Rodeo stalls only with initial acceleration

[jaulette]

95 Rodeo stalls only in initial acceleration. Bogs then dies upon initial load from stopped position. If I feather the accelerator, (and by feather I mean the little old lady from Pasadena has nothing on me) it will eventually catch and accelerate as normal with plenty of pep. If I were to step on it in a normal fashion, it just sputters and dies without catching.

I tried fuel injector cleaner and sea foam, just replaced the fuel filter. Filter did have a bunch of crud in it. I'm to the point where I have to drop it low to get it to pull out and then upshift.

It's a 95 3.2 v6 , plugs look ok, haven't checked air filter or pcv or o2 sensor yet.

Any ideas are very much appreciated,

Thank-you

[Tom01Rodeo]

I'd begin by checking the fuel pressure and fuel pressure regulator. If you can find the regulator, a quick check is to pull the vacuum hose off of it while the engine is running. If fuel comes out then it is bad.

[jaulette]

Just noticed it happens in reverse as well...unless I ease out and let the engine catch very gradually it will surely stall out.

Could this also be a timing issue?

[brdjwm]

have you tried cleaning out your throttle body?