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2003 Cuts off when hot, will not start untill cool

My 2003 sentra's check engine light came on and the car stalled. It started and had it checked. The crank shaft sensor was replaced. The same thing happened again, but this time it would not restart. Had it towed home and it started. It would just turn over at the normal cranking speed, but would not start until it cooled off. Temp and all other gauges had normal readings.

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My 2003 nissan sentra would get hot and stall out even in middle of highway doing 70 mph. The guages would go up and down. Would not start up all the time after stalling. had to cool down first. Nissan said it was head gasket, and wanted to charge 1000.00 for the job. I took to local dealer who charged me 550.00. Works fine ever since. Nissan dealer said they do like 3 head gaskets a week on the sentras. They have crappy ones in original parts. They have not recalled though.

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