Deere John 2004
05-24-2004 06:02:11
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Re: JD 212 Vapor lock? in reply to Martin Holford, 05-23-2004 12:20:22
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For years, I fought with a car that the manufacturer said, “…couldn’t vapor lock, because it was fuel injected.” Well, it can and it does. First, use the LOWEST octane fuel you can get, lower octane resists vapor lock better. (Use current [new] fuel, using ‘winter’ gas in the summer really compounds the problem.) Mixing Sta-Bil with the fuel at the recommended rate can help a little. Second, clean the engine well. A small amount of oil and dust will retain a tremendous amount of heat. Remove and clean the side panels, remove and clean the shrouds and the cooling fins then replace the shrouds; don’t forget to clean the fins on the flywheel, they are a squirrel-cage fan for your engine. Be sure to clean the crankcase and the oil pan, even in a water cooled engine, the oil removes much of the heat from the engine. Finally, if you want the voodoo fix, put a ‘line’ of wooden, clip-type, clothes pins on the fuel line near the fuel pump to dissipate the heat. (Yes, I know wood is not a good conductor of heat, but, I was desperate and it (the car) hasn’t vapor locked since I did that.) lol, Jon.
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