Q: Truck won't start.

asked by on September 10, 2016

I was changing the oil and filter in my truck and when I was putting in the oil filter I guess I touch something with the filter that I shouldn't have touched and a spark came out. Now engine won't turn over. No clicking noise, the starter doesn't do anything, it just does nothing, as if there were no battery in the car.

My car has 220000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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