Engine Stalls While Driving Along?

Car won't stay running and the dash lights won't turn on while it's running.

We have a 1996 cav Z24 that has an intermittent stalling problem. It seems to happen after the car is warm (195). The car just dies.

Once it cools it will start right up. The engine turns over it just will not catch.
We have replace a crank sensor, and the starter since it sounded like it was not engaging.

My car was running ok and then started to get hot but never out of the "safe" area of the gauge and the car would stall until cool again & then repeat the cycle. As long as I was on the freeway I was ok. The check engine light code said to replace the crank shaft position sensor, did that & on first drive after repair the same thing happened again. Then the temperature gauge started pegging the "H" and still stalling. I changed the thermostat with no luck, although now I have no heat, but I did before. Cant drive the car more than 2-3 miles before it's hot & stalls. Any ideas. I have no leaking coolant or noise from the water pump. Fan is running for about 10-15 second cycles.

The coolant has never "boiled" as far as I know, I guess I should not say it's "overheating" It has never blown off any steam or coolant. I'm going by the guage. Would the computer shut the car down if the temp guage is pegged at "H"?

While going down the interstate engine just stops like it ran out of gas. After siting for a few mins. It will start back up. Sometimes it will do this 2 or 3 times and sometimes it wont happen for a couple of days.

Engine Mechanical problem
1996 Chevy Cavalier 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 142k miles

my cavy has recently had the head gasket done head was plained, got all new gaskets the works. It was still overheating, we bleed as much air out as possible, still overheating. Heater core went, replaced that. Still overheating. Put thermostat back in didnt bleed it now it stays at normal temp. But the big issue here is that after I got the head gasket replaced it was overheating so we replaced the radiator. After doing that it started dying on me while in motion. At first it would start right back up but run really rough. So I took it to a shop finally and they replaced throttle position sensor and the map sensor. It still wants to die. No other codes came up. This car has a mind of its own. It has been 4 months since I got the sensors replaced and the car will purr like a kitten and beg to be driven and she will drive awsome 4 about 3 days then suddenly she die out of the blue and will not start again 4 about half an hour this car has no rust no dents I love this car I dont want to get rid of it because I have so much money in it I have spent over a grand since nov last year trying to get her running. Sorry 4 the story but I want you to know what has happened to it to get an idea. Thank you 4 any replies. I am in much needed help. Thanks so much

Thank you very much I will try that next

My 95 chevy cavalier has been shutting off without notice. The battery light is on sometimes. Once I shut of my car I can not turn back on. It doesn't even make a noise, it is alomst like the engine is not even making effort to turn on. My fan is no longer worker either. I took my car to auto zone to read my computer and they said the machine confirmed that the computer was off, is that even possible? There are also a wire near or sticking out of the starter that is throwing static. There is also a light that symbolizes water that has been turing on but I do not know what that is. WHen my heater is on I can hear the air lose strength when I stop and gain strength when I move. When my car shuts off while driving my key stays stuck, I cannot move it anyway cause it just wont move. Sometimes when my car shuts off and I can move the key, the radio stays on even when the car is supposed to be completely off. Can you tell me what is wrong wit my car?

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