Article View: net.auto.tech
Article #142Re: Vapor Lock (really MGB fuel pump)
From: Trevor J. Smedley
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1985 21:43
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1985 21:43
20 lines
1524 bytes
1524 bytes
In article <582@ihwpt.UUCP> jeq@ihwpt.UUCP (j quist) writes:
>> Im sorry Randle but there is no such thing as "Vapor Lock" in today's
>> automobiles.
... stuff about vapour lock (yawn :-)
>> Today's fuel pumps push fuel at a pressure of 7-10 psi and no bubble
>> could ever have any effect on it.
>
>I've got a '72 MGB that would disagree.
>One can argue that since the fuel system of
>a '72 MGB isn't much different from a '58 MGA,
>the B doesn't classify as one of today's automobiles...
I also have a '72 B, but have never even had the slightest worry about
vapour lock. Mostly because I've never been able to get the fuel pump
to work for more than 20 consecutive minutes. Anyone want to buy a
slightly used, and *very* slightly functional fuel pump?
Trevor J. Smedley University of Waterloo
{decvax,allegra,ihnp4,clyde,utzoo}!watmum!tjsmedley
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<344@watmum.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!watnot!watmum!tjsmedleyReferences:
<2922@vax4.fluke.UUCP> <582@ihwpt.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmum.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!watnot!watmum!tjsmedley From: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Vapor Lock (really MGB fuel pump) Message-ID: <344@watmum.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 16:43:09 EST Article-I.D.: watmum.344 Posted: Sun Nov 24 16:43:09 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 25-Nov-85 06:57:41 EST References: <2922@vax4.fluke.UUCP> <582@ihwpt.UUCP> Reply-To: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley) Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 20