My car only starts when i presses the gas pettle then when i let go of the gas pettle it shuts off what is the problem

Asked by Ricardo Sep 26, 2017 at 08:28 PM about the 2000 Honda Accord

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Have you checked fuel pressure? New fuel filter? Clean out throttle body. I had a van that did this and the throttle body was atrociously black keeping the butterfly from operating.

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