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

[rob love]

At least we still have the option of non-ethanol fuel here in Canada. For how long I don't know and we pay pretty dearly for it: up to 30 cents a liter more.

Pretty bad when you have to find workarounds in order to use gasoline.

[Lynn Eades]

One common thing I see is the use of copper fuel lines. This transfers heat faster than steel. Most of our vehicles started life with steel lines.

[Jordan Baker]

Splashing some cool water on the ford fuel pump works a charm when the engine starts to sputter from vapour lock. Did this while at speed in a Universal Carrier driving across Holland in 2019.

[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.