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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Synonym of air lock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, especially, uncountable
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: air lock
Antonyms: none provided
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vapour lock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
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