BSCC- First to leave - last home probably

[Paul Raia]

Hi John,

 

According to a New Hampshire Corvair Club member one way to reduce vapor
lock is to put chrome fuel lines on your car.  He claims that the chrome
lines handle (I assume he means disperse the heat better) and reduces
the risk of vapor lock.  He doesn't have chrome lines, so he wraps his
fuel lines with aluminum foil to help the lines cool faster once it has
happened.  Could be an old wives' tale, don't know.   I have chrome fuel
lines and I never had vapor lock and my 140 powerglide runs hot when I
run the air conditioning.  I also installed auxiliary electric fans
which help keep the engine cooler.  And that's my story and I'm stick'in
to it.   

 

This year a cure!

 

Sincerely,

Paul Raia, Ph.D.

Director of Patient Care and Family Support

Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter

 

________________________________

From: bsc-list-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:bsc-list-bounces at corvair.org]
On Behalf Of jt09330 at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 12:31 PM
To: Bay State Corvairs (MA)
Subject: Re: BSCC- First to leave - last home probably

 

Chuck/Sharon, Once again thanks for the rescue. This is the second time
this has happen to me. Both situations the same very hot and not moving.
The first time was solved by just letting it cool down (it took quite a
while).

 

If anyone has some thought son this possible "vapor lock" condition, I'd
love to hear them.

 

	-------------- Original message -------------- 
	From: "Sharon Leonard" <shalibra at comcast.net> 

	Hi all,

	We too had a great time at this years Clarks show.  It was a
very impressive collaboration of efforts by all and mother nature sure
came through for us.

	 

	I think we may have been the first ones to leave the Red Roof
Inn around 8:45am.

	We headed out rt 2 - to 2A - rt 140 and besides a breakfast stop
we hit up a couple of yard sales, antique shops and visited our
daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter in Upton.

	After picking up rt 495 in Franklin we hit what we thought was
Patriots traffic.  It turned out to be an overturned trailer and some
car crunches.  Stop and go traffic for miles.

	 

	Just about as the traffic jam freed up we  saw a pretty yellow
and black Corvair convertible on the side of the road by the exit ramp
for Rt 1 Plainville/Wrentham.

	John Texeira didnt look to happy.  He thinks it was a vapor lock
from sitting in traffic so long and his intent was to sit and let it
cool down. After trying a few things with traffic whizzing by, Chuck
hooked up a tow line and pulled John and his yellow bird to the rt 1
exit and into the state highway garage off rt 1.  We were just starting
to tow the car when John Wingle came by and we waved him on.  Things
were under control.  Now I (Sharon) was feeling a lot better about them
working on it in a nice quiet spot to figure things out - no cars
whizzing by.

	After the water cooling didnt work,  Chuck went to a garage got
some gas to put into the carbs (I think) and the car started right up.
We followed John home just to make sure he had no problems and then
headed home ourselves.

	 

	All is well that ends well.  Tired but happy we made it home
safe and sound.

	Sounds like you all did too and thats a great.

	Sharon

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.vv.corvair.org/pipermail/bsc-list/attachments/20060918/5a91eec7/attachment.htm