vapor lock

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vapor lock Meaning of "vapor lock"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
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