Once it cools off it will start.
Vapor lock can cause the fuel in a car's fuel lines to vaporize, leading to a disruption in fuel flow to the engine. This can result in engine stalling, difficulty starting the car, and potential engine damage if left unresolved.
There could be several reasons, but First is you make be overheating, or it could be vapor lock. If it is vapor lock you need to change your cat. converter. a lot of times you can tell vapor lock by looking under the car and it the "cat" is bright red then it is vapor locked
No the car will not lock itself after a long time. If you don't believe me you can ask an adult.
Vapor Lock.
It is impossible for a fuel injected car to vapor lock. If you have a check engine light on then you need to address that problem first.
Heat. Having a fuel line to close to hot parts used to cause vapor lock in carburetor-ed vehicles. I don't think that happens these days with EFI, I haven't seen it in a long time.
Are you certain that you are having Vapor lock ?? I haven't seen a true case of vapor lock in years...and i own a shop. Vapor lock (also called percolation) occurs when the gasoline in the fuel line boils. the fuel must get very hot for this to happen. Usually it happens on a hot summer day and the fuel line is placed too closely to an exhaust manifold. In almost every case of vapor lock i have ever seen, the car was not fuel injected but carburetted. The cure is to re-route the fuel line away from heat sources under the hood. But i must say that i would be surprised if you have an actual case of vapor lock. It is rare.
Vapor lock occurs when the gasoline vaporizes between the tank and the engine. This occurs when the fuel line is routed around the engine so that the fuel is heated to the point of vaporization. When this occurs the engine will run roughly and will lack power because of the inconsistent amount of liquid fuel reaching the carburetor's, or fuel injectors.
The 2000 Elantra does not have a pressurized fuel line so it experiences vapor lock when the engine is off..
Sometimes when a car over heats and it is really warm outside your car will not start due to " vapor lock "
while you are in or out of the car press 0 to lock or unlock a car