Underhood Temperatures

bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au
Fri May 26 02:47:18 GMT 2000


Shannen Durphey tapped away at the keyboard with:

> > Vapour lock isn't generally a problem; even at elevated
> > temperatures, if you can maintain a high fuel pressure.
> > Hence the use of check-valves and even pressure-switches
> > to overcome the effects of heat-soak.

> Justa note... Vapor lock is less uncommon than you might guess when it
> comes to efi cars.  Least in my experiences as a mechanic.

Would you say that's more due to component failure (e.g. leaky
injectors) or design faults (e.g. under-estimation of heat-soak)?

-- 
Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning
Perth, Western Australia
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