Reference: “Notes from the field: Ethanol, Vapor Lock and other Gas Woes”

[Ed Landstrom]

One trick that some tractor pullers and drag racers use is to pass the fuel through a coil of tubing immersed in a bucket of ice water. Of course, their events only last a few seconds. For all-day use, adding ice gets to be tedious.

[Richard Farrant]

Over 30 years ago when I got my Bedford QL on the road, I wound asbestos cord around the petrol pipe from pump to carb and never suffered any annoyance from vapour locks. The route of the pipe goes from one side of the engine to the other, rising past the top water outlet on the head, so gets a lot of heat.

[maple_leaf_eh]

When I had a vapour lock on my '74 Pattern Jeep the tow truck driver asked if it was fuel injected or carb. Pull the air cleaner off, jam something into the carburetor mouth and force more air in. It worked, and I was able to return to the activity with a birthday cake.