Q: I took off the throttle body filter and when I put it back on the truck keeps choking and has trouble going

asked by on February 13, 2017

I took of the throttle body filter and when I put it back on it keeps choking out and acting like it's running out of gas what did I do wrong
My car has an automatic transmission.

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