Q: Car won't stay running.
My car was fine yesterday. Today it didn't want to start, it would turn over fine and then stall out.I purchased a battery today thinking that was it. It seemed worse. Before the engine shut down it was knocking. Yesterday before the trouble began I purchased gas. It seemed fine after that. Help!!
My car has 102000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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