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Tom Wesenberg · 07-15-2013, 09:15 PM

What Steve said!
I was parked in the Ford factory parking lot for a few hours on a hot day. When I went to leave I turned the gas valve on and the engine fired right up, but died after a minute. I tried the choke, but no gas would flow until I unscrewed the fuel line at the carb. I then drove to another car show about 15 miles away and the same thing happened again after setting for a few hours. That was with 10% ethanol crap gas. So far I haven't had problems when using the good gas.

07-15-2013, 09:15 PM	#30
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Vapor lock What Steve said! I was parked in the Ford factory parking lot for a few hours on a hot day. When I went to leave I turned the gas valve on and the engine fired right up, but died after a minute. I tried the choke, but no gas would flow until I unscrewed the fuel line at the carb. I then drove to another car show about 15 miles away and the same thing happened again after setting for a few hours. That was with 10% ethanol crap gas. So far I haven't had problems when using the good gas.