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Thread: Cylinder #3 misfire with AC on

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    Cylinder #3 misfire with AC on

    I am having cylinder misfire at the #3 cylinder. Weird part about it is, it only happens when I turn the AC on full blast. When I don't have the AC on I dont have the misfire. I turn the AC on to low speed, I dont have a misfire. I turn the AC onto its highest setting, I have a very hard, pronounced misfire! Its a very noticeable misfire and shakes the truck! I got a log of it so you all could see it. I checked all my spark plugs wires thinking one came loose but nope, it still does it. Any suggestions? I believe this issue is going to be mechanical right? Probably a spark plug? How do I know which cylinder is #3 from looking at the engine?
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    Spark plug was fine no obvious reason for the misfire. That rules out the spark plug and the spark plug wire. What should I check next?

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    Fuel injector . . . bad impedance, possibly high. Find its stock value and then measure yours with a multimeter. I recently had one at 68 ohms rather than the spec value of 12 ohms that only caused a misfire while cold.

    Rick
    1970 Chevrolet El Camino LM7 5.3 liter mill and a 4L60E transmission.

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    I believe you replied to my thread on performancetrucks.net, I posted here as well too see if I could get some different insights. I replied to your post and let you know that the injectors aren't stock. They are lt4 injectors bought new and installed 2 weeks ago. I will try this though. To measure the impedence do I have to remove the intake manifold?

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    I can't speak for a 2018 truck motor but for me, no need to remove the intake manifold. It would not be the first time that a brand new fuel injector failed soon after installation.

    Rick
    1970 Chevrolet El Camino LM7 5.3 liter mill and a 4L60E transmission.

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    I'm going to try switching the spark plug to a different bank and see if it follows, then I'm gunna do the same thing with the injector on cylinder 3. See if it follows. I'll let yall know my results

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    Was told by a reputable shop that the plugs I am using are too cold and are causing the issues. They had the same issues with my current plugs. I tend to agree with them and am going to replace all of them to a hotter spark plug. Will update when done.

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    Spark plugs have been changed. Fingers crossed no more misfire.

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    The new spark plugs fixed it for a while and the misfire came back. I guess I'm going to buy stock spark plugs and see what that does. If it still misfires after that I am going to pull the lt4 injectors and get them tested.

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    Problem solved. Was a bad spark plug wire from Taylor racing. Hopefully they will warranty it or ill just go with msd.

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    I had similar issue at idle , find out some of spark plugs wires were loose.
    I really don't know how I missed it out .