Cwhite7089
Newbie
I'm at my wits end with the truck.
1995 K1500 Z71 5.7 TBI
164k miles
Ran, albeit like crap, then I parked it to fix the intake manifold leak, ended up having to replace the distributor and set timing and it ran for 5 minutes but died under any amount of load at all, whether it was turning the steering wheel accidentally or later putting it into gear.
The starter then failed, that was in March.
Tuesday night I replaced the starter and got 2 starts out of it, but it would immediately stall and die. No fuss, just die.
Then it grinded with short abrupt stops in its attempt to start 3 times, then nothing at all, wouldn't even turn the starter over. Wednesday I go to finally replace the bad plugged up Idle Air Control valve and have a mobile mechanic come look at it and the only thing i found out is that one of the wires to the starter is melted, both the new and old starter both work great though, and can't even diagnose the stalling issue. Won't run long enough, and not at all during the time the mechanic was over there.
Possibility of a fried engine computer?, maybe even ignition switch though that doesn't explain the fact I still get plenty of fuel and the dying under load specifically
So many possibilities still despite ruling out timing, Spark, fuel, vacuum, and most sensors and emissions related valves. So much has been replaced, most of it needed it but still not one single bit of progress, only worse and worse.
So I'm running out of ideas, patience and spare money and hoping for any sort of ideas or leads
It's getting desperate
And no, in my local market, getting another car doesn't make sense. For one I still owe money regardless and secondly any vehicle I could ensure has less issues, less not none, is $4k+
I'm about to pull the ecm and make sure it isn't fried or faulty, I'm gonna have to borrow a multimeter at that, I'm vastly underequiped but have to make things happen. If it's not the ecm, I'm ready to pull out my hair and scream till I tear vocal chords
1995 K1500 Z71 5.7 TBI
164k miles
Ran, albeit like crap, then I parked it to fix the intake manifold leak, ended up having to replace the distributor and set timing and it ran for 5 minutes but died under any amount of load at all, whether it was turning the steering wheel accidentally or later putting it into gear.
The starter then failed, that was in March.
Tuesday night I replaced the starter and got 2 starts out of it, but it would immediately stall and die. No fuss, just die.
Then it grinded with short abrupt stops in its attempt to start 3 times, then nothing at all, wouldn't even turn the starter over. Wednesday I go to finally replace the bad plugged up Idle Air Control valve and have a mobile mechanic come look at it and the only thing i found out is that one of the wires to the starter is melted, both the new and old starter both work great though, and can't even diagnose the stalling issue. Won't run long enough, and not at all during the time the mechanic was over there.
Possibility of a fried engine computer?, maybe even ignition switch though that doesn't explain the fact I still get plenty of fuel and the dying under load specifically
So many possibilities still despite ruling out timing, Spark, fuel, vacuum, and most sensors and emissions related valves. So much has been replaced, most of it needed it but still not one single bit of progress, only worse and worse.
So I'm running out of ideas, patience and spare money and hoping for any sort of ideas or leads
It's getting desperate
And no, in my local market, getting another car doesn't make sense. For one I still owe money regardless and secondly any vehicle I could ensure has less issues, less not none, is $4k+
I'm about to pull the ecm and make sure it isn't fried or faulty, I'm gonna have to borrow a multimeter at that, I'm vastly underequiped but have to make things happen. If it's not the ecm, I'm ready to pull out my hair and scream till I tear vocal chords
