Q: car engine behaving weird
I was driving faster than usual and the car started making this loud sound coming from the engine I pulled over turned off the car and tried to turn it back on but the car wouldnt crank or nothing all the gages were acting like the car was on but it wasnt after a few tries the car finally turned on and now that is parked in my garage I tried to turn it on and it turned on but the car sitll has a deeper sound coming from the engine also the car's throttle feels more "touchy" than usual. and the steering feels light.
My car has 178000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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