Q: Replaced the fuel injectors and car won't turn over.

asked by on March 02, 2017

I bought it and it ran okay, then started to misfire badly. I found out someone had taken the fuel filter off and bypassed it, so the car had been running unfiltered gas for a couple months. I put a new fuel filter on and replaced the injectors and now it will not start.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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