Truck Sputtering
Asked by Marion_Kay Oct 21, 2016 at 01:22 AM about the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
2007 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6 is sputtering/hesitating sporadically. Thought I
would start troubleshooting by replacing my fuel filter. Guess that's not an
option come to find out. Truck only has 68,000 miles. Anyone have any
advice or suggestions?
6 Answers
rlhensley04 answered 8 years ago
I say you have dead plugs or a vacum leak or bad plug wires but my first step go to advance or AutoZone they can plug into it tell you exactly for free if check engine light is on
Marion_Kay answered 8 years ago
Thank you. Can Auto Zone still hook it up and get codes if Check Engine Light isn't on? My first thought was a bad plug but then figured the issue would be more consistent. Anyway - thanks for the suggestions. I hate car problems!
rlhensley04 answered 8 years ago
I got same truck had same issue I had bad gas got water in gas at a gas station I put a bottle of rub on acholol in my take it cleared up in a day
rlhensley04 answered 8 years ago
You can check the plugs pull one wire off at a time if miss gets worse the its good if it don't make any difference then it's bad plug or wire
Marion_Kay answered 8 years ago
Really - just rubbing alcohol? Had actually thought bad gas was a possibility. I put some Lucas Fuel Injection cleaner in tonight. Maybe that will help. Thanks again!
Marion_Kay answered 8 years ago
It was a loose spark plug wire. Very thankful!