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help me.
the 6.0 im swapping into my truck has low compression on the 3/5 cylinders, all the other cylinders have good compression. but when its running it skips an thinks it running lean, sounds almost like it has a cam lol.im running it now with a 04 5.3 tune, im gona have them reflash it an put a stock 6.0 tune on it then tweak it. would it runnin on the 5.3 tune make it do this?. i bought it from a junkyard they said it was all good, get to swaping it an pull the plugs to put in new 1s, an those two cylinders had rust at the top. so i think its nothin major get it all put together an now it sounds like a 90s diesel its so loud. idk wtf it is doin , ive got all my cash in this swap, havin a shop do it for me, all this is what there tellin me over the phone, an i kno im not describing it tht great but any thought or suggestions, plz an ty.
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Where do you live? My buddy bought a motor that was a flood damage vehicle, that he didn't know about till after he put it in! I've seen a bunch of engines @ the junk yard un covered with parts missing off them that would cause ur problem.. But it could just have a blow head gasket.