When an engine won't start because it is getting too much fuel, it is
referred to as a "flooded" engine. Holding the accelerator pedal to the
floor and
cranking the starter will eventually get the engine running, but it will
probably sputter and runs rough until heat is built up in the engine an
carburetor
How to Diagnose and Repair Carburetor Problems
By Larry Carley c2007
Carburetors on production engines were replaced with fuel injection in the
mid-1980s to reduce emissions and improve cold starting. Yet carburetors are
still used on many racing engines including NASCAR and circle
Here is how I was taught to start a flooded engine from the pre fuel
injection days. Stop trying and don't do anything for about 2 minutes.
Then hold the accelerator peddle all the way down, don't pump it, and crank.
When the engine catches let up quickly.
If the plugs have become fouled and i
Flooding on a carbureted engine is done by pumping the gas pedal. True the
engine runs on gas but pumping the pedal actuates the accelerator pump in the
carburetor. That pump is there for those times when you need extra gas right
then. Like pulling out to pass or merging in traffic. When you
You almost never hear of a modern car getting vapor locked because of where
the fuel pump is located. When the pump was at the engine as it used to be
it had to pull the gas from the tank and then push it to the carburetor. If
there was vapor in the line between the tank and the pump, or withi
Hi All,
Speaking of vapour locks and the like.
One question I've always had, and still have to this day is, how the hell does
one flood an engine if one pumps the gas too many times before starting it?
I mean, doesn't the damn thing run on the stuff, and yet it won't start if you
give it too m
Hey Don,
Make sure you get Larry to tell you about his coming trip to California. He's
giving a workshop on how to teach woodworking to the blind. A great guy with a
heart of gold!
And not to be confused with a great guy with the same name but he gets his
hands really greasy at times and I kn
Almost that time once again. it really is hard too believe. on the handy show
this week.
Mr. Tom, reads, and we discuss, some list mail. We talk with a guy we talked
too a year ago, named Larry Martin, the guy that does the wood working for the
blind magazine. Larry kind of updates us on wh
ok heres one.
do jell sells have memmory problems?
jim
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ok lets just put a baseball card so it clicks on the hub caps.
jim
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As I remember, this was going from California to Detroit via Texas during
the summer around 1956 in a 1955 Buick Special. We were stuck in some Texas
coyote crossroad called a town because the car was vapor locked.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROT
ADA, NTSB,NTHSA and Mothers against drunk driving would never settle for
something so simple.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:49 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re:
Sorry, in defense of dogs I had to send this...
Dog Pet Peeves About Humans:
1. When you run away in the middle of a perfectly
good leg humping.
2. Blaming your farts on me...not funny.
3. Yelling at me for barking...I'M A DOG YOU IDIOT!!
4. How you naively believe that the stupid cat isn't
all
as interested and involved blind guys, don't you thing we should grab some
of that cash?
The whole thing will be FUBAR anyway but somebody aught to get paid.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, February 2
Clifford my man...
You are absolutely correct. The best fix for vapor lock is:
1. A fuel pump located as far away as possible from a heat source.
2. A high quality fuel filter that will act as a fuel accumulator vessel and
prevent vaporization.
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From: blindhandyman@yah
I am all over both.
A year ago while on a run up through Zion Canyon I had a guy on a v-twin
custom offer to trade me his "old lady" for my dog and I told him my dog
didn't like motorcycles and I already had an "old lady."
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMA
And don't you live near the dessert? That would get the engine hot enough.
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From: tunecollector
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:33 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] vapor locked engines
Thanks for the explanation. I
A filter would let the vapor pass to some extent but the carburetor couldn't
mix vapor and air. Remember the needle and seat... The float would fall down
pulling the needle from the seat until enough liquid fuel filled the float bowl
raising the float again. In among the carburetor "stuff" it
They'll still have to have a horn. Isn't that a novel idea? Maybe they could
honk it if someone stepped in front of them. They don't hesitate if you don't
move fast enough.
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From: Rhonda & Steve
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 2
Oh I'm sure they'll pay several million to someone to study the idea first and
then they put a set of those stupid whistles on the front bumper that were
designed to scare deer away from the edge of the road. And of course no one
else can hear...
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From: tunecoll
Thanks for the explanation. It was something that happened to the family
Buick 50 years ago and I always wondered what caused it.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of clifford
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:07 PM
To: blindhandy
That was roundabout my point.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:10 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] real about cars
know a fence butt i
know a fence butt i think we can find something better to do with are money
then wasting it on
this nonsense
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From: tunecollector
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] real about cars
Let'
Dear List members:
Back in the twentieth century, when I took physics, the reason given for
vapor locking was that the fuel pump would only pump a liquid, and if the
engine got too hot, and at that time the fuel pump was attached to the engine,
the liquid fuel would become a vapor when super
Let's get real here. Congress can't even mandate a decent increase in fuel
efficiency. So some governmental body is going to dictate that cars have to
be noisier for a benefit of a small number of disabled folk? I couldn't
even get this city to put in an audible signal until I got a written
peti
good job bob keep it up
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From: Bob Kennedy
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do?
Vapor lock is in the fuel system more so than the cooling system. But the
id
how about a well trained dog
all though a hot rod or a bike would be better
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From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quiet cars.
Copy that...
If I need to read perp
Vapor lock is in the fuel system more so than the cooling system. But the idea
is the same. Vapor lock was more from the fuel getting so hot that it turned
into steam instead of a solid and then it couldn't get past the filter into the
carburetor. Don't see it so much now with electric pumps
Copy that...
If I need to read perpendicular traffic or an uncontrolled intersection give
me a full-boat hot-rod or a 100" Harley with drag pipes any day.
-Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, February 21,
Never did care for a quiet car myself. When I owned a 68 Chevelle it had a 396
with 4 bolt mains. I had to rebuild it soon after I bought it and I threw in
the big Vette cam from that time. the 427 435 HP cam. I put on a set of
Hookers and had the cherry bomb "mufflers." The first time my n
You have heard it too I'm sure. But I've forgotten how many times someone
brought a car in and because it ran hot they just "took the damn thing out."
It stopped running hot at that time...
I guess I should have included the purpose of the thermostat in the first place
is to slow the flow o
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Adding insulation in your attic can drastically help reduce your heating and
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an energy efficient home. There are many options for insulating your
I also wear a flasher on my backpack's shoulder strap for same purposes.
Standard boating rules say you are supposed to sound a horn before backing
out of a slip, why not cars. But the idiots who aren't paying attension
wouldn't do it. Suppose that's a reason for backup alarms, but they're
too
Another way of recycling those card board tubes maybe if cut shorter
for concrete pillars? Lee
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Yep, gotta agree. Don't like something, make a law. Someone does you
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responsibility.
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Blue skies.
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WataContry...
De police dey give you a ticket when you ride to loud and now dey give you a
ticket cause de blind guy can't hear you.
Splain me dat one
-Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dan Rossi
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8
Since the issue has come up on this list I will mention the following.
apparently, the NFB is proposing legislation to create a standard for
minimum noise for automobiles. If you have had an experience with a near
miss and a quiet car, they are asking you to send your story to
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you are correct lair good stuff
- Original Message -
From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:36 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How does the thermostat in a car's cooling
system work?
Bob,
It seems like I read somewher
Bob,
It seems like I read somewhere that the thermal sensitive wax was replaced
with a bi-metal spring. The same article went on to say that now when a
thermostat sticks they are set up in such a way that they will default to
the open position. Your car will not run for crap; but it will get you h
So are the bubbles the cause of vapor lock?
-Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:46 AM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do?
Since we
You guys are good, keep up the nice work.
David Ferrin
www.jaws-users.com
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From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:45 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do?
> Since we had our lesson on thermostats, here is a
Since we had our lesson on thermostats, here is a companion lesson. A radiator
cap has a pressure setting on it that allows the system to bleed off pressure
above that point. They have different levels beginning around 8 pounds and
going on up. I'm not sure of the highest pressure on newer ca
This is one of the few people that actually gives the correct explanation. My
father was a supervisor for GM for about 35 years. They made everything
related to heating and cooling the car there in the complex where he worked
including thermostats. For those of us that have spent time in the
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