1987 Pontiac Firebird car seems to not want to Move

Tiny
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1987 Pontiac Firebird V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic

I have a 87 trans am 5.0 FI. I just replaced the fuel filter and got a used MAS. The people I just bought the car from says they just replaced the fuel pump also. When I push the gas down it doesnt rev up or even want to move but if I slowly touch the gas it speeds up slowly sometimes.
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 AT 12:08 PM

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Tiny
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Has the check engine light come on? Have you checked the fuel pump pressure? Has the catylatic converter been checked to see if it is plugged?

Let me know.
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009 AT 12:14 PM
Tiny
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The check engine light is on but the place I took it doesnt have a code reader for my year is there a way to check it myself and dont know how to check the fuel pump pressure and how do I check an see if the catylatic converter is plugged
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009 AT 12:36 PM
Tiny
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I checked the codes and I got 3 one is the EGR system, the MAF or MAP sensor, and the last one is the MAF sensor burn off circuit could these codes be the reason the car doesnt wnt to move
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Friday, September 25th, 2009 AT 9:41 AM
Tiny
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These could cause the engine to run that bad.
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Friday, September 25th, 2009 AT 9:57 AM

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