"Boss, I've had a particularly weird thing happen to me recently!" On this day, Beasley said mysteriously to Monet.

"Oh? What's the matter? Monet asked casually.

Beasley explains, "We have a tradition in our family of having ice cream for dessert after dinner. Since there are many flavors of ice cream, I vote every day after a meal to decide which flavor I want to eat, and when everyone decides, I drive to buy it. But recently after I bought a new GM sedan, the problem happened. ”

"Oh? What's the problem? Monet asked curiously.

"You know what? Whenever the ice cream I bought was vanilla-flavored, the car wouldn't move. But if you buy other flavors, the car starts very smoothly. As piggy-headed as this question sounds, I'm very serious. Why is it that when I buy vanilla ice cream, this Pontijac is funny (it can't be activated), and whenever I buy other flavors of ice cream, it's a living dragon? Why do you say that? Beasley asked, frowning.

To be honest, if he hadn't known Beasley for so many years, Monet would definitely have regarded him as a psychopath, so after thinking for a while, he asked, "There is nothing wrong with your car, right?" ”

Beasley shook his head without hesitation and replied, "Absolutely not, except when I bought vanilla ice cream, this car is very good!" ”

"That's weird, then did you find a maintenance master?" Monet asked again.

Beasley nodded and replied, "Yes, I found a lot of people, and even sent letters to GM headquarters, but they didn't believe me, because my car was fine when they came!" ”

Monet said in his heart, don't talk about them, even I have a hard time believing your words, but he can also see that Beasley should really have no choice, so he found himself, so he said: "Then let's do it, I'll accompany you to buy vanilla ice cream once and see what the hell is going on!" ”

"Great, when are we going?" Beasley asked excitedly.

Monet glanced at his watch, and then said, "Then go now, it just so happens that I have nothing to do." ”

When he arrived at the ice cream parlor that Beasley was talking about, Monet found that the shop was quite popular, and even during such working hours, there were quite a few customers.

And the strange thing is that after the two of them bought vanilla ice cream, the car really couldn't start, Monet circled the car for a long time, conducted various inspections, and finally found no problem, so Beasley said: "Let's go, let's go buy other ice cream and try!" ”

Unexpectedly, Beasley waved his hand and said, "Boss, there is no point in buying other ice cream now, so let's wait until the evening or after we drive a few streets and come back, then buy other ice cream for experimentation, so that it will have an effect." ”

Monet complained in his heart, you are quite strict, but seeing Beasley's serious face, he had no choice but to agree, but it is strange to say, after going out for a circle, I came to this store to buy other flavors of ice cream such as chocolate or strawberry flavor, and this did not happen, only vanilla ice cream had problems.

Although the facts were in front of him, Monet still couldn't believe the ridiculous conclusion that GM and vanilla ice cream were "guilty", so he asked Beasley, "Have you tried other cars of this model to buy this vanilla ice cream and see if there is a problem?" ”

Beasley nodded and replied, "I've tried it, as long as it's this model!" ”

Although when he first came over with Beasley, Monet just wanted to appease this old employee, but now he really wants to solve this supernatural incident!

After repeated experiments, Monet suddenly found a problem, that is, each time to buy vanilla ice cream takes the shortest, because this vanilla ice cream is the most popular brand in the store, so the ice cream shop owner simply displayed the vanilla ice cream in a separate freezer and placed it at the front of the store, while the other flavors of ice cream are placed far away from the cash register, so each purchase takes a long time.

So the next question goes from "why doesn't the car start every time I buy vanilla ice cream" to "why doesn't the car stop because of the short time from turning off to restarting?"

So Monet said to Beasley: "You complained to GM about why the car couldn't start in a short interval between turning off and restarting?" Then they will definitely come and check it out for you! ”

"Boss, does it really have nothing to do with vanilla ice cream?" Beasley asked, still a little reluctant.

Monet replied angrily: "Nonsense, how can it be related?" If you don't believe me, you can try to see if the car can start in a short time after the engine is turned off, and estimate it according to the time you buy vanilla ice cream these times! ”

"Isn't that still something to do with vanilla ice cream?" Beasley muttered, but obediently did what Monet said, and it turned out to be the case.

Two days later, Beasley rushed over to Monet and said, "Boss, the problem with vanilla ice cream is solved, guess what's going on?" ”

"What's going on?" Monet asked curiously.

Beasley explains, "According to GM's engineers, it's because of the steam, because when I buy other kinds of ice cream, because it takes a long time, the engine has enough time to dissipate heat, and there is no big problem when it comes to restarting," Beasley explains. But when buying vanilla ice cream, the engine was too hot to allow the "vapor lock" enough time to dissipate heat due to the short time it took to do so. ”

Beasley's "vapour lock" (Vapour lock) is not a specific physical object in automobile troubleshooting, but a phenomenon like the liquid used in the car, such as gasoline, brake fluid, etc., after being overheated, a period of air will accumulate between the liquids in the closed pipeline, which is generally called "air resistance". When the car's fuel supply system is blocked, the fuel in the fuel supply system will be intermittent, and the car will not start or the engine will stall during driving.

"Look at it, I'm just saying that this must have something to do with some vanilla ice cream!" Monet said proudly.

"That's, or boss, you're amazing!" Beasley took advantage of the situation and patted the horse.

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