1996 Chevy Caprice car hesitates bucks under light throttle

Tiny
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1996 Chevy Caprice V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 255k miles

i have a 1996 chevy caprice with a LT1 350. It is idling rough and hesitates or bucks under light throttle but it will still get up and go and smoothes out at faster speeds. It also idles extremely low (500 600 rpms) and revs too high at highway speeds but never stalls its very intermittent but seems to get worse as engine warms up it has true dual exhaust so I can tell its sputtering or missing on driver side only. Ive changed plugs n wires fuel filter checked vacuum lines and EGR valve these are all good. My opti spark distributor may be bad it had oil dripping on it but im not sure its too expensive and hard to get to its underneath H2o pump behind balancer pulley. Car has NO trouble codes except O2 sensor which has been bad 6 yrs with no driveability issues car does not smoke or use any oil either. Could distributor be my problem or does it sound like something else(clogged cat, valve problem etc)?
Friday, November 13th, 2009 AT 6:37 PM

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Tiny
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Welcome, A number of factors may contribute to this drivability problem. I would definitly start with the neglected distributor. If you have access to a scope, which would give primary and secondary patterns, this would give a chance to see what was happening. But the question that comes to mind is, what codes show up when scanned. OBD 2 computers will give you mis fire info with details. Please let me know
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009 AT 8:32 PM
Tiny
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The car shows no trouble codes except bad O2 circuit but its been bad for over 6 yrs with no problems if I had trouble codes I would have already traced the problem my problem REALLY is more that I dont have the money to tear the front of my motor down to get to the distributor. Thx 4 your advice but your unhelpful . My next question- Can I borrow $100-200? LOL
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Monday, November 30th, 2009 AT 8:19 AM

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