Q: pcm problem maybe

asked by on August 22, 2016

sorry for grammar. i got a 03 s-10 4.3 crew cab 4×4 it started runnin really bad didnt have time to check it out drive it like that for a week till i could look at it found that the spark plug wire had burnt thru and was shorting out on motor put a wire i had from before on it ran fine for a day then started bearly running cant drive it will still start wont go over 3k rpm its throwing MAF, crank shaft/ cam shaft sensors codes replaced all 3 still same thing my question is could it be the PCM has shorted out

My car has 168000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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