Q: Joe I am having an issue with my 1997 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Cummings motor, motor would not start I changed fuel filter it started r

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Joe I am having an issue with my 1997 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Cummings motor. Motor would not start I changed fuel filter it started ran good I drove to hardware store shut it off 10 minutes later would not start. Waited 3 hours it started fine ran great same thing after shutting it off again. I cleaned the pre-heater filter/screen started good ran smooth for a few days the same thing again...

My car has 159000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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