partially or fully from liquid fuel to a gaseous state. This was a huge problem with single feed fuel lines with a fuel pump on the motor or in the engine bay on early carbureted ...

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This reduces the risk of Vapor Lock and can make more power. However, there are also a few drawbacks: The system requires extra plumbing. A Return Line means additional hoses and fittings. Return style regulators can’t be used in some fuel systems. For example, a nitrous system with a single pump and multiple regulators set at different ...

2024年4月5日 · 2) The Sniper may be heat soaked. There are a few cases of a vapor lock condition in the Sniper when it sits on a hot manifold for a period of time after shutting the engine off. Do you have an insulating spacer under the Sniper? Even a 1/4" spacer will provide some degree of insulation and keep the internal temperatures a little lower.

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2016年6月3日 · There is a tsb for a heat shield on some years. The fuel lines above cyl 3 heat and vapor lock the fuel until it cools. But it would crank just not start. I had an ifs die like this in my old f150 the brushes on the alternator wore down and were shorting. You could see the battery voltage bouncing up and down.

2016年3月14日 · but vapor lock could still be an issue. rare, on a water cooled engine but still possible. are your fuel lines run near your exhaust? wrapping the lines never helped a bit when i used to have my karmann ghia vapor lock issues, almost daily. i had to reroute the lines to fix it.