Q: My car wont start.

asked by on December 31, 2016

My car wouldn't start so I changed 2 of 6 spark plugs and it started.it ran for two days now it won't start again.do I change the other 4 to get it running

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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