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In my 1994 Intrepid SE (sorry, don't remember the specs on the engine), this condition occurred three times in high 90 temps in an area of the country where I could only get gas with ethanol. Mechanic found nothing wrong with the car when I got it home to northern Wisconsin; he even took the car out in high 90 temps, but by then it was running pure petroleum gas, circa 2003. In fact, I never had another problem with the car before I sold it in 2006. My mechanic concluded it was the ethanol created a vapor lock, which killed the engine, and it started again once the vapor had a chance to dissipate, about 15 minutes after the car stalled. The engine really wasn't designed to handle ethanol. I've never experienced anything similar in my 2002 Intrepid R/T.

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