No power up hills and pinging noises come from TBI little back fire.
I have an 89 chevy suburban with 350 TBI, pinging noises come out of the TBI when accelerate with a little back fire. I've replaced several parts: sparkplugs and wires, ECM Circut, coil, ignition module, cap and rotor, TPS Sensor, Oil Pressure switch. Running out of ideas. Computer codes are now fine. Ran fine a few months ago passed emmisions now I have no horse power when going up hills; loses power.
Re: No power up hills and pinging noises come from TBI...
Sounds like the knock sensor has failed. It's on the passenger side at the bottom of the engine block, in front of the starter. One wire going to it. Have you checked the timing lately, maybe it has moved?
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if is the TBI 350 (5.7L), anything from about 1989 to 1995 should be alright, give or take a few sensors. i have owned an 89 suburban, a 90 suburban, and a 95 suburban, and the all have the same motor.
Have you tried to manually downshift the trans going up hills? Sounds like the trans is not being told to downshift .
There is a test machine, (Want to say Odessey) that is attached to your truck and the truck is driven while hooked up. This machine can be asked questions by the mechanic. It has more electronics in it than the onboard computer. You would have the trailer attached to reveal realtime operating conditions.
It basically can do what a Dynamometer can do, while pulling a load. Even if it cost substantially to do this test, you would save by not buying parts you do not need.
Find a Dealer who knows about this type of machine and has one to use on your truck.
for a swap like that a chilton book would cover info for both motors and they cost under 20 bucks. just saying it beats the hell out of guessing at it or taking some schmucks advise from the internet. since your old 5.7 had TBI im hoping the 454 your swapping it with is also a TBI, if not your best bet would probally be to convert to carb but your going to need to replace the fuel system as the 2 high pressure lines that ran the TBI wont work with a carb. if it is TBI your going to need the ECM that came with the 454 as the 350 one is just going to "get confused" and have issues. Since your rig has an older ECM you can remove the Electronic senders and replace them with manual ones to simplify everything ( i have an 89 chevy i built a rat 355 for so ive been through this before) . without knowing exactly the year of the 454 thats about all i can think of to watch out for on that swap, i hope your not trying to mate the 454 to a 4L60, your going to need at least a 4l80 with an upgraded sun shell gear or a heavy duty manual ( at least 10 spline and 12 inch clutch).
Was it originaly a 305? If so then the Electronic Spark Control (ESC), PROM and fuel injectors should be changed to 350 stuff.
Any pinging? Check Engine light?
Maybe take the ignitoon module out and have it tested at an Auto Zone. Without being able to do a hands on diag I am guessing maybe an issue with spark advance when under a load.
Another guess would be a low tank of fuel on a steep hill. Could it be starvation?
sounds like timing is a little late. try a SLIGHT advancement (1-2 degrees) of the timing. keep trying until idle smooths out, listen for pinging on a steep hill in top gear. if engine pings at all other than at full throttle, timing is too far advanced. hope this helps. good luck.
Firing order is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. This is stamped usually on the front of the intake manifold if you have a TBI set up - if you have a CSFI or MFI set up, it may be on the side
Did you check the knock sensor located on the passenger side of the block, behind the starter, The sensor can be bad sending a signal to the Computer causing the computer to readjust the spark advanced timing causing Knocking and pinging....... or it could be as simple as bad gas. If you changed the timing chain, the gears should both be set with the the timing marks at 12 oclock for the 89 chevy K1500 5.7 350 V8 TBI OHV 16V if you set the timing at 12 oclock on the cam and 6 oclock for the valve and Distr. the number 6 is firing as number 1 you can recheck by bringing the No. 1 piston back up to TDC and check to see if your Distr. is pointing to the No. 1 Plug Hope this helps
Check the timing chain..Take the belt of and turn the crank by hand and see how much slop there is when you turn it back and forth..If theres not much then there could be a cam problem.But most of the time its the timing chain..Hope this helps you and have a great night....
have u checked timing?
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