Q: truck turns over but wont start
my truck turns over but it wont start i got it to crank once for about 4 seconds and it was sputtering the whole time and it died and wont start again i have already replaced the fuel filter and cleaned the fuel pump andi have hooked a computer to it and it read three codes.1 catilitic converter low threshold 2 knock sensor high input 3 MAF high input. the fuel pump sounds to be turning on but it is a high pitch whine when it cuts on and off. i dont know if thats normal or not. all the other ones i have heard has more of a hummmm sound. help please.
My car has 220000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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