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Ignition problems

Tiny
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  • 1996 CHEVROLET TRUCK
  • 5.8L
  • V8
  • 4WD
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  • 10,000,000 MILES
Wont start and replaced coil, and it's fireing but won't start. And back fires
Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 12:48 PM

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Tiny
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Have you done anything else like mess with the wires, dist cap or move the distributor?
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 1:25 PM
Tiny
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I took off cap and made sure was OK. But had wires numbers and numbers on distubuter. So all wires was put back as diagram. Did not move distributer position
Engine is a 8 cylender 5.7 l
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 1:34 PM
Tiny
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I also did this same thing a week ago and ran. It seems if you pull distributor and clean it runs for a day or to and refuses to start again but now it's also back fireing thru carb
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 1:46 PM
Tiny
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Pull the distributor and clean it?
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 1:51 PM
Tiny
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I did and now it cranks and when it does hit it backfires and won't start
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 1:55 PM
Tiny
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Did you actually remove the distributor?
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 2:13 PM
Tiny
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No just cap and rotor
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 2:14 PM
Tiny
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If I was to guess at this I would say you have a cracked distributor cap. You won't necessarily be able to see it even if you know what to look for. I would replace the cap and rotor and verify your firing order.
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 3:14 PM
Tiny
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Sorry did not realize I sent it more than once. On a cell phone. OK thank you I will try to replace them
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Friday, January 29th, 2016 AT 3:17 PM
Tiny
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Did you find out what happened?
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 AT 7:03 PM

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