How to quickly identify a vacuum leak using fuel trim and water:

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1998 Chevy Van 5.7 No Crank and Misfire Troubleshooting:

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1998 Chevy 5.7 Misfire (secondary ign-injector balance-psi transducer testing):

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1998 Chevy 5.7 misfire (P0300) and fuel system too lean (P0171 and P0174) trouble codes AFTER the intake manifold was removed. This is the same van that I shot two different videos on, one for each of my channels.

In this third installment, I was called back to the shop after they repaired the injector problems for the two cylinder misfire.

Engine Performance Diagnostics Chapter 1

Topics discussed

symptoms

  • popping/backfiring through the intake
  • hesitation
  • poor idle/stalling
  • misfire

fix

  • replace o-ring around the fuel injector assembly in the upper intake manifold

test shown

  • how to use fuel trim to identify a vacuum leak
  • how to locate a vacuum leak with water

Tools used

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Playlist

(Chapter 1) Misfire ID, Compression Tests, Vacuum Leaks, Fuel Trim, Head Gasket, Restricted Exhaust, Low Power, DMM

Related videos:

Understanding Short Term and Long Term Fuel Trim (an SD Premium video):

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Causes of lean condition trouble codes P0171, P0174 - GM 5 3L:

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ow to use Fuel Trim to identify the cause of a P0171 and P0174 code:

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