misfiring on driver side cylinders

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irarb01

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hey everyone so i got my engine swapped in my 04 tahoe it’s a 5.3 was running great for a couple weeks then all of a sudden im getting multiple cylinder miss fires on all of my my odd cylinders this engine i swapped in was a market place find. was told it had 140k on it supposedly car runs great beside mis no coolant loss or anything. only thing is when i’m accelerating you can here it popping and back firing then all of a sudden it clears up and takes off like a bat out of hell. replaced all plugs and coils and ignition wires on driver side already. still no luck.
 

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Try swapping injectors from left to right and vice versa. If problem moves to the right side,
you need new injectors.
If problem stays on the same side, serious diagnosis required.
 

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hey everyone so i got my engine swapped in my 04 tahoe it’s a 5.3 was running great for a couple weeks then all of a sudden im getting multiple cylinder miss fires on all of my my odd cylinders this engine i swapped in was a market place find. was told it had 140k on it supposedly car runs great beside mis no coolant loss or anything. only thing is when i’m accelerating you can here it popping and back firing then all of a sudden it clears up and takes off like a bat out of hell. replaced all plugs and coils and ignition wires on driver side already. still no luck.
Check the ground cable for that side.
 

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Before swapping the injectors why not put a noid light on them to make sure they're getting their commands?

Could also measure the voltage drop between the rail ground and the engine block, also from the rail to the battery negative. Compare driver's side to passenger side.
 
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so one thing i noticed is if i let the car warm up it will stop missing if it’s cold it will miss slightly at idle and will miss heavy under load. once its a little bit warm it will run fine under load.
 

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Oooh, what's your fuel trims? If the driver's side bank is high positive when cold, and is better than warm, suspect intake manifold leak for a item to explore.
 

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