Q: Truck starts. Idles fine. I give it a little gas and it wants to stall. I give half throttle or full throttle it runs fine.

asked by on October 09, 2016

I need to know what could be causing this problem. I've changed so many sensors. I haven't checked relays yet. I've changed all filters. New fuel pump. Fuel regulator. Injectors are good. No vacuum leaks. About to clean the egr in a few minutes. After that, I'm checking th o2 sensor. That's about it so far. And still, when I barely push the gas peddal it wants to die. But when I push it half way or all the way it's fine. Can anyone help me please?

My car has 98223 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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