<VV> A case of the vapors!

[Sethracer at aol.com]

The Californian in me says - There is no such thing as "Global warming" -  
There is, however, a thing called "Climate Change" and the eventual effects 
are  the same, depending on where you are - and how many feet above sea 
level your  home is! <grin> - Seth
 
I have experienced heat soak vapor lock in several cars. Not in a Corvair,  
because, for racing, I have equipped my cars with electric pumps. In the 40 
or  so street Corvairs I have owned, I have replaced a gas-donating stock 
pump a  couple of times, along with the oil and filter. I have replaced a  
mal-functioning electric pump as well, once. At no time have I had a properly  
located and wired electric pump fall prey to vapor lock. I find it hard to  
figure out how it could happen. Locating the pump in the tank, a la Lew  
Rishel's application (really GM's design), would - except for the  
installation effort - seem like the best solution - which is why GM and  most other OE 
manufacturers went to that design years ago. This does require  looking at 
the fuel system as a "system", and not band-aiding a single problem.  While 
you are sitting by the side of the road, halfway up a hill, it is hard to  
visualize a "system". Better to plan ahead.
 
Seth Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 4/8/2013 4:07:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
joel at joelsplace.com writes:

Don't  you know that poking fun at global warming is taboo?  You may be 
severely  chastised or some knight might say Ni in your general direction.

Joel  McGregor