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Re: [T3] Vapor Lock?


On 30 May 2002, at 16:18, Drake . wrote:

> Can a faulty pressure regulator cause this? What else can cause this?
> A friend of mine had an FI square a while back and said that this kind
> of thing happened all the time to her.

It happens. I THINK it is due to small leaks that let AIR IN after 
some of the gas has boiled away. I have installed a pushbutton 
switch under the dash in a couple of cars to let me run JUST the 
fuel pump for a few seconds, before I try the starter.

It works great. You just run the pump and listen to the air gurgle up 
in the gas tank. Once the gurgling stops the engine will generally 
start pretty quickly.

Wire the pushbutton around the fuel pump relay. That way you 
have to turn the key ON first, but you don't have to do anything 
else, except push the button, to run the pump.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI USA

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