My pickup got the vapors?

[reginald fairfield]

Hello everyone, this is my first post in quite a while. Hope you all have been doing well.

My question is concerning a stalled motor. Today I was driving up a steep paved road near my house that is a few miles long at least (goes over a mountain). I had 1/4 of a tank of gas. All of a sudden the engine just slows down and then finally quits. At first I thought I ran out of gas, but that was not the case. Is it possible for the fuel tank to become vapor locked?

I left the pickup for about 1 hour, and when I came back it started right up and I made it home.

Opinions? Any experience with this fellas?

Thanks,

 

[SixFoFalcon]

I don't think it's possible to vapor lock the fuel pump. If fuel starvation was the issue, I'd be thinking more along the lines of some sort of blockage at the fuel pump inlet... but that's just off the top of my head.

 

[reginald fairfield]

hmmm... That is a possiblity I suppose... Thanks for the input.

 

[Rearanger]

I was driving up a steep paved road... I had 1/4 of a tank of gas.

I'd say fuel starvation from a combination of low fuel, marginal fuel pick up and open throttle for engine load. Fill the tank and go up the same hill to test. It could be possible that a dirty fuel filter is causing low fuel flow which would show up more on hill climbing.

 

[reginald fairfield]

Yeah... Fuel filter may be clogged... I think I will change it and try it again