Q: Van is sputtering when pushing on the accelerator..

asked by on February 01, 2017

may be a misfire, may be a intake issue i dont know. It sputters when started and once it gets to 45 mph it really shakes and the engine is shaking when i opened the hood.

My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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