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.
>From my experience it would be pretty unusual to get vapor lock with the
engine running. My guess that your problem restarting on a hot day might not
be vapor lock, but gas boiling over in the engine. This is easily solved
with a carb heat spacer available from Summit.
As others have mentioned, your problem probably isn't vapor lock but
something to do with lack of fuel. Normally the stock fuel pump either works
or
doesn't and waiting a few minutes to restart wouldn't help the fuel pump.
The one thing that can cause a car to stop and then be able to restart a
few minutes later is foreign matter floating in the gas tanks. .....crud
floats over the intake pickup, car shuts down. Crud floats away and allows a
restart. If your tanks have never been cleaned and coated it's at least
time to consider this. If it's not the problem this time, it will be later
if you keep the car.
Mark L
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