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Re: [Tigers] Unusual Vapor Lock

To: Stu Brennan <stubrennan@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Unusual Vapor Lock
From: Jeffery Randall <jefferyrandall@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 11:55:32 -0400
Cc: Tiger Net <Tigers@autox.team.net>
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References: <CC1DF1BDAA744D4E9A35B7290C352FA7@sbrennanPC>
Sounds like you may have a pick up issue, do you have a filter before the
pump?
  Jeff


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Stu Brennan <stubrennan@comcast.net> wrote:

> I was headed up to the Bass cruise night at Gillette tonight.  Temperature
> just under 80F, breezy, nice weather.  I was waiting a light for less than
> a minute and suddenly I heard the fuel pump, a Facet in the stock location,
> vapor lock.  Not a first, but Ib ve never heard it do that in such benign
> conditions.  It did it again as I crept around trying to work my way into a
> parking space.  Usually the only time I get vapor lock is on a really hot
> day when I stop the engine, and try to restart just a couple minutes later,
> and it clears itself in a few seconds.   Never while running.
>
> This was just the third time Ib ve driven it this year, so Ib m still
> using last yearb s gas, the last purchase probably in November.  And yes, I
> did add a stabilizer last fall.
> My question:  Does relatively old gas like this tend to have more of a
> vaporization problem?   Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
>
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