vapor lock suggestions?

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

11 volts pull on a volt meter is a lot for any engine
amp most pull 10-15 depeding on conditions RC

--- jason reizner <jreizner_lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
Chris wrote:
> >Did it seem to crank a little bit slowly, or at
> least
> seem
> >to run the battery down more rapidly than usual?
> >
> >I say this because your starter might be on its way
> out. I
> >do not know how many miles you have on yours, but
> when the
> >starter begins to wear, it becomes increasingly
> >susceptible to hot-start problems, mostly because
> the
> >whole thing expands, making cranking harder on the
> starter
> >itself. 
> 
> i hadn't thought to check the starter, actually. it
> seemed like it was turning the motor just fine, but
> after maybe four or five shots at it, it cashed out
> the battery.  i figured it was probably a fault of
> the
> battery which looks like it's older than dirt [the
> car
> hasn't been driven all that much in the last ten
> years].  the starter looks like original equipment,
> so
> even though it's only got 52k on the clock, it's
> still
> 35 years old.
> 
> 
> RC wrote:
> >Put an amp meter on the stater line and see if it
> >draws more when engine is hot then cold. 
> 
> does anyone have a ballpark figure of how much a
> stock
> mopar starter should pull when cranking (10:1 comp,
> hot)?
> 
> 
> Ted wrote:
> >I have thought of a six volt electric pump, but
> feel
> since
> >the car started fine when new, I shouldn't need it
> if
> >everything is right. 
> 
> could it be that maybe the car's fine, but it's the
> fault of the rotten low-octane unleaded mtbe-tainted
> swill they call gas these days?  once upon a time,
> someone on the fullsize jeep list i'm on had
> mentioned
> that modern gasoline was more susceptible to
> vaporization than the stuff they were making back in
> the fifties and sixties.  i think the rationale was
> something like lower boiling points did something to
> help lower sulfur emissions, and because cars made
> today have sealed high pressure fuel systems for
> injection (40-50 psi) it's not as much of an issue
> on
> hot days like it is for those of us still running
> carbs and mechanical pumps (5-7 psi).
> 
> regards,
> --jason
> 
> jason reizner
> chicago
> 68 crown hardtop
> 90 grand wagoneer
> 85 grand wagoneer
> 83 wagoneer limited
> 87 xj6 sIII 4.2 
> 
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