Q: My car chugs one and then keeps turning over
I drove it the day before and it started and ran like normal. I unhooked the battery to get red of any codes. The pressure relief valve sprayed out fuel with bunch of pressure.
My car has 201832 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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