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packard June 20th 07 10:12 PM

Engine Miss in Blazer S10 4.3 Vortec
 
My 1993 S10 Blazer is running low speed rough idle. I replaced the
rotor and cap, spark plugs (wires are 3 years old), cleaned the EGR
valve and put a new gasket in the EGR valve.

Can anyone give me an idea of what can be causing the problem?


dahpater June 20th 07 11:02 PM

Engine Miss in Blazer S10 4.3 Vortec
 
On Jun 20, 5:12 pm, packard > wrote:
> My 1993 S10 Blazer is running low speed rough idle. I replaced the
> rotor and cap, spark plugs (wires are 3 years old), cleaned the EGR
> valve and put a new gasket in the EGR valve.
>
> Can anyone give me an idea of what can be causing the problem?


Clean the throttle plate.
Replace the fuel filter and check the fuel pressure.


packard June 20th 07 11:15 PM

Engine Miss in Blazer S10 4.3 Vortec
 
On Jun 20, 6:02 pm, dahpater > wrote:
> On Jun 20, 5:12 pm, packard > wrote:
>
> > My 1993S10Blazeris running low speed rough idle. I replaced the
> > rotor and cap, spark plugs (wires are 3 years old), cleaned the EGR
> > valve and put a new gasket in the EGR valve.

>
> > Can anyone give me an idea of what can be causing the problem?

>
> Clean the throttle plate.
> Replace the fuel filter and check the fuel pressure.


Thank you. I cleaned the throttle plate. I will replace the fuel
filter. How do I check the fuel pressure?


AWN June 21st 07 12:16 PM

Engine Miss in Blazer S10 4.3 Vortec
 
You will see a small shraeder valve behind the air plenum to the right of
the distributor (right behind cyl #5 I think). You need a fuel pressure
gauge to do this properly. I'm going to guess that it's either a bad fuel
pump or pulsator OR the dreader fuel spider under the plenum. If you want a
quick check, open the throttle plate and stick in a mini light and mirror -
look for very clean, shiny spots to the left and right side. If you have
gas smell and a clean spot to the left, you may be able to replace a fuel
pressure regulator and be back in business. If the leak is on the right,
you likely need new fuel inlet lines (aka, 'nut kit'). If it seems that
it's leaking all over and you just want to do the job properly, get both the
fuel spider and nut kit from either Linder Tech or an AC Delco dealer. The
first step is to ensure that you're getting 58-62psi consistently with the
key on engine off. It should drop to maybe 52psi when the engine is
running. If that pressure doesn't hold for more than 10min-an hour, you
have a leak in the fuel system that needs to be fixed. Can you smell fuel
when exiting or entering the vehicle?

Thanks and let us know. I just went through this and I'm not in the clear
after replacing the pump, fuel spider and nut kit. I also did the cap,
rotor, wires, cleaned the EGA, IAC, MAP replaced, etc... Don't throw away
money till you check your fuel pressure. Have the codes shown that cyl #1
is missing or is it random? If it's cyl#1, it's likely a leak on the fuel
inlet side because fuel can leak down into the cyl easily on that side (in
my experience).


Andrew.



in article , dahpater at
wrote on 6/20/07 6:02 PM:

> On Jun 20, 5:12 pm, packard > wrote:
>> My 1993 S10 Blazer is running low speed rough idle. I replaced the
>> rotor and cap, spark plugs (wires are 3 years old), cleaned the EGR
>> valve and put a new gasket in the EGR valve.
>>
>> Can anyone give me an idea of what can be causing the problem?

>
> Clean the throttle plate.
> Replace the fuel filter and check the fuel pressure.



bsquared June 21st 07 10:38 PM

Engine Miss in Blazer S10 4.3 Vortec
 

packard wrote:
> My 1993 S10 Blazer is running low speed rough idle. I replaced the
> rotor and cap, spark plugs (wires are 3 years old), cleaned the EGR
> valve and put a new gasket in the EGR valve.
>
> Can anyone give me an idea of what can be causing the problem?


All of the previous advice is dead on. I have my own story with a '93
lumina. I did all of those things or what is realtive on my car. Ended
up being the Computer how ever. How to check, real scientific method
of finding roughly where it is locate, possibly above passenger side
wheel well, and giving a good thump in that area. It should kill the
vehicle immediately. Also my experience was when I started having
problems it would run stupid and sometimes run fine. Go to a GM dealer
for a rebuild if that IS the case. You can get a new eprom chip and
computer for almost half of what you can a computer from Autozone or
where ever. Don't know if this will help but it is worth a try if your
still in the "testing" phase and don't want to spend money you don't
have to. Price for computer and eprom for the Lumina from GM $280, but
after wasting $500 on things that were not necessary that's fairly
cheap. Good luck.



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