Vapor Lock
Today it's 92 degrees out and have had the generator running for 4 hours or so. The generator has stop on us three times, and after a few minutes I could get it started again by playing with the choke...
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wa8yxm wrote:I'm not sure exactly what you are saying here, but this could definitely be vapor lock. Unfortunately, I have too much experience with vapor lock on my old coach and the symptoms he describes could be a result of vapor lock. I'm not saying it is, however.
...Vapor lock happens with the fuel pump is pumping vapor only, no gas, this requires several things. One is heat and another is no fresh (cool) gasoline entering chamber to cool it.
THIS can only happen if the pump is engine mounted (Electric pumps mounted at a distance tend not to vapor lock,, in tank pumps (not applicable here) DO NOT Vapor lock, ever) and the motor off so not drawing gas.. once it is running vapor lock is out of the question...
We haven't heard from the original poster since last week. I hope he updates the post.
