2001 Cadillac Catera Vapor Lock

2001 CADILLAC CATERA
87,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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CADILLAC DALE
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sometimes If I turn off the Motor, my car wont start until a couple of minutes. i was told that its a case of vapior lock. just recently, my wife was driving and it just shut off while driving down the freeway!!. it eventually starts up but only for awhile. Any suggestions?
Jul 26, 2008 at 5:34 PM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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not vapor lock. have your wife get the car scanned for codes. they do it for free at autozone, then get back to us with the codes
Jul 26, 2008 at 7:36 PM
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