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1. vopor lock (score: 1): Author: "d t gebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:38:27 -0500; Well here it is 4th of July weekend and I'm not driving the Spit...vapor lock or at least that's what I think it is. Symptoms, let it idle to get hot. drive away with plenty of go but then chugga,chu; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00008.html (7,344 bytes)
2. Re: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: doug@dougbraun.com; Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:47:39 -0400; Here's a semi-rhetorical question: Why, after 33 years, would a car suddenly vapor lock? I would assume that this isn't the first time the car has ever been driven is temperatures this hot. Rerouting; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00009.html (7,736 bytes)
3. RE: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: "Jim Holmgren" <jholmgren@advertising.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:50:20 -0400; My guess would be to check your fuel pump - pretty quick and easy to do. I had the same symptoms on my '75 when the pump died - it would fill the carb fine at slow speed, but when you "opened it up"; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00010.html (8,426 bytes)
4. RE: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: "Chris Foster" <cfoster@eppcon.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:58:51 -0400; Sounds familiar... If you still have the original fuel pump, check to ensure it does not have a flat spot i.e. once warm it does not tend to stick. These devices are mechanical and therefore as they; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00011.html (8,103 bytes)
5. RE: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: doug@dougbraun.com; Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:34:07 -0400; If you still have the original-style pump, don't forget to check the screen in the pump itself. Much evil could be lurking there. I agree, the symptoms sound like it could be a pump/filter/line probl; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00012.html (6,946 bytes)
6. RE: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: doug@dougbraun.com; Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:35:23 -0400; Oh one more thing: On a Stromberg, there is a small, easy-to-overlook screen at the fuel inlet. Make sure it is clean. Since it is small, it does not take much gunk to clog it. Doug; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00013.html (6,912 bytes)
7. RE: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: elliottr@rmi.net; Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:54:47 -0400 (EDT); I have had similar problems when the carb diaghram was ripped. Roger; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00014.html (7,569 bytes)
8. RE: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: "Greg Rowe" <growe58@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:11:17 -0400; Pop open the gas cap when the car dies. If you get a whoosh of inrushing your charcoal canister line is plugged. Greg Rowe; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00017.html (7,822 bytes)
9. Re: vopor lock (score: 1): Author: "d t gebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:31:32 -0500; After much tinkering, cussing and just general looking, I think I've got it! Joe C. is most right...lack of venting. Carbon canister is shot. Doug was next. I found after much fiddling that there is; /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00026.html (8,192 bytes)

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