*If hot weather is involved. the classic remedies include isolating all
fuel components from engine and exhaust heat with a plastic carburetor mount
block and sheet metal heat shields. Fitting an electric fuel pump in a cool
location is good as well. I once had a Datsun 510 with a/c that was bad to
vapor lock. My wife called once stranded with the problem and I had her
shake up her Sprite and squirt it on the fuel pump . . It started right up
. . she later asked why a Coke wouldn't have done the same thing!*
*Tony in Texas *
On 8/19/07, Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> My 1950 Dodge has a flat head straight six with a one barrel Stromberg
> carburator. If I turn off a hot engine for any where from 5 minutes to
> when
> the engine is cooled way down restarting becomes an issue. If I restart
> without waiting there is no problem. In order to start I need to depress
> the
> gas pedal to the floor (like on a flooded engine) and crank away. I does
> eventually restart. As long as I don't stop the engine I have never had
> any
> problem with it cutting out or otherwise. It has been suggested on other
> lists
> that this is vapor lock by some and flooding by others. What are the
> thoughts
> of this list.
>
> Len
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