Q: There is a lot of oil on my spark plugs and my car turns but won't start also the distributor won't turn over what is wrong ?
I was driving home one day and my car just turned off on the freeway and tried to start it again and it would turn over but not start I had someone look at it and there was a lot of oil on my spark plugs also the distributor is not cranking over or giving any spark
My car has 133000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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