Q: Truck cranks but won't start
I was driving and my truck just died. Thought I ran out of gas because gauge doesn't read right. Put gas in tank cranked but won't start. Sprayed ether in carb, nothing. I can hear the fuel pump. Checked fuses. Crank sensor? Truck was not running rough before this. Just happened like it ran out of gas, but it has fuel and should have fired with ether. What other possible things can it be?
My car has 130000 miles.
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