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1. vapor lock (score: 1): Author: <INSPTWO@msn.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:19:40 -0400; Reminds me a the Falcon Wagon I had in the 60's living in Pennsylvania. It had a long but thin gas tank, with the outlet on the front. Everytime I had less than a third of a tank of gas, the damn thi; /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00814.html (6,249 bytes)
2. vapor lock (score: 1): Author: Jonathan and Carole Quandt <fourqz@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:02:24 -0700; My 56 bn2 will sputter when the motor is stopped , when hot, and restarted before the car has had a chance to cool down a little. I have done all the usual replacement coil and condenser . perhaps th; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00605.html (7,581 bytes)
3. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:45:26 -0600; The classic definition of vapor lock is when fuel turns to vapor on the suction side of the fuel pump or in the pump. Fuel on the suction side (under vacuum) is vaporized by heat more easily than th; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00608.html (9,758 bytes)
4. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:56:35 +0800; John... You will only typically get vapor lock if fuel vaporises before the fuel pump, not after... so the problem isn't in your engine compartment. I think BN1s and BN2s originally came with a rubb; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00610.html (8,407 bytes)
5. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: SJNNOCK@aol.com; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:35:04 EDT; To quote the SU factory service manual , " DO NOT mount the pump in a position exposed too close to direct heat radiation from exhaust manifold , etc " see page 63 in my Tech Talk book ... l fitted m; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00613.html (8,021 bytes)
6. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:34:41 -0400; I don't know about BN1s and BN2s, but I have to disagree with your statement for BJ8s. You CAN get vapor lock if the float bowls get hot and boil the gas inside. I found the carb heat shields to be; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00625.html (9,320 bytes)
7. Vapor lock (score: 1): Author: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:23:52 -0400; Take it from me the fan can be installed backwards. The best way to check is to feel for the flow of air a safe distance behind the fan and reinstal the fan if you don"t feel the wind. ______________; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00637.html (7,432 bytes)
8. Re: Vapor lock (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:19:23 -0400; Just so there's no misunderstanding, it's going to blow the same direction regardless of whether it's installed backwards or correctly. It's just that it blows ever so much better the right way (assu; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00642.html (7,519 bytes)
9. Re: Vapor lock (score: 1): Author: David Schweninger <quenty@ntelos.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:46:39 -0400; If your fan is blowing forward, your engine is running backward. Neat trick! Dave; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00644.html (7,113 bytes)
10. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 06:24:21 +0800; You're right and I've gotten similar symptoms with my BJ8 while sitting in traffic on a really hot day once. This type of occurance is pretty unusual (I've only gotten it once in 20 years of owning; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00645.html (10,579 bytes)
11. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:31:16 -0700; My BN1 does the same thing. I think it is radiant heat from the exhaust manifold heating the fuel bowls and boiling the fuel inside. It goes away when the pump has a chance to supply some cool fuel.; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00650.html (8,080 bytes)
12. Re: Vapor lock (score: 1): Author: "KENNETH MASON" <meditionm@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:44:52 -0700; It seems to me that excessive leakage at the carb. throttle shafts could produce an engine that would be running very lean. Could this be enough to cause fuel starvation? Ken Mason BJ7 in work; /html/healeys/2006-08/msg00339.html (6,319 bytes)
13. Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "Don " <don@anglesey.us>; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:34:19 -0600; I continue to have a vapor lock problem whenever the car stands at idle for long periods (5 to 10 min) once it gets over around 80 degrees. It also happens after shutting down and trying to restart i; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00161.html (6,902 bytes)
14. RE: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:05:59 -0400; Don--does the fuel pump start pumping fast the hotter it gets? If so-wonder if you have trash in the tank that is getting sucked into the pick up line. In the BJ8--at least, there is a sock filter ov; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00166.html (7,479 bytes)
15. Re: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:13:15 +0100; I'm not sure if this is the same problem, but until last summer I was getting vapour lock problems on my 57 BN4 as the engine started to get really warmed up on hot days . In the end we fitted a met; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00180.html (8,310 bytes)
16. RE: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "Don " <don@anglesey.us>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:16:44 -0600; I installed the stock heat shield from a 59' after changing to the 6-port head but will look at maybe fabricating something just to protect the fuel line from the heat. When I first put the engine t; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00183.html (7,634 bytes)
17. Re: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "John Soderling" <jsoderling@astound.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:03:31 -0800; My fuel line comes up about four inches in front of the left engine mount on my BN4L-O-4909. Never had vapor lock problems. Vrooom vrooom, John Erika the Red; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00188.html (8,102 bytes)
18. RE: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "Don " <don@anglesey.us>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:03:00 -0600; After further review this morning my fuel line is running at the front edge and just barely behind the heat shield. It looks like the shield has a hole approximately where the fuel line should be go; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00190.html (7,615 bytes)
19. RE: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "Steinman, Bill" <wsteinman@pogolaw.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:44:54 -0400; Slightly off-topic, but since it's gotten hot (mid-80s), my Sunbeam Tiger's fuel pump will start clicking much faster and much louder when I'm at a stop light or stop-and-go traffic. The Tiger is not; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00192.html (8,404 bytes)
20. RE: Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: bspidell@comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:09:56 +0000; Think this is probably due to increased electrical resistance in the pumps as they get heat-soaked. bs -- ** Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100; /html/healeys/2007-06/msg00194.html (7,802 bytes)

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