Q: Car wont start and when it does it doesnt stay running replaced almost everything under the hood

asked by on June 08, 2017

Ive had problems with my car starting and cranks but wont start i took it to autozone and it said it had a misfire on cylinder 4 so i replaced the spark plugs,sparkwires,ignition coils,icm,the ecm,the ignition switch,crankshaft sensor,and harmonic balancer and still nothing i took it to a mechanic he saids something electrical is causing the car to overheat
My car has an automatic transmission.

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