Having issues with my 56 chev with a 283
Wondering if any of you guys have suffered or are suffering with vapor lock . I know it’s been pretty hot here in Alberta lately but this problem has been creeping up on me for awhile now so it’s not just the ambient heat getting to the car , its pretty hot under the hood all the time.
I have run insulating tubes over entire fuel line tank to mechanical pump , pressure reg and then to carb. Even made a sheet metal guard in front of the pump to deflect heat from rad blowing over it . After about half an hour driving it will run real ruff and eventually stall out .Inline filter looks empty . But after 5 - 10 min on side of the road it starts back up filter fills and I can limp back home . It’s empty by the time I get back. All I can think is it’s vapor locking.
Any thoughts from experience
Brian
Calgary
Wondering if any of you guys have suffered or are suffering with vapor lock . I know it’s been pretty hot here in Alberta lately but this problem has been creeping up on me for awhile now so it’s not just the ambient heat getting to the car , its pretty hot under the hood all the time.
I have run insulating tubes over entire fuel line tank to mechanical pump , pressure reg and then to carb. Even made a sheet metal guard in front of the pump to deflect heat from rad blowing over it . After about half an hour driving it will run real ruff and eventually stall out .Inline filter looks empty . But after 5 - 10 min on side of the road it starts back up filter fills and I can limp back home . It’s empty by the time I get back. All I can think is it’s vapor locking.
Any thoughts from experience
Brian
Calgary