Q: My car start running and I replaced the fuel pump because they had told me the old one didn't work but my car still won't start .
It's a 2004 Mazda rx8. It just didn't want to turn on one day. I replaced the fuel pump because I was told that what it was fuel pump. Everytime I try starting it there's a noise it makes. it sounds like when like when you turn off a drill .
My car has 113000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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