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1. Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "scott willis" <ahpowered@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:19:32 -0500; Hi folks, My 60 BN7 appears to have one carb acting up or vapor lock or??? It happens after the car gets very warm. The weather has been in the 80's lately and it never did this before. I thought I f; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00588.html (8,531 bytes)
2. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:31:50 -0400; .......This may sound really stupid.... I don't know how long you have had the car. Check the fan rotation and make sure the blades are not on backward. My car did the same thing as yours when I firs; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00598.html (9,054 bytes)
3. RE: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:00:00 -0400; Whatsit doing? hot cause consider I; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00602.html (9,199 bytes)
4. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:03:39 +0800; You can't really get vapor lock in the engine compartment of a Healey because vapor lock only occurs when fuel vaporizes in the line before the fuel pump. That's why old American cars will get vapor; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00611.html (9,467 bytes)
5. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:29:51 -0400; If the fan blades were flat, I agree, there would not be much difference, other than just being wrong. My assumption is that since the fan blades are curved, even though they still move the air in t; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00612.html (9,399 bytes)
6. RE: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "scott willis" <ahpowered@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:22:22 -0500; Well, at speed it sputters a bit when warm. Sounds flabby at times and it seems as though one carb is working at that time. Then all is fine. Then not. Then good again and one mile later not. By the; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00614.html (10,978 bytes)
7. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:08:52 -0600; Hi Scott, The first thing I would check is the fuel filters. There may also be a screen in the pump & maybe in the carb fuel inlets. If there is not enough fuel for both carbs, one may get more than; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00618.html (8,273 bytes)
8. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:15:12 +0800; For those symptoms, you are looking in the right direction. Key things that can cause this: 1) Bad coil 2) Bad Condensor 3) clogged fuel lines 4) clogged fuel pump 5) clogged fuel filter 6) bad gros; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00622.html (11,523 bytes)
9. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:09:01 -0400; Once I thought I had "vaporlock". It was a clogged take up fuel line in the tank. Can would run until it becaue hot, then shut down. Wait 15 minutes and start the cycle all over again. 80's hot cause; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00626.html (10,379 bytes)
10. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:25:56 -0700; re: "... I have been told to through away these Champion plugs ..." I've used Champion plugs--in my Healey and in airplanes--for years with no problems attributable to the plugs. Don't know where th; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00632.html (9,549 bytes)
11. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:32:26 -0400; Scott, the problem is definitely not the brand, but it could easily be the heat range of the plugs you're using. This thread jogged my memory of a problem I had with my BJ8 when it was a new car. Aft; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00638.html (8,384 bytes)
12. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:17:42 -0700; If you have the stock fuel feed piping make sure the connecting tube between the carbs does not touch the intake manifold. When set up properly the piping looks a little funky (Why can't the hose att; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00647.html (9,107 bytes)

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