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 97 GMC sierra random misfire help

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1969starcraft
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PostSubject: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 9:38 pm

Hi i got my truck a while ago and it had a misfire so i got it checked and the #6 cylinder was dead. I put a new injector in myself and cleaned the rest with brake cleaner. Then it started with a random misfire so i put in a new cap, rotar, and wires. It just pops a little when its just about to shift but thats all. Does anyone know what this could be. I also have no catallatic converter or mufflers so this might have something to do with it but im not sure. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 9:50 pm

Thanks
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 9:54 pm

what motor do you have in your truck. if its the stock motor reguardless then you need a cat and some kind of muffler or your just gonna get floating lifters and sooner or later its gonna be bad.. your truck needs the backpressure a cat and muffler provide.. even if its free flow cats and a flowmaster..
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 9:57 pm

I have the 5.7 vortec and im going to get a muffler soon.
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 9:58 pm

Any check engine light? Codes pulled?
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 10:00 pm

You said you replaced the cap, rotar, and wires, how about the plugs?
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 10:03 pm

i wouldnt put it off much longer.. if thats your truck in your avatar then it looks like a nice truck and i would hate to see it hurt.. the vortec motors especially need the backpressure... they are so delicate that any bad sensor will cause them to go awnry on you.. i have a 4.3 vortec in my jimmy and have already been warned about what exhuast i put on it with the supercharger.. i have to get a borla system off made for your engine because of the muffler size and the amount of backpressure it needs to keep it in the safe power level
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PostSubject: Re: 97 GMC sierra random misfire help   97 GMC sierra random misfire help EmptyOctober 1st 2009, 10:10 pm

yah thats the one and i just put it away for the winter today. Im looking at a flowmaster super 44 right now.
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