Tommydog7575
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Reg: 05-29-22
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05-29-22 11:02 AM - Post#2841994
I need help with a cranking problem that has turned into a money pit. I have 98 Chevy 1500- 5.7L 4-wheel drive. 247K miles.
Two problems: fuel and electrical. Vehicle would bog and spit and sputter. Did everything to resolve. New fuel filter, new pump (even went as far as replacing the tank). This seems to work for a while. During all this vehicle was draining the battery constantly. New battery and alternator and still doing it. Mechanic shop could figure it out and recommended putting a cutoff switch at the battery to shut down the power. I knew this wasn't fixing the short, but did it anyway. All seems to work for a minute.
I can crank the truck. Hits in like one second and runs like a top. Next day nothing. Crank and crank and it spits and sputters and does nothing. Starter fluid sometimes will bring it to life. Once running for about 30 minutes it may start to bog and leave me on the side of the road.
Next day it will crank first time. I hate to get rid of a truck in pretty good shape over an electrical problem I'm thinking. I've spent a ton on this thing and it's turned into a personal challenge to resolve.
Please help if you know what to do. I will send you a personal thank you via Venmo!
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Shepherd
Valued Contributor
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Loc: Lake George, NY
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05-30-22 09:39 AM - Post#2842030
In response to Tommydog7575
Have you checked fuel pressure, you need 62 psi key on key off.
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Tony1963
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Loc: Orlando Florida
Reg: 07-09-18
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05-31-22 02:46 AM - Post#2842071
In response to Tommydog7575
You need a proper diagnosis with a proper scan tool. You've probably spent more money firing the parts cannon at the thing than getting the vehicle's problem identified.
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 gchemist
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Loc: Austin, TX 78748
Reg: 05-09-00
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05-31-22 11:29 AM - Post#2842085
In response to Tony1963
Probably the dreaded MPFI poppets are toast. If other things checkout, a new updated spider works great. I did a 4.3 Jimmy. It ran great after a swap.
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