My car dies as iM driving it if there is less than half a tank of gas. What could cause this?

Tiny
BECKA_MEANESS
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  • 1998 SATURN SEDAN
  • 142,000 MILES
I got my car back from a mechanic less than six months ago. He was working on a cracked head. It has done this ever since I got it back. It sat at the mechanics shop for over a year and a half with a full tank of gas in it. He said he cleaned all the old gas out of the tank but I don't know for sure. But as I'm driving down the road the rpms starts to get lower and it dies.
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 AT 3:04 AM

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Tiny
SATURNTECH9
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So you have a SL1 model saturn?So it runs great till a half of a tank of gas?Any codes?It almost sounds like there is water in the tank.
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011 AT 3:11 AM
Tiny
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Yes, it runs perfect till half a tank. Doesn't show any codes or anything. Just gets to half a tank and dies but then it will start right back up but continues to randomly die till I get more gas. Still gets great gas milage and gives no other problems.
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011 AT 3:29 AM
Tiny
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Look up under the rear of your car see if your gas tank looks all sucked up?If it doesnt try buying a good fuel drier not the cheap ones and run a tank of like chervon gas just 87 octane.
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011 AT 3:34 AM

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