Q: truck will turn over but not start, still have power.

asked by on December 01, 2016

when trying to start my truck, it turns over but dosent start. I have power, battery is still good. just started this past week with the cold weather. to me it's either the spark plugs or the fuel injector. thoughts?

My car has 108000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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