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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 6:28 PM
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2000 Silverado, 4.3 eng with auto. One year & over $1,000.00 later (not including parts I installed myself), I still have a "multiple intermittent mis-fire" code & the truck runs like $hit. New plugs, wires, distributor cap, rotor, cam position sensor, distributor drive gear, coil, coil hot wire, fuel filter, air filter & egr valve. The only thing I haven't changed is the ECU only because it tests OK.
Does anyone have ANY suggestions other than a gas soaked rag in the gas tank & a match. I have had two Chevrolets for the past year & both are money pits.
I am fast coming to the conclusion that GM products are a POS.
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 6:39 PM
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Have you checked compression on engine. I had a miss in a 2008 silverado. It had ate a lobe on cam only 19,000 miles. I had low compression on cylinder 4 when this happened,
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 7:05 PM
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Compression is within limits on all cylinders.
The truck has been to two Chevrolet shops with no solution from either one .....just a large bill for labor.
The problem is an intermittent miss on all cylinders at various times. Sometimes it will miss on #3 & #5 for a period of time then it will go to other cylinders & 3 & 5 will not miss. A real PIA. Everytime I drive this POS I hold my breath hoping it will get me to work. I can't afford to miss work & can't afford to keep spending money with no positive results.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 12:04 AM
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I had a random miss on all cylinders under load I couldn't for the life of me figure out...turned out to be my cats. Not sayin it's your problem but it's the only thing you didn't list
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 12:14 AM
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This is just a complete guess but could the timing be off?
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 6:49 AM
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Does the temperature of the engine effect when the misfire happens?
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 8:30 AM
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THANKS GENTLEMEN FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS. IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Timing is within limits (just barely).
No apparent engine temp change.
I have not checked the CATS. That will be the next thing I do.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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I think there would be some other symptoms but it might be worth checking the ground straps and cable to the block
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 4:00 PM
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I am now $1500.00 into this POS, trying to fix a miss and it is still throwing 0300 code. Multiple random misfire. Cats have been checked since last time here, they are ok. I am completely out of ideas & very close to running out of money trying to fix this "bad mistake". Anyone have any ideas? Could the distributor be the problem. I have installed two new caps & rotor (GM) in the last 5,000 miles. New EGR (2nd one) & "engine coolant temp sensor" installed this week. Chevy dealer cannot find problem even with check engine light illuminated. HELP!
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 5:39 PM
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How much paperwork have you kept, like printout of freeze frame data? There may be a pattern? Have they looked into the CKP sensor? Was the CKP sensor ever replaced without doing a "CKP System Variation Learn" procedure? A worn crankshaft balancer can also introduce significant variations in the crankshaft rotation at certain RPM ranges.
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