Q: Car will start but stall when gas pedal is pushed down

asked by on January 16, 2017

Your Mechanic repaired my car last year but still not running properly. Jay replaced FUEL PUMP, DISTRIBUTOR , ECM , FUEL FILTER ,OXYGEN SENSOR ETC, but still doing the same symptom before it was repaired. It run for a while but now it will start BUPEDAL IS PUSHHED DOWNT STALL WHEN GAS . Please help need to get it smog and registered.
My car has a manual transmission.

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