Q: Grey smoke and fuel coming from the tail pipe car won t stay on

asked by on November 20, 2017

My truck has grey smoke and fuel coming from the tail pipe truck turns but won't stay on it's not oil

My car has 12000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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