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Old 01-21-2014, 10:23 AM   #53
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Re: Automotive myths

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Originally Posted by zeldman View Post
A few months ago a friend of mine was looking at a used car for a daily beater. He brought a 92 Pontiac Grand Am for me to look at. When he opened the hood, first thing I noticed was wooden clothes pins on the fuel line. The thought process behind that was it stops vapor lock and increases fuel mileage. I wonder how many people under 30 even know what vapor lock is?
lol I had a 92 sunbird/cavalier...combined parts to make a "winterbeater" cavebird lol
when the gas line rusted out,(it also has those PIA hard plastic lines)
i replaced it all (brakes too)lol I didn't pinch it off,(to keep the light off for Etest)
It was a 2.2 ran a long time
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