<VV> Re: Vapor lock, was Self pity and whining

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/4/2006 7:45:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

Vapor  lock will result in draining all the gas from the carbs. So when it   
>cools off and you try to start the engine, it will be a LONG cranking  time 
to  
>get it to start. 
>


No!!!!!    Vapor lock does NOT drain the fuel in the fuel bowls. This is 
why the  classic symptom of vapor lock in a Corvair is it restarts fine 
after hot  soak and then dies a block away. 


Now Frank,
Why do you think that it will die a block away?
Now think.......think
Isn't it because the engine will drain the bowls dry?
See you knew it all along.
To restart after the engine cools will require a LONG cranking  period.
Regards,
Bob Helt