97 Chevy Silverado, Running on 7 Cylinders

Tiny
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I had to replace the intake manafold gaskets on my 97' Chevy Silverado 5.7 liter V8. I was having overheating problems and checked the pressure in my cooling system and found the problem. Anyway, That being fixed, I got it back together and running but it was running a little rough and the check engine light came back on. I went and had the code read and it said the 2 cylinder was fowled. I replaced the rotor cap & the plugs. The Plug wires are new so I switched the wire with another wire to see if the other cylinder would do the same thing. It didnt. The new 7 plug was wet with gas. The truck starts up on a pinch and runs but is running rough. And has a little shake on exceleration. Not bad enough to drive but it is eating the gas.

Could it be a sticking valve? I have 178,000 on the truck. If the valve is not seating what should I do?
If its not what I am thinking do you guys have any suggestions?

Bofreddy?
Friday, April 21st, 2006 AT 9:10 AM

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Tiny
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If you have the Vortec engine it sounds like you have a injector problem. As you know they are plastic hoses that run from the injector module to each cyl inside the intake manifold. The clue is you had the intake off.
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Friday, April 21st, 2006 AT 12:17 PM
Tiny
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I did take the manifold off and cleaned the hoses and everything. I tried to be pretty careful with it. How can I check to see if that is it?

Take off the manifold & then.
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Friday, April 21st, 2006 AT 4:17 PM
Tiny
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You need to take off the intake again and replace that injector. A tine dent in the line or the injector can cause a flood condition. Unfortunatly, the hose comes as part of an assembly. There is a possability that the fuel pressure regulator is bad and forcing excess fuel into that injector. It also is part of the $600 assy. Good luck
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Friday, April 21st, 2006 AT 5:47 PM
Tiny
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$600? What a deal! Just kidding. I will take a look and see if I kan find the kink in the hose. Thanks for the advice

Bofreddy
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006 AT 7:50 AM
Tiny
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Sadly it is not one of GM's better ideas. It costs over 1.5K at a dealership and so far there is no recall. It happens in a number of years at around 85K+
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006 AT 8:34 AM

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