Q: My truck seems like it loses fuel or has lack of fuel well I drive I have to pump on the gas to keep it going it doesn't die thoug
It started last week it would not turn on after work then I got it going but while driving it feels like it's losing fuel I used injector cleaner and it ran fine but now it's doing it again and I have to pump the gas pedal while driving but the truck doesn't die on me when I don't press the fuel it started again yesterday after I changed my powersteering pump
My car has 5000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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