Q: Toyota starts then shuts off when cold
When cold weather 40 degrees or less, truck starts, runs for 20-30 seconds, dies out. Will not start after that. Later when temperature gets warmer, truck starts right up, runs great.
My car has 240000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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