Q: Car will not start

asked by on July 06, 2016

First of all I blew a head gasket by running it hot I had it replaced ahead of misfire look at all Zone had to put on the computer they said it was a coil pack replacing coil packs andplugs now my car is still not starting

My car has 1300 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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