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Old 05-20-2013, 04:21 PM   #18
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Default Re: Clothes Pins On Fuel Line

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Originally Posted by ford3 View Post
vapor lock is real, but not in the fuel line, its in the fuel pump, vapor there causes the pump to lose its prime, fuel pumps wont suck and pump vapors, model a,s with no fuel pump doesnt have that problem, it has the problem of the carb getting hot and boiling the gas in the fuel bowl, thus no gas there to be sucked into the engine to burn, only vapors, the vapors in the fuel bowl has enough pressure to stop any fuel flowing into carb ( thats my story and im sticking to it )
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