<VV> Help for Vapor Lock

Ken Wildman k-wildman at onu.edu
Wed Jun 8 22:38:13 EDT 2005


At 06:02 PM 6/8/2005, Bill Elliott wrote:
>I wasn't going to post on this subject, but you've pretty much thrown down 
>the gauntlet. (VBG)
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>
>
>Note that I'm NOT saying that a well-designed and well-installed electric 
>pump is a BAD idea on a Corvair... quite the opposite (though all of my street
>Corvairs run mechanical pumps). What I AM saying is that mechanical pumps 
>AND electric pumps both have their inherent disadvantages and you ignore
>those at your own risk.
>
>Bill

You mean like the very real possibility of diluting your crankcase oil with 
gas when one of those extra-fine modern diaphragms leak in a mechanical 
pump?    :)

Ken




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