Cylinder six misfire

Tiny
LEVSMITH
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  • 1997 CHEVROLET 1500
  • 5.7L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 116,000 MILES
Problem started with a P0300 random misfire, I have never had a check engine light before in this vehicle. I replaced the fuel filter, cap and rotor, plugs and wires and ignition coil with no change. Finally found out I was losing fuel pressure as soon as the fuel pump kicked off. I isolated it to the fuel pump and after replacing the entire pump and sending unit assembly the fuel pressure holds for hours and the P0300 code went away, but now I have a P0306. I have tried swapping plugs with another cylinder and then wires with no change in the P0306 code.

I did not pull all of the plugs for a compression check but I did pull 4, 6 and 8 to give me an idea. 4 reads 160psi, 6 and 8 are both at 150psi, so I do not believe it is a compression problem. I bought a cheap inline spark tester and it seems on cylinder six at higher RPM's the light skips a spark every few seconds. I moved the tester to cylinder four to make sure it was not the tester, and it had a nice continuous spark pattern. This leads me to believe it is a spark issue. After this, I tried replacing the cap again to make sure I did not get a bad cap. I am at a loss on what the problem could be at this point. I have heard about spider injector problems with this model pickup, but with the intermittent spark, I am leaning towards it being a spark issue and not fuel. I do not know of a simple test to see if I am getting fuel to that cylinder. It seems to idle fine and I mainly notice the misfire when taking off from a stop and right before the transmission shifts, around 2,000 RPM's.

List of replacement parts:
Duralast fuel filter.
Delphi fuel pump and sender.
ACDelco cap, rotor and plugs.
Summit racing plug wires.
Accel coil.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks
Thursday, May 10th, 2018 AT 1:27 PM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi and thanks for using 2CarPros.com. You got a tough one. Since spark appears to be the issue, I do not see the need to check the injector at this time. However, if you want to, here are simple directions to guide you:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-a-fuel-injector

Next, I question a few different things, but want to start with the ignition control driver (ICD). I have attached a picture of it for you. Check to make sure all connections are clean and tight. If they appear to be in good condition, remove the driver. It requires special equipment to test, but most parts stores will do it for you. Have it checked and let me know what you find. If that is not the issue, we will look at the crankshaft and cam senors.

I hope this helps.

Take care,
Joe
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Saturday, May 12th, 2018 AT 8:50 PM

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