2007-09-20 16:40:47 · 6 answers · asked by MRS K 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I have never seen a B&S engine vapor lock.
However I have seen the fuel tank "Vacuum Lock" several times. This is caused by the fuel tank not being vented. (no air can replace the space where the gas was when the fuel gets used and the gas level in the tank drops, creating a vacuum inside the tank)
Try replacing your fuel cap. I will bet you lunch this will cure the problem!
2007-09-21 16:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bart S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Re-route the fuel line. At some point the line is close enough to the motor for the heat to vaporize the fuel. Just get the line away from the motor more.
2007-09-20 17:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by srmm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless the fuel line is near the muffler I doubt that it is a vapor lock problem. It could be a fuel flow problem caused by dirt in the tank, line or carburetor. If you believe that it is a vapor lock issue, wrap some tin foil around the line.
2007-09-21 05:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by renpen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gasoline injected vehicles are purely approximately proof against vapor lock. no longer in basic terms like the older carburetor fashions which held the gasoline in a bowl and lines and in many circumstances boiled to vapor on a very heat day, the gasoline injected vehicles bypass the gasoline continuously from the tank to the injector rails and back via a tension regulator to the tank the place that is replenished with sparkling gasoline from the tank. Have the gasoline tension checked and heavily examine to make certain if the source of the "sturdy scent of gas" would properly be located.
2016-12-26 20:37:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sama as a car motor, a clothes pin on the fuel line,
2007-09-20 16:56:45 · answer #5 · answered by Snoonyb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do the clothespin trick like the first person said.
2007-09-20 17:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by honeypot0214 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋