# 2001 toyota echo starts fine but sputters when given gas **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-toyota-echo-starts-fine-but-sputters-when-given-gas/92072 "2015-12-28T22:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tilopa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@tilopa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tilopa)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-toyota-echo-starts-fine-but-sputters-when-given-gas/92072/1 "2015-12-28T22:51:03Z")
2001 Toyota Echo 1.5 Liter Automatic 213K miles My car will start fine but when I start driving it will periodically sputter, particularly when I push on the pedal. If this was my old car I would immediately change the plugs, wires, cap and rotor. But it has electronic ignition so has no wires, cap and rotor. I just changed the plugs a year ago, less than 10k miles ago, so I doubt if it is that. So, moving to the fuel system I thought I would change the filter, but the filter is integrated into the pump which is in the tank, and it like 125$. And it seems like to me that it is unlikely for that electronic pump and filter to need to be replaced hardly ever. I could be wrong. So, what else can I test? There are no codes, so I doubt if it would be mass airflow sensor or something in the air intake. Could it be a leak in the air intake? ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-toyota-echo-starts-fine-but-sputters-when-given-gas/92072/2 "2015-12-29T02:30:28Z")
I would start with checking the fuel pressure.