Talk:Vapor lock

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[edit] Summer and Winter Fuels

Where I come from (UK) we have no such thing. This certainly may not be true elsewhere, and in the distant past they certainly were in widespread use because early fuels were more volatile to overcome the poor carburation technology. Can someone elaborate on this in the article in the form of climes, altitudes and places in the world that you can get summer and winter grades? I assume that petrol is being referred to here.--ChrisJMoor 02:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm in Canada, and I believe it's pretty much universal here, and you don't have an option... it's just what is sold.

Are you sure you don't have seasonal fuels in the UK? I know from watching some TV documentary that they change the additives to gasoline in the US based on the season but I'm sure most Americans don't know that. --Gbleem 04:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

If they do this in the UK, again, hardly anyone here knows of it. We dont really have hot enough summers or extremes of altitude to make it a problem. For that matter, I've never actually heard anyone in the UK use the expression, probably for that reason.--ChrisJMoor 01:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Fuels are formulated differently in summer and winter in the UK, though this is not widely known or publicised. As a pilot, I am very much aware that using motor fuel (mogas) in an aircraft engine in place of aviation fuel (avgas) can produce vastly different results depending on the time of year. The Civil Aviation Authority regularly reminds pilots of this, largely to avoid vapour lock problems! Emeraude 12:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link to an interesting story

I found a cool website with this brain teaser about vapor locking:

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JustN5:12 02:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)