<VV> Help for Vapor Lock

Bill Elliott Corvair at fnader.com
Thu Jun 9 08:18:27 EDT 2005


>>
>>Note that I'm NOT saying that a well-designed and well-installed electric 
>>pump is a BAD idea on a Corvair... quite the opposite (though all of my street
>>Corvairs run mechanical pumps). What I AM saying is that mechanical pumps 
>>AND electric pumps both have their inherent disadvantages and you ignore
>>those at your own risk.
>>
>>Bill

>You mean like the very real possibility of diluting your crankcase oil with 
>gas when one of those extra-fine modern diaphragms leak in a mechanical 
>pump?    :)

>Ken


Actually, I've pumped fuel into the crankcase with an electric pump (pushing past the carbs) more often than a mechanical pump has dumped gas into the 
crankcase.

Like I said, BOTH have their downsides...

Bill





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