Questions & Answers for: carburetor vapor lock

...carburetor equipped cars that vapor locked it acts like vapor lock...... its in the fuel recovery system.... its either the purge valve which is on the engine and easy to change (3 bolts and 3 hoses) ...

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...vapor lock and I just run out of fuel to the carburetor. The engine will restart if you prime the carburetor 1985 Chevrolet C 3500 Not an expert here but hope this helps. I had an 85 GMC Van and the ...

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Question about 1985 C3500

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...vapor very well and therefor liquid fuel doesn't reach the carburetor or remain liquid in the fuel bowls. Car won't start due to extremely lean conditions. Basically boiled gas... caused by gas line ...

Question about Spark Plugs BR4HS Plug 10/BX #3322

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...vapor lock. When fuel boils inside a metal line or carburetor, it vaporizes, which causes a halt of the fuel delivery. This condition can cause an engine to stall or refuse to restart, even with a ...

Question about Spark Plugs BR4HS Plug 10/BX #3322

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...Not really possible. Vapor lock was when liquid fuel would vaporize in the steel line or carburetor from excessive heat. Since your Blazer is fuel injected, the fuel can not vaporize in the

Question about 1991 Cutlass Supreme

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...Vapor lock is more or less impossible with a fuel injected engine. Years ago when engines used a carburetor, liquid gas flowed thru the line from the tank and sat in the bowl of the carb until it was ...

Question about 1985 3 Series

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...Vapor lock is when an engine with a carburetor gets so hot the liquid gasoline in the fuel line vaporizes. Cars with fuel injection use pressurized fuel lines and are almost impossible to vapor

Question about 2002 Vitara

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...vitara vapor lock Not really possible. True vapor lock only happens on vehicles with carburetors. The gasoline would vaporize from excessive heat before reaching the carb. What are your symptoms

Question about 2002 Vitara

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...Vapor lock is something that was associated with carburetors not fuel injection ! Do you have a check engine light lit on the dash ? How long must it sit before it starts ? Are the cooling fans ...

Question about 2002 Vitara

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...to a vapor which will not flow thru a carburetor. The usual cause was hot fuel lines going to the carb. Since the early 1980s engines have used fuel injection which uses liquid fuel under

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