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Old 04-12-2017, 02:39 PM
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1996 Blazer has had an engine miss lately while going down the road. The miss starts at about 2000 rpm and goes away when I accelerate but as soon as I go to cruising speed it starts missing again.

I replaced plugs and wires, cap and rotor and it still misfired. Next thing I tried is unplugging the mass air flow sensor and the misfire went away! So I bought a new MAF sensor and installed it and the engine miss is back.

Only code I've received is P0300 one time. Anyone have any thoughts?
 
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Old 04-12-2017, 07:13 PM
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One of the plugs is misfiring, could be a loose plug(happened to me) arcing wire, cheap cap. Check under hood at night in the dark, (unhook underhood light) look for arc sparks on 1 of the wires or around plug. Look hard can be tough to spot sometimes
 
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Old 04-13-2017, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by newguy
One of the plugs is misfiring, could be a loose plug(happened to me) arcing wire, cheap cap. Check under hood at night in the dark, (unhook underhood light) look for arc sparks on 1 of the wires or around plug. Look hard can be tough to spot sometimes
If one of the plugs are misfiring why does it run fine with the mass air flow sensor disconnected?
 
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Old 04-13-2017, 10:22 AM
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Dont know, but an 0300 is a misfire. And checking is free
 
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Old 04-29-2017, 04:51 PM
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Just a follow up but I ended up replacing the computer as the miss is gone!
 
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