1997 5.7L multiple cultures misfires

Asked by Cprice831 Nov 06, 2018 at 10:05 AM about the 1997 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Silverado 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Recently started misfiring on Cyl 4, scan tool
shows other cyl misfires as well.
Fuel injector spider replaced a year ago along with
New wires, coil, iaf,  TPS, and plugs.
Replaced rotor and cap and MAF recently.  After
replacing, found cracked cap hold down connector
—replaced distributor and set timing to 0.
Intake gasket replaced several years ago and no
leaks seem to be present.
Looking for some suggestions

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Did you use a gage and check fuel pressure? For the spider fuel system, koeo, 60--66psi. A non-invasive way to check for spark is to use a digital multimeter, engine idling, touch lead to spark plug wire, Don't penetrate the insulation or take the wire loose, it's an inductive reading. I've seen readings like .6 or .7 volts, also, seen reading bouncing off zero, no spark with that zero reading. You could do a cylinder balance test, engine idling, kill cylinder, one at a time, fuel or spark. If you kill a cylinder that has no effect on the idle rpms, that cylinder is dead, then check fuel--spark--compression on that cylinder. If you kill spark, do it quickly so you don't flood the cylinder or just kill fuel on the cylinder.

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