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Asked by Greg Feb 28, 2019 at 01:20 AM about the 1997 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Silverado Extended Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Replaced plugs wires cap and rotor went to start
my truck it choughed sneezed small pop and
hissing sounds but started idled really rough no
power so i thought maybe one of the wires was
wrong so i looked check and yes two wires weee
crossed so i fixed them tryed to start again it
hissed choughed still same as before tryed again
this time it backfired huge so my brother said put
the old cap and rotor back on it was still goid the
only reason i was replacing it cuz i just got the
truck and i wanted everything new so i did that still
same thing then someone said its the timing so i
went to try and find my timing marks but no luck i
could only find the one line so i 0ut that aline with
where the other mark should be took the cap off
and put the rotor pointed towards 1 piston and
tryed to start the truck but this time it acted like it
wanted to kick off but slow like a weak battery so i
tryed to jump it off but no luck so now what its a
1997 chevy k1500 5.7 liter

4 Answers

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That backfire may have blown off some vacuum hoses or even blown intake gaskets so look around. Double check the firing order and distributor rotation. Timing rarely changes with electronic ignition, don't rule out valve timing, do a compression test to find out.

Where and what vacuum hoses would it have blew off if any and how do i know if it blew a intake gasket but why did it backfire and why does it sound weak when i try and start it i know the batterys good its only a few months old

9,680

I have a hunch your timing chain jumped. Any vacuum hoses that blew off would be obvious like the brake booster and PCV hoses, intake gaskets are usually checked with the engine running then spraying the intake with carb cleaner or starting fluid. The timing chain can best be checked with a compression test. Many parts stores will loan you a compression gauge.

Well if my timing chain jumped is that a bad thing or how do i go about fixing that and after thats fixed it should start or what

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