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If your temperature gauge indicates hot while driving up a mountain road, you should __________ to prevent vapor lock.

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stop your car and let your engine idle while it cools down. If you shut off the engine altogether, the gasoline in the hot engine may vaporize and you'll have to wait for the engine to cool completely to proceed. This situation is called vapor lock.
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