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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 06:06 PM
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I have attached a log file. Recently completed swap. It's an '02 8.1 but is essentially the same as 4.8/5.3/6.0/etc. Im wondering if anyone has ideas as to why i'm having a misfire that's almost exclusively limited to idle. It's obviously just the #1 cylinder. Raise the revs up a bit and the misfire all but goes away. Thoughts?
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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 06:11 PM
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Also, i don't know why the log pauses every several seconds. This log is the first time that's happened. Previous logs don't have that trouble, but this is the first time i set up the config in this way. So I'm suspecting its just the way i did the config, or a laptop issue.
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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 06:37 PM
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Check for a dirty injector. It might stick at low flow rates but clear at higher flow/pressure
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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by G Atsma
Check for a dirty injector. It might stick at low flow rates but clear at higher flow/pressure
The engine did sit for about a year before the swap. So that makes me wonder.
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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 09:12 PM
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Maybe run a bottle or two of Techron in the tank and drive the **** out of it. That MIGHT clean the injectors.
3 years ago I bought an 04 Tahoe with 160k miles on it and ran some thru it. It did make a difference. Now I run a bottle thru once or twice a year as a preventative measure

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Old Nov 10, 2022 | 07:38 AM
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Check the compression?
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Old Nov 10, 2022 | 09:34 AM
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What the plug in #1 look like?
Condition of spark plug wire?
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Old Nov 10, 2022 | 11:07 AM
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I would swap that injector with another cylinder and see if the problem follows the injector.

Could be a spark plug maybe. Could have been dropped or cracked during installation or fouled by bad fuel. My '02 Camaro SS that never gets driven will foul plugs in 5 minutes if I let the fuel go bad.
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