Q: Truck won't start

asked by on April 17, 2017

Truck won't start after sitting for 8 hrs.or when it's cold.once it's chocked off from the engine it drives fine,after it drives and parks at a store it cranks fine just in the morning after siting over night it doesn't turn over.is it a fuel pump preasure?

My car has 14600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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