Questions & Answers for: BMW what is vapor lock

my bmw 316 1994 will not start after a good drive it just turns over and really smells off strong petrol Sounds like a Vapor Lock on one of your vacume lines

bm 320d e46 starts great from cold but once run will not seams like fuel return dont no Replace charcoal fuel cannister. you got vapor lock not allowing for fuel to pass through.

runs good some times wont start when is warm is driving me crazy fuel filter...vapor lock when hot won't allow fuel to run through it. common german problem porsche in particular

After driving normally,the car would not restart. It acts like a fuel problem. All fuses are good. repl fuel filter. vapor lock when hot causes no fuel to flow to intake manifold

my 320d 2001 wont start when warm fuel filter. vapor lock problem.

...when it's cold; however, if I park and turn off the engine for a few minutes, it fails to start on the first attempt. Any suggestions.... charcoal fuel cannister, fuel filter. probably has vapor

...and the pressure regulator was defective it caused my engine to hydro lock, which is the same as vapor lock but a fluid cuases the engine to lock , caused by fuel or antifreeze in my case it was

...Vapor lock is when an engine with a carburetor gets so hot the liquid gasoline in the fuel line vaporizes. Cars with fuel injection use pressurized fuel lines and are almost impossible to vapor

...vapor lock. The fuel rails are getting hot and it turns the diesel into a vapor instead of a liquid. A liquid is what is needed to go into the injectors. Try insulating all of the fuel lines with the ...

...be just a vapor lock. I'd try opening the fuel filler cap and then replacing. Otherwise would need some more information such as the year, transmission type, previous most recent issues with ...