Q: Cars runing rough and jerking i just replace the coolant sensor and battery

asked by on December 18, 2017

My engine is jerking wen I stop at light it didn't do it while I was goin at high speed or when it is idleing it's running rough I put seafoam in the gas tank bcuz I did put 199 gas in it befor that it was running smoothly

My car has 223000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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