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Interesting. Fuel-injected aircraft engines get vapor lock—shutting down to refuel and then restarting can be a serious pain—but I don’t think I’ve ever heard o
by danaliv 7y ago
Interesting. Fuel-injected aircraft engines get vapor lock—shutting down to refuel and then restarting can be a serious pain—but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a carbureted one doing it.
- cafard 7y agoIn Jefferson County, Colorado, the stretch of US 40 up into the foothills from the plains used have a lot of cars stalled by vapor lock along the shoulders. But I don't think I've seen a car stalled by vapor lock in forty years.
- danaliv 7y agoNeat. Sounds like I’ll be jumping down the rabbit hole to figure out why carbed cars vapor-lock but airplanes are the reverse. :)