I am getting a low idle issue on my '99 Sierra 5.3L w/109k miles. It normally idles ~700RPM, but is not sporadically idling at 300 RPM which is causing it to stall. What things should I be looking at as a possible cause. Nothing has been changed in the motor except the plugs which I changed 10k miles ago.
Thanks in Advance,
-a12vman
Put a realtime scanner on it and my guess is that you will find that you have a idle timing issue. My 2000 K3500 would do that sometimes at certain engine temps and it thru no codes and dealer said it was fine. It turned out that the ECM was retarding the spark at times to as much as 20 ATC at a idle and it would slow engine way down, WIth a reraltime data scanner you can whatch the engine timing and see if it is the culprit too.
----------------- The SnoMan
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