Thread: Vapor lock
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Old 07-09-2013, 07:35 AM   #25
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Default Re: Vapor lock

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Originally Posted by Bluebell View Post
... A bubble of gas caught between a carb and a gravity feed tank is not vapor lock, its an air lock caused by the run of pipe not having a suitably consistent gradient. I say that because the bubble would run straight up into the tank, and be replaced by more petrol, if the pipe was correct.
This crosses the line between semantics and chemical terminology. Air is not vapor, and gasoline vapor is not air.
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