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Originally Posted by Tinkerin_wit_tools
Wow! Thanks for all the input! Well, last night I checked all the fuses and they all were good. Will go out later this morning to check out the CPS. I don't know if this is anything helpful, but last week after oil change, I put some Seafoam in the intake and days later the check engine light came on. When my wife got the truck home, checked with the code reader and came up as P0300, a random or multiple misfire. I did check the spark plug wires with my little tester/pen and there were two that looked "odd" and not firing correctly. Also, yesterday, there was a whining type of noise coming from the rear of the vehicle, I am supposing the tank area. The fuel pump is back there, and it never made this noise before. With the battery light and not check engine light coming up, I feel that it may be an electrical issue with the fuel pump. No codes present on the reader, either. If anything else is new, I will let you know. Thanks again for advice.
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Wow! Here I am, finally at the end of the road. I had to take it to one shop the beginning of last week and they told me that it was my Vortec Spider injection system. I know how much of a pain that this is to replace and would have taken me more time than money to order it myself and put it in all said and done. So, I told them to do it and got hit for nearly 900 dollars! Yes, I didn't stutter! As long as it fixed the issue, I was ok with it. As soon as I drove it off the premises and went shopping, it died in the shopping center parking lot. Phoned them back and had them tow it back on their dime and they tested it all the next day and found nothing wrong. Over and over again, I asked them about the fuel pump and the high pitched whine that came from the gas tank, and they said it had nothing to do with it. Next day I took it to my mechanic(that I trust, yet he lives about 30 miles away and has his garage in BFE) and he drove it all that next day and said that he can't find anything but strongly feels that it is the fuel pump going out or is already bad due to the noise. I agreed and he changed it out. He also recommended that when I get it back to replace spark plugs and wires due to a random misfire in cylinder 4, and guess what? It drives awesome now! It is great that I got the car back, fixed the issue and is doing great. What chaps my rear is the fact that the first jerk I took it to cost me undue heartache and lots of money. Next time, I am just going to listen to my common sense and if I can't do it myself, I will spend the extra money on the tow out to my mechanic. Thank you for your advice and hopefully there is someone that reads this and can not only help them, but have them listen to their gut rather than a mechanic they don't know.
