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97 chevy vortec 5.7. Can someone tell me why #8 cylinders not firing i changed cap rotor and even switched plug wires thinkin it was the wires no change plug is black all the rest are white doesnt smoke but has a loss of power cant afford a compression test is there any other way to figure it out without tearing into the engine

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When you say the #8 plug is black it tells me that you may have a broken piston ring that damaged the #8 cylinder wall to the point where oil is coming up and fouling the plug, along with NO compression, or you may have bad valve seals or a bent valve. A compression test would be the best way to go now, and testers are not expensive, you can go to an auto parts store where they will rent you a compression tester. I am only guessing, and you may have to go into the engine, with a possible rebuild or replacement forthcoming. GOOD LUCK FRIEND.

  • Josh j Nov 28, 2014

    Thanks looks like thats what i gotta do

  • Josh j Nov 29, 2014

    Doesnt smoke can it have a broken ring and not smoke

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If the end of the sparkplug is back, indicates carbon build up. Buy a compression tester, way cheaper and easier, although I'm not sure if it is a head gasket. What color is the smoke that comes out of the tailpipe, a greyish blueish or is it black? Does the engine shudder? Where the spark plugs themselves changed and gapped correctly? It may be detonation also.

  • Josh j Nov 28, 2014

    Doesnt smoke at all does have detonation because its running lean on bank one and two all plugs are a whitish color except #8 its black and got oil

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SOURCE: i own a 96 chevy k1500 5.7 l vortec and have a no 5 cyl misfire

It could be a faulty fuel injector, try running a fuel injector cleaner through your fuel system. At worst the poppet nozzle has gone bad and will need to be replaced, you can buy the poppet nozzle it self individually at Auto Zone or buy upgrade MFI system which is much better and less pron to fuel leaking room a cracked poppet line or nozzle which will cause what you have described.

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SOURCE: 93' chevy 4.3 V6 vortec. engine problem

fuel lines inside the intake plhenum may be cracked and leaking inside the plhenum. same thing happened to my 1992.sonoma. they are made of a plastic material and tend to crack right in the bend of these lines.

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350 Chevy engine in what? 1990 Corvette? Who built it, did you?

Sounds as though you have plug wires wrong.
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Distributor rotates Clockwise. (Rotor)
Find Number 1 tower on distributor cap, go Clockwise with Firing Order.

Distributorless Ignition System:
VIEWING the engine from the Front of the car.

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(To guess I would say you have 5 and 7 wires switched)

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