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Vapor Locking
I think my vehicle is vapor locking and dont know what to do to fix it. After you drive it for a while it will die and not restart for about an hour however the last time it did this to me i took the gas cap off and it fired up immediately which is why i think its vapor locking. I already changed the distributor cap and rotor and the spark plugs.
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I had the same problem many years ago on a car that is much older than today's vehicle. What happened was I picked up a tank full of very sandy gas which had some fine grit that got through the in-line filter but clogged the filter at the carburetor.
I'm at the age today that I don't go under the hood other than to check the oil so I'm not sure what all is under there. If you have a car with a carburetor check the filter in the carb, it is just past where the gas line connects in. If you have fuel injectors you might want to look else where like a collapsing belows in the fuel pump. Changing the pump will fix the problem.
Cleaning the injectors wouldn't hurt.
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check your fuel lines for pinches, fuel filter, and your carb/fuel injection. if that doesn't fix it, then you could just bring it down to a shop and run a diagnostic(about 75-80 bucks). or just go with the redneck solution and keep the gas cap off.
-Gunner
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