Q: My truck turns over but won't start.

asked by on August 03, 2016

I was driving my truck it started feeling sluggish quit on me. Now it's turns over but won't start. I was told it was the oil pump. Is that possible?

My car has 176000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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