p0300 & p0101 codes and runs like crap

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Oct 23, 2010 | 03:44 PM

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p0300 & p0101 codes and runs like crap

I'm working on a friends 02 silverado we recently put a new motor in. First it was running fine but experienced extreme spark knock under WOT(the old motor did this too), tried switching to super but it made no difference, no SES except for 0300 for a random misfire.

Now it is running like crap and barely makes 30mph, it misses continously and has the above codes. Fuel pressure is fine and I do not think it is the MAF because there is no change when the MAF is unplugged.

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Oct 23, 2010 | 05:14 PM

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p0101 is a MAF signal out of range and p0300 is a multiple cylinder misfire for those who do not recognize them

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Oct 23, 2010 | 05:47 PM

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Plugged cat would be my first guess. See if your scanner can bring up miss history. If all the misfires are on one bank i.e. cyls 1,3,5,7 then your left cat is plugged 2,4,6,8 right cat

Oct 23, 2010 | 07:49 PM

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If the MAF unplugged changes nothing, that's not a good
MAF situation.

Check the ENG SEN fuse? If you have a scan tool, see if
the MAF is showing any frequency at all?

Oct 23, 2010 | 08:19 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyblue

If the MAF unplugged changes nothing, that's not a good
MAF situation.

Check the ENG SEN fuse? If you have a scan tool, see if
the MAF is showing any frequency at all?

I only let it run for a few seconds with the MAF unpluged to see if it changed anything, a GM tech on another site said it would point more to the clogged cat if it didn't change with it unpluged.

My scanner has a live scan feature but does not display cylinder misfire. What I did notice though was that bank one showed a long term fuel correction of -1.6% and bank two was 20.3%

, would that point to a clogged cat too?

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Oct 23, 2010 | 09:40 PM

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Sounds just like a clogged cat or 2

Oct 24, 2010 | 08:59 AM

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What happened to the original motor that the motor was changed? That may help too.

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Oct 24, 2010 | 02:26 PM

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Well I dropped the y pipe and started the engine, It ran perfect. I installed another catted y pipe I had sitting around from another silverado I worked on. It runs perfect and the spark knock is even gone. I have seen cats go bad but never with these symptoms. Well...gotta get a new catted y pipe now (the one I installed has bad cats because a blown head gasket dumped a LOT of water through them).

Thanx for the help guys.

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What happened to the original motor that the motor was changed? That may help too.

The extreme spark knock trashed the bottom end.

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