Pump & Opti Replacement
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From: Decatur Alabama
Pump & Opti Replacement
Well, the water pump finally gave it up....going to replace it and the opti-spark while i'm in there....can anybody recommend the best place for parts other than the General???...
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Burning Brakes
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From: Hyde Park NY
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by LT1SPUD
Well, the water pump finally gave it up....going to replace it and the opti-spark while i'm in there....can anybody recommend the best place for parts other than the General???...
tia
tia
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Port Angeles WA
I replaced my opti a year and a half ago with parts I got on ebay. For me it was the cheapest way to go and I didn't have any problems. Best to shop around, ebay doesn't always have the lowest price. $.02
Le Mans Master
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From: Woodstock Georgia
I don't get it. Water pump leaks, so replace the opti??? Water pump replacement is easy and not especially expensive. The optispark is a whole 'nother critter', both time and money. Why replace it just because you are 'in there' to do a waterpump? Or did the leaking pump destroy the opti??
Burning Brakes
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From: Hyde Park NY
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by aminnich
I don't get it. Water pump leaks, so replace the opti??? Water pump replacement is easy and not especially expensive. The optispark is a whole 'nother critter', both time and money. Why replace it just because you are 'in there' to do a waterpump? Or did the leaking pump destroy the opti??
it could be as you say or, since the opti's are known problematic as some point in the lifetime of the car, and since to replay the opti you need to also pull the water pump, it makes sense to consider upgrading to a new opti at the same time you pull a faulty water pump.///
