2001 Chevrolet Venture lack of power, misfires

2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE
169,000 MILES
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MAGHNUIS
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2001 chev venture van 3.4L
A little hesitation when accelerating from dead stop.
When accelerating to highway speeds, especially uphill, there is almost no power from 3rd gear up, about 30 mph up. No knocking, or obvious missing.
Gumout and Techron have both been used, Gas filter replaced.
No codes. Everything remained the same.

MAF sensor cleaned and throttle body cleaned.
Got slightly worse.
Now misfires recorded on all even cylinders especially bad in cylinder 6.

Ignition coil Packs? or are we missing something else?
Aug 8, 2013 at 3:26 PM
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HMAC300
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have a pro diagnose misfire, these are very hard to diagnose unless it's obvious like low compression/plug wire etc. check your fuel pressure with a gauge though as that may be the cause.
Aug 10, 2013 at 6:00 AM
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MAGHNUIS
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New plugs and wires, pressure test shows within specs.
Aug 10, 2013 at 6:15 AM
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HMAC300
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then you will have to scan for codes and try to freeze frame it but you really need to know what you are doing and know what the specs are for sensors and the like. Like I said very hard to diagnose misfires even for a pro. cold be a vacuum leak as well as any injector problem.
Aug 10, 2013 at 8:11 AM