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My car used to get vapor lock in high school. The fuel line was run too close to the hot exhaust pipe. At red lights when there was no air moving, the exhaust p
by gooseyman 3y ago
My car used to get vapor lock in high school. The fuel line was run too close to the hot exhaust pipe. At red lights when there was no air moving, the exhaust pipe heat would be so hot it would cause the gas to vaporize. That vapor’s higher pressure caused no more fuel to flow, and the car to stall. vapor lock
- reaperducer 3y agoMine did that. Was yours a Volkswagen?
- gooseyman 3y ago59 Catalina! (it was my dad’a car, he let me drive it for the summer).
- actionfromafar 3y agoRunning at full throttle can sometimes provide enough fuel cooling.
- gooseyman 3y agoWe ended up wrapping aluminum foil around the fuel lines and it greatly reduced the number of occurrences.
- actionfromafar 3y agoClever!