20 Most Recent 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - Page 5 Questions & Answers

The previous answers are good advice. These vehs also seem to have a common problem with the wireing harness where it plugs into injectors. They are a bundle of tiny wires and one may be broken inside the insulation so it's hard to tell. With a cold engine, start the truck and wiggle that wire cluster to see if problem is in that area

you need to have your rubber lines inspected if they collapse internaly it will cause your problem

Need to know what kind of bull bar it is and the vehicle please.

Try running a special "cleaner" CD to clean the system.

I like royes answer but I would also start checking the coil packs. They get old and tired like me

Check for spark at the plugs? Could be a coil, ignition module, or crank sensor. Check fuses also.

there is a fuse blown somewhere. check the owners manual for the fuse location.

mine does similar , ive changed plugs ,wires,cat convertors,fuel filter,2 dist caps. it has no power up a hill or with the ac on.has even stalled out on me on the interstate going up a hill, light starts fashing . only says a misfire, thought maybe air flow cencor?curious what u find out

I'd disconnect my battery, and start unplugging every sensor connector, computer connector etc that I could find and spray them with contact cleaner, blow them off if you have compressor, add a little di-electric grease and put them all back together & try that first. You never know, you just might cure it, and materials are cheap.

Just a statement there,no real question Can't guess for you, without a vehicle to test Doesn't act like anything, until you have test results to prove your thoughts Battery No Spark No Fuel OBD Codes Do anything at all ?

might need a new fuel level sending unit...... or the gauge cluster is bad... there was a recall years back on the gauges.... the sending unit is not terribly expensive but the gauge cluster...good luck

pass side it has a 15 mm bolt remove intake tube will help see

its on top very back of engine behind intake it will be facing up

This is a rather easy solution. The throttle plate probably has carbon build up causing the air into the intake to be restricted. This would in turn cause a hard start condition. If you use an acid brush with carb clean it wil alow you to clean the carbon easily. You must open the throttle plate and spray it down then proceed cleaning with the brush. In some throttle plates there may be a hole for air blead that may also be blocked by carbon. This will clean off easily also if you use the same technique.

You can check your controler and tell if vacuum lines run to it most likely it does on a 2000 model

Hi just make sure the pump drive belt is not worn or has lost the correct tension, those belts do work hard. P

Remove the entire seat-- to work on it? Remove the nuts or bolts, holding it to the floor pan

Got fuel pressure Got Spark Got injector pulse Fuses checked Battery any good-tested it?

If you replaced the shoes (this would indicate you have rear drum brakes) you have to properly adjust the brakes. When you took them apart there would have been a part approx 2-3 inches in length with a star gear on it, you need to turn that star gear to make the adjuster shorter, when properly adjusted wheels should turn freely with a little bit of drag the shoes should just barely be contacting the drums.
If you replaced the pads (this would indicate you have rear disc brakes) were the sliders free and loose. The sliders are the metal tube the bolts run through to mount the caliper these work as adjuster as the pads wear down if these are frozen you are running your brakes as if your pads are still worn causing much friction with the new thicker pads. You can replace just the slides on the calipers but often it's easier to just replace the caliper and often not to much more expensive.

Did you by chance have the intake gaskets done or have the distributor out for any reason? I replaced the intake gaskets on my 99 Tahoe and then I had the same problem. I do not have the fancy GM TECH 2 scan tool so two hours later problem was solved. The distributor MUST be within 2 degrees of TDC or it will act the way yours is.