Vapor lock causing returns of new saws.
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Good post!
The only saw I ever had vaporlock was a old monkey wards.
It was impossible to restart after shut down.
I am doing the avgas thing this year as well. At $4.90 a gallon I would like it in a decanter. It runs the saws fine, smells good. The only issue is that I had to clean the sparkplug after a entire summer of cutting. Golly gee.....
As for my vehicle vaporlocking due to the crap gas, thankfully I am not running this truck to the big city currently, but this one would vaporlock terribly.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/Patrick62/PDRM0008_1.jpg
yes I have hauled wood in it!!!!
-Pat
The only saw I ever had vaporlock was a old monkey wards.
It was impossible to restart after shut down.
I am doing the avgas thing this year as well. At $4.90 a gallon I would like it in a decanter. It runs the saws fine, smells good. The only issue is that I had to clean the sparkplug after a entire summer of cutting. Golly gee.....
As for my vehicle vaporlocking due to the crap gas, thankfully I am not running this truck to the big city currently, but this one would vaporlock terribly.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/Patrick62/PDRM0008_1.jpg
yes I have hauled wood in it!!!!
-Pat
Thank you for good information.
Since I used to work in a hot strip mill in close-to-semi-tropical location (in summer 120+ F 100%RH in the mill), I cut, haul, split, and stack firewood even on 100+ F summer days.
I experienced a lot of vapor lock problems, not knowing what they were.
I was furustrated, but I thought it was just a "bad behavior" of my saw.
Now I know what it is. Thank you for the countermeasure suggestions, too.
Next summer, I will make sure I take all 4 saws with me.
Noko
Since I used to work in a hot strip mill in close-to-semi-tropical location (in summer 120+ F 100%RH in the mill), I cut, haul, split, and stack firewood even on 100+ F summer days.
I experienced a lot of vapor lock problems, not knowing what they were.
I was furustrated, but I thought it was just a "bad behavior" of my saw.
Now I know what it is. Thank you for the countermeasure suggestions, too.
Next summer, I will make sure I take all 4 saws with me.
Noko
