The vehicle starts to spit and sputter after I start driving for about 10 minutes and then the check engine light comes on. it will then start driving better

Going with power lose. Check the grounds. Main three are from the battery to engine, battery to body, and engine to body. I wold check for codes, even if the light is not on. There could be some pending.

Too many problems there to guess at

I assume it isn't your first check light
on any vehicle,so that is a place to start

The overheating is not good at all

Timing Belt Issue,Head Gasket

Has to be diagnosed

That didn't start all at once did it?

The check engine light sets a fault code, have you had the code read with a code reader? What is that code?

Sounds to me like your choke is malfunctioning. Take the cover off of your carb when cold and see if the choke (top buttefly valve) is closed. It should be when cold. (you do not say what year truck you have so I am guessing as to the answer)

I would start by scanning the engine controller to see if the onboard engine controller knows anything about it. Is the Check Engine light on? If so, find out why the light is on and you will most likely find out why your car is spitting and sputtering.

Suspect either the camshaft or crankshaft sensor is failing with engine heat. If you could get the check engine light to stay on, a scanner would likely reveal the problem. If you could hook up the scanner and drive with it on, it might reveal the problem at the moment of failure.

I have the same problem on my 95 grand cherokee laredo. Sometimes it starts out fine and after about 10 miles it starts spitting and sputtering. Then after a while it seems to clean out and run fine again for a little while. Then other times it starts out spitting and sputtering at the begining. I changed the fuel filter and that was not it. It is a 4.0L 6cyc. Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Broken Arrow, OK

sounds like a fuel pump problem,with fuel pumps u can have pressure but not enough volume,try goin up a steeper hill in 2nd gear and get about 3000 rpms on the engine and see if it really drops out bad and is really gutless,if that happens without a check engine light coming on it might be yur pump and u should also replace the fuel filter at the same time,hope this helps

Engine light could be from the spitting and sputtering, sounds to me like maybe bad spark plug wires, possible an ecm issue, what kinda code is it giving you when the engine light comes on?

check your spark plug wires.