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Engine hesitation/misfire 97 chevy 1500 suburban. started with slight hesitation about 10 months ago. From then until now has gotten considerably worse. It also now has a definate manifold leak and sounds horrible when accelerating. that mixed with the hesitation, and it sometimes sounds like it is shooting a cap gun at you when pulling away. At the same time, i can remember times when all the problems would disappear briefly and run like it was brand new with full power. The one piece of information i have learned is that the previous owner ran the driver side into a concrete pillar at Wal Mart and hit hard enough to replace the front quarter panel. as well as i now have to change out the outer tie rod on that side tomorrow. Then ofcourse from what i gathered the hesitation issue happened after this guy ran it into the pillar. And of course he just returned it the the dealer/financer and said he couldnt justifiably pay them for it since it had a hesitation problem. Anyways just trying to figure out where to start. it does have the check light on and it is #7 misfire or random misfire.

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Sounds like it needs a tune-up.

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