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To add even more confusion to the spark plug mix the ones I linked and ordered from Amazon in November now says Does Not Fit. They did then and the reason I ordered them was this thread:
https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/spark-plugs.34834/#post-409479

Sunlit disappeared before my time here but his posts often come up in my research. I’ll hit up a local store and put eyeballs on some Delco platinums.
Now I’m wondering if the fuel cleaner was cleaning the fouling off the plugs like the video from 2018 I linked earlier. Same symptoms down to the cylinder though my idle is good. Disappointing but better than a fuel pump or replacing that damn pressure regulator again.
 

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LT was around +9-10% today at 75 up and down the highway. ST was 5ish depending on up or down the overpassed.
Idle, both were close to 0

Well, I don't think anything is wrong there with those numbers but mine behaves the opposite. At idle my trims run in the negative and they zero out or near so once a steady speed is achieved. But we're dealing with different generation engines here and I'm less familiar with yours.
 
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Well, I don't think anything is wrong there with those numbers but mine behaves the opposite. At idle my trims run in the negative and they zero out or near so once a steady speed is achieved. But we're dealing with different generation engines here and I'm less familiar with yours.
A black bear tune is on the wishlist but I feel it would be better to get ignition sorted first. Fairly certain I installed LS generation plugs on a Vortec.

I’ll have new plugs in Sunday, weather permitting. At the very least I’m going to pull a couple for eyeball inspection.
 

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A black bear tune is on the wishlist but I feel it would be better to get ignition sorted first. Fairly certain I installed LS generation plugs on a Vortec.

I’ll have new plugs in Sunday, weather permitting. At the very least I’m going to pull a couple for eyeball inspection.

I thought that about the plugs but do not know what they are running. Let me see...
 

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I’ll have new plugs in Sunday, weather permitting. At the very least I’m going to pull a couple for eyeball inspection.

ACDelco lists these:

#14 Rapidfire, 41-902 Double Platinum, 41-993 Iridium, R44LTS6 Conventional

All are gapped to .060"

If this were mine, I'd pick one of the latter two.
 
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ACDelco lists these:

#14 Rapidfire, 41-902 Double Platinum, 41-993 Iridium, R44LTS6 Conventional

All are gapped to .060"

If this were mine, I'd pick one of the latter two.
The ones I pulled were the LTS6
Oreilly down the street has em.

ETA: it’s got 41-993’s now but .040
 

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The ones I pulled were the LTS6
Oreilly down the street has em.

ETA: it’s got 41-993’s now but .040

If you are handy with pliers and feeler gauges, you can re-gap them to .060" without putting pressure on the electrodes. I bet that is the source of the misfires.
 

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