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    I worked as a tech for GM in the 90's, and we replaced plug wires more than anything else for cylinder misses. What you can do without a scope, is take a 12volt test light probe $5, and ground the clamp on ground somewhere, and jab the pointy edge in the plug wires one at a time, at the coil pack . Jab right thru the rubber boots on the plug wires, it'll kill one cylinder at a time, until the one it doesn't effect, and that's your missing cylinder. It then could be the plug,wire, or injector. Mostly the wires from my experience though, plugs usually last longer than the wires from what I've seen.
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    Well the thing about the wires is i switched them (switched the 3 with the 6, which is the same coil pack) and it still gave the cylinder 3 code. But, what i did today was swap the coil pack that has 3 and 6 on it with one of the others then cleared the codes. So now im just playing the waiting game on it and the other things is im trying to get an evap leak code gone so i can get an emissions test done on this thing...so got some things to work out.
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