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Basically boiled gas... caused by gas line passing next to a manifold ( exhaust system) or hot surface and airlock the line..

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Vapor lock is when the fuel gets hot enough that vapor pressure exceeds the fuel line pressure and the fuel vaporizes. The fuel pump doesn't pump 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.

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Vapor lock is when a fluid in a closed system, such as in a hydrolic system, gets get hot enough to boil and produce vapor which unlike a fluid can be cimpressed thus rendering hydrolic systems inoperative. Fluids act as a solid when pressure is exerted on to them but in their gaseous state (vapor) they can be compressed and the pressure needed to move pistons is instead absorbed by the gas rather than applied to the pistons.

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Vapor lock can be caused by many different things, all coming down to the same root cause: too much heat in the fuel feed lines.

Low fuel pressure can cause the amount of heat needed to vapor lock to be lower than normal, so checking fuel pressure is important. Fuel pump going out feels a lot like vapor lock.

Engine overheat can also cause vapor lock. Clogged fuel filter can cause vapor lock. The fuel line should be routed away from the exhaust system.
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Vapor lock occurs when the gas in a fuel line turns from liquid to vapor, before it reaches the engine. The first signs of vapor lock are normally when your engine begins to run roughly. The engine may sputter and hesitate. It will then stall completely and refuse to restart. It may seem like the car is out of gas or the fuel pump has failed. While these are possibilities, vapor lock may be the problem.
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Can vapor lock in the cooling system cause the engine to not spark and through off the camshaft sensor on a scanner in a 2001 dodge dakota sport 4.7 L v8 magnum manual transmission
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Do you have trouble code numbers ?
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So tell me does a vapour lock ,comes from a hole in the muffler,and would that make a cranking sound come from your engine
To promote easy starting, all gasolines contain volatile constituents that under some conditions, such as high ambient temperature, tend to produce more vapor than the fuel-system vents can handle. The action of an engine-mounted fuel pump, in decreasing the pressure at its inlet, tends to vaporize the fuel. If the vapor forms faster than the pump can draw it from the fuel line, the flow of fuel to a carburetor is effectively stopped and the engine stalls. Vapor lock is much less likely on a fuel-injected engine with an electric pump in the fuel tank. However, an engine with port fuel injection may experience vapor lock if the injector or fuel overheats, or if the Reid vapor pressure of the fuel is too high.

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Is it vapor locking or not? All else shows okay.
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