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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 04:39 PM
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I was flushing the cooling system and when refilling radiator opened the two bleeder screw s. Onescrew must have leaked fluid on the optispark the car quit running. I tried again afte r3 hours and still no fire. Have I ruined the opti spark or should i let dry out over night and hopefully it will start . Any thoughts would be appreciated Thanks
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All you can do is try to let it dry and cross your fingers. Some members dried theirs out and have had no problems. The amount of liquid and time it was in usually make the diff.
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All you can do is try to let it dry and cross your fingers. Some members dried theirs out and have had no problems. The amount of liquid and time it was in usually make the diff.
Thanks.. I've flushed the system 2 other times in the last 10 years and never had this problem. Its been 100 degree here many days and 3 years since I've flushed the system. Hope it dries out.

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