Code po300, cylinder one misfiring

1996 GMC SONOMA
180,000 MILES • 4.3L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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REDBONE
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I put new spark plugs,wires and cap in and new rotor button, still has a miss. When i hook up the scan tool it shows only cylinder 1 misfiring. I changed the spark because in thought i might have gotten a bad one, still the same. I checked all vacuum lines and no leak, also the check engine light blinks off and on. I will check the fuel pressure to see if it is good. If the fuel pressure is good what else would cause this?
Jan 5, 2021 at 3:00 PM
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KASEKENNY
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This could be a number of things. The multiple cylinder misfire is just saying that there are other cylinder missing but just not consistently on every power stroke.

Here are some guides that cover all this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-misfires-or-runs-rough

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator

https://youtu.be/UKB-ytgbnzU

However, I would suggest starting with swapping the injector from cylinder one to the front cylinder on the other bank. If it moves then you know it is the injector. If it doesn't then it is not.

Next we need to check compression because we could have some valves floating.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

If the compression is ok, let's hook a vacuum gauge to the engine and see if the gauge is steady. This will tell us if there is an intake valve floating only while running.

Let's start with this and go from there. Thanks
Jan 6, 2021 at 4:26 PM
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REDBONE
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i have already checked vacuum and on the gauge it points to late timing around 14 on the gauge.I will check the compression to make sure the compression on the cylinders is good. also i have no fuel injectors,it is a CDI fuel system.
Jan 6, 2021 at 5:59 PM
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Sorry. That does say 1996 in the heading.

Can you get a recording of the vacuum gauge hooked up so we can see what it is doing because I was expecting that to be the issue.

I attached your compression spec below for when you check it.
Jan 6, 2021 at 6:29 PM
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Don't know why it doesn't drop after I leave off throttle.
Jan 8, 2021 at 11:15 AM
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Sorry had gauge hooked up wrong. this is correct hook up:
Jan 8, 2021 at 11:31 AM
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KASEKENNY
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That is most likely a valve issue. Either a sticking intake valve, loose guide, leaking intake valve or possibly a ring issue.

However, the unsteady reving is an intake valve as well. I suspect you have a leaking valve so I would do a compression check next to find what cylinder it is.

If the timing is off as you said earlier then that could be the cause of the leaking valves if they are opening too soon but I would still do a compression check just to be sure.
Jan 9, 2021 at 4:26 PM
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I did a compression and found #1 cylinder has no compression, also did a leak down test on #1 and found out that air comes through the throttle body. so is my intake valve on cylinder 1 the problem?
Jan 18, 2021 at 2:06 PM
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You nailed it. The intake valve is not sealing so it is either the valve is burnt, rocker/spring failure, or the cam lobe/lifter is wiped out. So we need to start with removing the valve cover and check the spring and rocker arm. Then we need to dig further depending on this. I attached the process for the head if that is what needs to come off.

Let us know but this is great info so far. Thanks
Jan 19, 2021 at 6:43 PM