Engine shuts off while driving

go to the parts store and by a can of starting fluid. When it stalls open the air cleaner box and spray in the intake. If it starts the fuel pump is bad. It doesn't start than it is something electrical. We can start here.

Thanks for the tip but have checked not fuel pump. Pretty sure it's electric but what would cause this random shut down that is okay after a little while the engine runs good? not missing plenty of power and it just will shut off.

the purpose of the spray is to see if you are losing the injectors. When it quits just spray the throttle body if it starts the injectors are not working. Spray it then get in and start it.

This issue is most likely an ignition related problem. Your ignition pick up or crank sensor is called a hall effect sensor. These are common to fail when they get hot. What happens when they are faulty is when they are hot they will actually cause a open circuit in the ignition system and this will cause the spark plugs to just stop firing which will cause the engine to just stop running. Then it will not start and just crank when trying to restart it.

To confirm this we need to remove a spark plug and hold it against the block and crank the engine to see if it is firing when this is acting up. If there is no spark then I would replace the pickup and retest.

Please let me know if there are questions. Thanks