Dad's vapor lock solution, My Dad was an engineer ..... Options

[Jamie]

...but not any kind of mechanic, and his solution for several vapor lock events was to wrap the fuel lines with aluminum foil. I don't know how he came to this conclusion, but when I bought the 1973 (Dad's Mistress!) from him in 2002 I found this fix he had made. I don't remember the exact details, but he drove Mistress to Wyoming one summer, and had to replace the fuel pump at a VW dealership along the way. He wrapped the fuel lines with foil from chewing gum wrappers some time after that, and I don't know how he was able to get under the car, maybe with the jack to lift as high as it would go? I moved the fuel pump to the front several years ago, and am now replacing the original plastic tunnel lines with stainless steel. At least I now have the advantage of a lift and won't have to crawl around under the car for access.