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Old July 24th 05, 03:16 PM
Bill Putney
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Uhh - read it again. I said "With under hood temperatures RISING OVER
THE YEARS [emphasis added], that's one of the reasons they had to
abandon the engine-mounted fuel pump and recirc the fuel."

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tim bur wrote:

> really!!!!!!!! my 72 cudda and my 69 newport both have engine mounted fuel pumps and
> there is no vapor lock there
>
> Bill Putney wrote:
>
>
>>Yes - I knew that - *BUT* for the purposes of preventing vapor lock in
>>the engine area, it does no good, don't you think? The recirc in the
>>tank consist of the pressure regulator (at the tank) dumping excess fuel
>>back to the tank from the pressure relief valve - not the same thing as
>>recirc'ing all the way from the fuel rail. With under hood temperatures
>>rising over the years, that's one of the reasons they had to abandon the
>>engine-mounted fuel pump and recirc the fuel. I guess the Chrysler
>>engineers forgot about that lesson learned.

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