Posible vapor lock solution?

Posted by Robert Freeman On 2012/6/24 11:04:11

A while back, I had removed an in-line electric fuel pump that was mounted near the gas tank (it was plugged-up) and I have bought a new one, but have yet to install it.

After a parade in Cripple Creek, CO (9000 ft altitude and 93 degrees) my '50 Packard vapor locked several times throughout the day. I was told by an old-timer that he suggested that I put 'a gallon of diesel' and fill the tank with gas. I had never thought that diesel would burn in my gas engine and that if it did, my car would put out some black smoke and maybe even foul something in the fuel system? Is this sound advice? I suppose that the diesel would raise the vapor point of the fuel to mitigate the 'vapor lock' issue.