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Thread: 5.3 misfires, can't find the problem!

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    5.3 misfires, can't find the problem!

    I just bought my 99 Silverado Z71 RCLB, 5.3L, automatic. Has 155k on her, and I think she's had a real hard life. I replaced the plugs and wires as well as running sea foam through the intake and feul to clean it up. Cyl 4 is misfiring consitantly and the oil pressure is unusually high, like 60 psi @ 2k rpms. Oil is mobil 1 high mileage less than 1k old.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I am fairly handy and would love to fix this myself. My buddy told me seafoam may have eaten the piston rings, is this a possibility?

    I swapped plugs and wires and the misfire did not move, I plan to swap coils next. Thanks!

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    also, previous owner was more of a dog person, he got rid of his cats.

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    Could be a lean misfire. Could be a coil, swap with another cylinder. Never once have I heard of Seafoam damaging rings, and it's pretty damn hard to screw that process up enough that you'd cause damage.
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    Swap the coils 4x6 to see if the miss moves to 6. If that doesn't work swap the injectors 4x6. However, a compression test would be a good check also.

    Never heard of sea-foam damaging rings, plugs yes but not rings.
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    check the coils by removing the boot at the coil and see if it arcs. If you get a good arc, it's not the coils. Maybe post a sound clip of if from under the hood.

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    perform a compression test, inspect for broken valve springs, use noid to be sure injector is pulsing
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    Wow! You guys are a heck of a lot more helpful than the gto forums! No one told me to take it to the dealer! Will swap coils tomorrow and see how that works out.

    Did more intake manifold cleaning tonight, burned off alot of carbon, still misfiring though. Thanks for the support on seafoam, ididnt tbink itwould cause sucha problem!

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    What casting heads does it have?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ray@NP View Post
    perform a compression test, inspect for broken valve springs, use noid to be sure injector is pulsing
    Ray, what do you mean by a noid? I very much appreciate your time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LSXPS View Post
    What casting heads does it have?
    Castech 706s and a crack on cyl 4?

    Possible.

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