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| oldschool |
 Jun 24 2016, 12:27 AM
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Last sunday I drove my car to church/work it was about 100 degrees as I was driving on the fwy it started to lose power (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) , I pulled over and sure enough it would not start. It felt like vapor lock...
Could this happen while I'm driving???? after a bit it fired right up.  |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jun 24 2016, 03:33 PM
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I've done quite a bit of driving in hot weather, stop and go traffic, and so on. I have experienced vapor lock exactly once. In the Nevada desert, in late June, with ambient temps well into triple digits, grinding up a long hill.
SLOP (Sudden Loss Of Power), the tach was reading the correct RPM, taking it out of gear killed the engine, putting it back into gear spun the engine back up again. Pulled over and checked the fuel pressure gauge in my engine bay--ZERO pressure. That is either vapor lock or a bum fuel pump... I dumped some water up in the front corner of the engine bay, and then jumped the fuel pump relay to run the pump. For about 30 seconds at a time, until the fuel pressure built up. And I got on my way again. The behavior did not repeat. --DD |
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oldschool Yup broke down..... Jun 24 2016, 12:27 AM
Cuda911
Last sunday I drove my car to church/work it was ... Jun 24 2016, 12:47 AM
87m491
[quote name='oldschool' post='2363265' date='Jun ... Jun 24 2016, 04:32 AM nathansnathan Could be tight valves. Jun 24 2016, 03:15 AM JawjaPorsche
Last sunday I drove my car to church/work it was ... Jun 24 2016, 03:28 AM SLITS Ok Jamie ..... the air temp may have been 100+, bu... Jun 24 2016, 08:15 AM brant
I have vapor locked so many times I just expect i... Jun 24 2016, 08:21 AM worn
Yeah, I'm to lazy to move the pump up front.... Jun 24 2016, 08:32 AM Tom_T Hey Jaime,
Save yourself the greif & just m... Jun 24 2016, 10:13 AM 914OUTLAW
Last sunday I drove my car to church/work it was ... Jun 24 2016, 10:51 AM barefoot This is what the Cap'n had to say about vapor ... Jun 24 2016, 11:08 AM The Cabinetmaker One of the very few things that he wrote that I di... Jun 24 2016, 11:11 AM 914OUTLAW
One of the very few things that he wrote that I d... Jun 24 2016, 11:40 AM The Cabinetmaker "Wait a second on the fuel lines; didn't ... Jun 24 2016, 11:18 AM barefoot
"Wait a second on the fuel lines; didn't... Jun 24 2016, 12:32 PM KELTY360 Yeah, vapor lock. In July of '73 I took my bra... Jun 24 2016, 11:18 AM jcd914 IMHO One of the contributing factors is the hot ai... Jun 24 2016, 05:08 PM 76-914
I have vapor locked so many times I just expect ... Jun 24 2016, 06:09 PM cuddyk With all due respect to the Cap'n (God rest hi... Jun 24 2016, 08:45 PM 914_teener Jaime,
Just move it to the fire wall.
Less work.... Jun 24 2016, 11:29 PM JawjaPorsche
Jaime,
Just move it to the fire wall.
Less work... Jun 25 2016, 02:45 AM oldschool :Qarl: How about a party at my shop in upland....a... Jun 27 2016, 09:56 PM oldschool
:Qarl: How about a party at my shop in upland....... Jun 27 2016, 10:01 PM |
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