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Ethanol Blending: How to Prevent Vapour Lock

Author: Hannes Pichler on behalf of Ametek Grabner Instruments GmbH

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GRABNER INSTRUMENTS vapour Pressure Testers allow versatile ramp measurements for gasoline-ethanol blends Imagine you are driving your car and the motor suddenly stops. You are lucky if this doesn´t happen on a crossing. When you try to restart the car, the hot motor stalls again. You call the breakdown service, but they cannot detect any problem with the engine, after they connected your car to their computer. You get your car towed away and contact the manufacturer, who gives a lot of advises and sends you spare parts. Possibly he sends them free of charge, as he is anxious to solve the problem with their car. But they, too, cannot find the problem.
You might end up with a completely new motor, but the problem still might not be solved. The only solution seems to buy a new car.

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