vapor lock (English, noun)
expansion: vapor lock (countable and uncountable, plural vapor locks)
Senses:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing transient power loss or complete stalling.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of air lock.
tags: countable
especially
uncountable
Forms:
form: vapor locks
tags: plural
form: vapour lock
tags: alternative