Q: Why won't my truck run?
I started it up And it ran fine for Bout 30 seconds then died. Started it up and ran for Bout 2 minutes then died. 2 days later I started it up and it ran for about a minute then shut off and won't start again
My car has 194000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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