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Originally Posted by sciguy125
I smell an episode of Mythbusters.
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There's no reason for mythbusters - I'll confirm that this could have happened.
This is not at all a problem with modern fuel injected engines, but with early fuel injection technology, this is a big problem. I've flown a lot of airplanes from the late 60's and early 70's with fuel injection systems. All of these engines have vapor lock problems. Thankfully, you have a lot more control over engine management in an airplane and there are tricks to getting the engine started again. However, if you don't know the tricks, starting one of these engines when hot after a half hour shut-down can be frustrating to impossible.