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  • Vapour Lock in T3

    From John@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 26 09:19:50 2017
    After running around town in 43 Deg C temps the T3 refused to restart. Turns out to be Vapour Lock due to heat. Car was
    got going by pressurising fuel tank. It occurred to me though that if the mechanical fuel pump was replaced by an electric one at front of car
    the problem would be solved. Easier to push cool petrol through lines than
    suck vapour through. Any thoughts?
    Cheers

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  • From Max Welton@21:1/5 to John on Fri Mar 17 20:19:54 2017
    On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 3:19:58 PM UTC-7, John wrote:
    After running around town in 43 Deg C temps the T3 refused to restart. Turns out to be Vapour Lock due to heat. Car was
    got going by pressurising fuel tank. It occurred to me though that if the mechanical fuel pump was replaced by an electric one at front of car
    the problem would be solved. Easier to push cool petrol through lines than suck vapour through. Any thoughts?
    Cheers

    Yes, that does prevent vapor lock.

    Max

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