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Intermittent dying, starts back up after a minute or two

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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 9:17 AM
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Default Intermittent dying, starts back up after a minute or two

1999 Suburban with a 5.7 VORTEC. It'll run just fine for 20-30 miles or so and then suddenly sputter and die. Tries to fire again when you crank it but usually have to wait about a minute or so and then try again.

The truck had sat for 4-5 months, had about 5 gallons of old fuel in the tank which I burned off a couple gallons and put 5 gallons fresh in there to dilute the bad stuff.

When it happens it almost feels like an exhaust restriction. Since it's intermittent I figured it wasn't a plugged Cat. Do these have an EGR valve? Can anyone tell me where it might be and how one might clean that if carbon is built up in there?

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