What would cause a car to shake and sputter and lose power only under heavy acceleration but not while at idle or low acceleration?

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Check your fuel filter before spending money on other troubleshooting procedures.

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Had the same problem, it would idle fine but about 4000 rpm or heavy exceleration it would start to jerk. so i replaced my cam sensor.

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