Vapour Lock

[scirocco81@vwmail.net (Eric S)]

AhHHH Tosha!  Don't remind me about Automatics!

*nightmarish flashbacks to climbing under the rocco on my way home from ND to bang on the starter every time I stopped for gas*

BTW, that starter is a bitch to change.....only plus side is no motor mount to remove.

--
Eric
Northglenn, CO

81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (Waiting for BAE Turbo Install)
83 Scirocco Wolfsburg
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)


--- T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Ian Shaw wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> can anyone explain vapour locking and what would cause it please
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> 
>> Ian Shaw
>
>Cars with Fuel Injection rarely if ever get vapor lock (it's a carb
>thing) but you can get 'Hard to Start When Hot' conditions. It might
>be a misadjusted fuel to air ratio, a bad accumulator (connected to
>the pump mech.), or any number of things including poor electrical
>grounds or bad when hot relays.
>
>VW had come out with a hot start kit that provided more power to the
>coil, uh starter solenoid but this wasn't an A1 thing really.
>
>Lastly before I jet- early VW Automatics often won't start when hot
>because the starter is on the back end of the motor and gets real hot
>from the down pipe/ exhaust.
>
>hth,
>TBerk
>
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