Had a rough idle.did tune up plugs and wires,1 week later after warmed up I have what seems to be a very bad miss.Comes and go at times.Not all the time
First,l it is not timing or a cam problem because both of those would make the miss continuous. It might be the converter, but I doubt that too. Take some Ronsonol lighter fluid and some q-tips and clean out the sockets for the distributor wires. Also clean the underside of your distributor cap. The underside of your distributor cap can collect some carbon build up, which when damp and conduct electricity across the cap between the contacts in the cap.
If you clean the carbon dust from under the cap the problem may or may not go away. I really does sound like an electrical problem. The other thing it could be a cure is to have your computer flashed it may be getting the wrong feedback from your new wires if the wires are new original stock. Wires have specific amounts of resistance and aftermarket wiring may be giving the computer the wrong feedback.
Is it when weather damp if so get some dampseal and spray over all leads etc might just be that easy
Check your fuel pressure regulator. It sounds like it is going or gone bad or the vacuum line has a leak, Been there done that. It will be mounted on the left side of the engine about midway towards the top. It will be round depending if it\'s been changed before or not it could be silver metal color or black plastic.. it will be mounted at the fuel rail. It is vacuum operated. Most of the time when these go bad you will experience a loss of power, missing, it will crank up and run bad till it warms up then you can easy throttle it up to speed, Sometimes it will work fine,poor acceleration it will almost sound like it\'s starving for fuel or can\'t upshift. If any of these sound familiar this may be your problem. Easy check is to pull the vacuum line off and if fuel runs out it\'s bad. They are around 50 bucks or so. You can put a fuel pressure gauge on the rail on the passenger side at the port if you have one or maybe you can talk the auto parts store into a loner while you are there. Now here is the catch that might trick you , you may not get fuel out the line like everyone says you will when it is bad but you replaced it and the truck runs a little better. So what the heck is going on? Well remember I told you it was vacuum operated so if you take the air breather off you can see on the back side of the fuel pressure regulator is another rubber line. Someone thought it would be a good idea to put a plastic line and a rubber vacuum line where you can\'t see it very easy. There is an elbow in the rubber line and it can have a crack in it but you may not see it until you take it off and bend it then there it is the thing is cracked and sucking air so even though you have a good regulator now you don\'t have quite enough vacuum for it to work properly. Replace that and drive the truck for a while till it sort of works it\'s old bones back in place. LOl Hope this does the trick for you it can be a sneaky one f you have the leaky vacuum line too but if it\'s just the fuel pressure regulator you can change it out in ten minutes a pair of pliers to hold on to the retainer clip ( Don\'t drop it ) Pull out the old one slide the new one in make sure it is seated good you may have to push a little hard to seat it. Then put the clip on and you are good to go.
Here is a little trick for you, wait until dark, start the vehicle and take it for a ride and when it starts acting up look under the hood see if there is arcing you will need someone in the drivers seat to give it a slight bit of fuel. i have seen many times wires get changed, left hanging ans the jacket gets melted and when the fuel is given the motor tilts slightly and the wire grounds out and arc's on a piece of metal. you can also put some water in a spray bottle with the vehicle running spray around the throttle body just a fine mist is the gasket below the throttle body is leaking it will bog down. for a couple of dollars the gasket can be change usually removing 3 bolts to do the change. You can test vacuum lines the same way.
I've replaced many intake manifold gaskets on the vortec 5.0 and 5.7. The manifold has very low bolt torque and over time intake gaskets sag and cause vacuum leaks,sometimes internally. Its a big job but a known problem on these engines. Poor fuel mileage, rough idle and coolant leaks at the corners of the manifold are common symptoms. If you have a scanner check for misfires on cylinders besides each other ex. 1-3 or 6-8, the short and long fuel trims will be off too.
SOURCE: sluggish engine
Could be your catalytic converter. Get an Oil Change and see if they will read your codes. If it indicates misfire or exhaust problem have the converter replaced. DO Not pay 600 dollars buy an after market converter and let them weld it in. Should cost 200 -300 bucks.
SOURCE: misfiring
its going to be in the timing you might check the distributor cap for hairline cracks and make sure there arent any but at this point it sounds like timing is off or going out
SOURCE: 82 corvette when its cold it pops in the
Your year of Vette engine is prone to the camshaft going flat, that sounds like what u have going on. pull the valve cover and see if the rocker arms move evenly, if the cam is flat one or more will barely move.
SOURCE: when cold, it idles rough, revs high then low! After warmed up it runs fine
if it runs high when you first start it then mellows out,, theirs no problem , all of our chevys do that.... but if its sputtering or you hear a quiet popping noise check spark plugs
SOURCE: 1987 chevy r20 rough idle
Well, the computer is supposed to open the IAC to keep the RPM above 600 or so depending on the load on the engine.
If you have voltage and ground for the IAC it should raise idle speed to at least 1100 when you first start the engine cold.
If that is not happening, I would look for carbon build up in the throttle body. You can apply voltage to the IAC and open it to see if the air passage is open too.
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If it is worse at idle, check for a vacuum hose leak that is near one port on intake manifold. If it is worse at high throttle, check for rust etc in the distributor around the hall effect HEI trigger magnets.
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