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Chev1991 Problems Please HELP

How is your coolant temp sensor? If it is way outta whack, it'll make your truck run rich or lean... How about the 02 sensor?

Also, try setting your timing to about 4 - 5 degrees BTDC as well, the stock chip is pretty conservative, and the knock sensor can take care of any potential detonation by retarding the timing where needed...
 
Coolant temp sensor and oxygen sensor have been changed since the problem started. I also tryed advancing timing 4 degree did the same thing. Thank for reply.
 
Well, I'm personally at a bit of a loss, becuase it sounds like you've pretty much replaced the entire TBI setup already, lol

It has to be either a vaccum leak somewhere (not all intake leaks are external, some come from the lifter valley, and the carb cleaner trick won't work) or an adjustment error with regards to the throttle body.

I personally would consider the throttle body to be the most likely culprit. You should try the following to set minimum air:

Grab yourself a paper clip, and bend it into a C-shape. You'll want to go to your truck's ALDL terminal, and ground the orange wire with the black stripe to the black wire with the white stripe. Turn your ignition to on, but don't start the truck. Your Service Engine Soon light should start flashing codes.

The Service Engine soon light blinks a bit like morse code to tell you what is going on. It flashes each code three times, before moving on to the next one.

You should get a code 12 first. To figure it out, watch how the light flashes. It will flash each digit in the number individually, it is up to you to know which is the first digit, and which is the second. It flashes each code 3 times before moving on to the next one. For example, code 12 should come out as "flash........flash, flash....... flash......... flash flash....... flash..... flash flash......" One blink for the 1, then two blinks for the 2 in 12.

So, assuming you only have an EGR code that you know about, it should flash 12 three times, then flash code 32. If it flashes any other ones, let us know.

While you sat around watching the SES flash, your IAC has been busy motoring away, closing off the IAC passage in the throttle body, assuming it can. Go to your engine, and unplug the IAC. Its the big round cylinder coming out of the side of the throttle body, and has a 4 plug connector.

Then go into the truck, turn the ignition off, pull your paperclip out, then go and try to start the truck. If it won't start, your problem is in your minimum air adjustment. There is a throttle blade adjustment screw just like a carb has, except it is a torx bit. Often there is a small aluminum plug in there to discourage people from fiddling with it. Use a punch to knock it out, then open the throttle blades 2 - 3 turns by turning the screw clockwise.

Go an try starting your truck again, it should fire right up, and idle fairly high. Wait for your engine to get up to full operating temperature, then back the idle screw off so the engine is idling as low as it can smoothly with the air cleaner still installed. No good setting it to 350 rpm, and having it missing / running rough. Usually this is between 450 - 500 rpm on a stock TBI smallblock. After you've finished your adjustment, shut the truck off, plug the IAC back in, then unhook the positive battery terminal for a minute to erase both the EGR code, and IAC code that will be set.

Start the truck up, and see if that is any better. It should fairly quickly settle down to a 650 rpm at full operating temperature.

If not, you may have an internal vaccum leak.

Is this engine totally stock? Or have you made any modifications that caused the problem?
 
First all thanks for replying back, second this engine is totally stock. Ok I tryed minimum air. Followed instructions to a t, I know the idle is a little high but after a little while the idle will drop and almost die and idle back up and will die after a while.I have replaced the intake gasket last week also. I doubled checked for vacuum leaks also. It also has a bad hesitation when taking off after it warms up, and any time you let off the gas and give it gas again. All and all its doing the same thing. This engine has a few miles on it 314,000 but when you get going it will run pretty good. When its cold runs pretty good.
 
yeah kinda running out of things to change... what about plug wires?? i had an s10 do basically the same thing and it ended up being a couple of bad plug wires... and just looking at them you can't always tell.
 
Well still no luck will the old truck, still trying. If anyone has any suggestion please let me know, i'll post when and if I find the problem.
 
Well still no luck with the old truck while I was on vacation I changed out the timing chain and gears and put a new set of wires on it still the same. Has any one rebuilt a throttle body and how hard is it to rebuilt on.
 
I wonder if the IAC is the problem.....a hunting idle could mean a bad IAC....I would think it would also cause an off idle miss as well....
 
I thought he had already replaced the IAC... if not then yeah that'd be a good idea, and you said the motor is completely stock, so no headers either right?
 
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