Starts fine...then dies - HELP HELP

[fljar]

Have a 2002 Tundra Limited V8 4WD; meticulously maintained; 108k miles; did the timing belt/water pump/etc at 90k.

Just about to go camping for the weekend and guess what??? Dead truck. Here's what happens:

It starts just fine, plenty of juice (4 month old battery); does the normal rev to 1500 RPM when I start it; then dies.

Also has done the following:

Starts, revs, then sputters/hesitates like it's trying to stay on, and then just about dies (dash lights even come on like it dies) but then revs ON ITS OWN to 1500 RPM. Does this a few times then dies.

Very little to no throttle response.

Tank was 1/2 full so I filled it with fresh gas thinking it was bad gas. Still no go - had to get towed back home.

Alternator?
ECU?
Throttle level assembly / throttle motor?

[Highwaylizard]

Check to make sure MAF is connected?

CEL? Codes?

[fljar]

Check to make sure MAF is connected?

CEL? Codes?

YOU ARE A GENIUS. I AM A MORON. A moron that gets to take his family camping.

So, looked at the MAF and it was plugged in just fine. Thought i'd look on the inside of the air filter box to see the other side of MAF connection...

I replaced the air filter earlier today...

I used compressed air to blow out the dirty box...

I stuffed a paper towel in the intake to ensure that the dirt I was blowing out didn't go in there...

And you know the rest...

THANK YOU

[2003bajatundra4x4ac]

brilliant! lucky that paper didn't get sucked in.

have fun!

[Highwaylizard]

YOU ARE A GENIUS. I AM A MORON. A moron that gets to take his family camping.

So, looked at the MAF and it was plugged in just fine. Thought i'd look on the inside of the air filter box to see the other side of MAF connection...

I replaced the air filter earlier today...

I used compressed air to blow out the dirty box...

I stuffed a paper towel in the intake to ensure that the dirt I was blowing out didn't go in there...

And you know the rest...

THANK YOU

I am not all that smart - just lucky. Trust me, I have lots of time on my hands here in my mom's basement.

[Remmy700P]

...I have lots of time on my hands here in my mom's basement...

... naked, in a beanbag chair, eating Cheetos.

[cheapskate]

... naked, in a beanbag chair, eating Cheetos.

.....leafing through the lingerie section of your moms sears catalogue

[2003bajatundra4x4ac]

while sipping an ice cold Yoo-Hoo!

[Remmy700P]

...with the QVC channel on in the background...

[2003bajatundra4x4ac]

in the hopes that mom doesn't come home too soon because......

[Highwaylizard]

... naked, in a beanbag chair, eating Cheetos.

Your forgot to mention the oil - lots of it squishing around.

.....leafing through the lingerie section of your moms sears catalogue

Dude! Why you tell on yourself like that!?

while sipping an ice cold Yoo-Hoo!

Okay - I got nothing on that one

...with the QVC channel on in the background...

Another 5th Amendment violator reveals himself . . .

in the hopes that mom doesn't come home too soon because......

Oedipus holds no interest to me at all.

[Remmy700P]

Now we know what was behind Toby's vision issues...

[2003bajatundra4x4ac]

that coulda been the greatest "never ending story" of all time....