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Car wont run once warmed up

The car will start fine but after you drive it for a little while it starts running really rough. it loses all power and the lights on the dash all start blinking and flashing. after this it wont really start back up until you let it sit for awhile. if you try to restart it immedietly it will shudder and backfire lightly. any ideas of what could cause this. thanx much

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4 cylinders have a hall effect switch. They go bad slowly and sounds like your problem

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