Vapor lock, etcetera is common. On my Tuholer, I found it happened when I parked facing into the wind, which made the carb area hotter. You can hardly force the vapors out with fuel pressure. A return line with a small restriction to return some fuel and VAPOR back to the tank makes these operations easier.
Bottom carbs and gravity feed need to allow some cowling ventilation when parked. Some aircraft have a vent gate in the upper cowl that blows shut when flying but allows cooling on the ground. Ron Freiberger mailto: rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of fixerjo...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:26 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>Ellison Carburetor vs Aerocarb i am also running a ellison efs-2 now with 75hrs on a 2.6 liter type 4 in my kr2 7 it performs great. but after a flight ,stop the engine for 15-20 min. it heat soaks & gets a little vapor lock, when taking off the second time, loses power for a moment then runs flawless the remainder of the flight. steve jones n212kr _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html