HELP 97 Vortec 350 Runs Like Crap

MrSony

Geezer
Nov 15, 2014
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Buddies 97 k1500 was idling rough, screw mounts for cap were broken so we replaced the distributor, followed the replacement procedure, and it runs like dog sh*t and is just dumping fuel.

Why? It'll run fine for about 30 seconds then go back to popping missing and backfiring and using a ton of fuel.
 
what kind of distributor?

check plugs, check plug wires, coil, harmonic balancer
New distributor, new plugs, wires are all transferring spark, balancer is irrelevant on vortecs.
 

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