1994 5.7 K1500 ruff start for 40 seconds

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Durfman77

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Well another post of this ruff start [when cold] for less then minute then all day runs perfect?
I did all the normal things;
new fuel pump
distributor & plugs
IAC new
EGR clean working ok
New Temp sensors [BOTH]

Today I found when I started it ran Fine for 20 seconds then RUFF--stumble almost stalled I put a timing light on it and the timing was all over the place while running ruff then BOOM it ran fine and timing stayed steady???---Where do i go now??
Am checking all connections on sensors etc??
 

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Well fixed it---Yep for anyone interested ???----I remembered when I put new wires and distubeter in this all started??????--So I put the original ICM back in and BAM!!!--starts fine and runs fine now so anyone with same problem new parts dont mean anything,,ICM was the problem all along,,
 

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Didn't see this thread, but glad you figured it out.
 

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Well fixed it---Yep for anyone interested ???----I remembered when I put new wires and distubeter in this all started??????--So I put the original ICM back in and BAM!!!--starts fine and runs fine now so anyone with same problem new parts dont mean anything,,ICM was the problem all along,,

Was going to suggest the same (ICM) since you tried all the others. temp sensor is usually the first thing I try.
I had a similar issue and thought it was ICM, but turned out to be the pickup coil. It was very intermittent.
 

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