Originally Posted by lltrevino

i do not know if there was any mention of a cash reward? i know the mention of reward was. that could be anything from the op doing something for you in the op mentality that is "rewarding" for you. it could be as simple as recommending not to eat yellow snow.

Originally Posted by Mike_Vetter

I love the response and assistance. Once again thank you. Some of the suggestions I cant try at the moment as the car is apart and Im waiting for the new optispark to come in. As for the hub, from what I can tell the hub/pulley and balancer are attatched as one assembly. So when I mention the hub I also mean the pulley as well. Hitting it with a block of wood and hammer does sound better than the alternative I used. However, is there a way I can get past the crossmember? I attemted to use a pry bar from atop the engine bay only to discover it pretty much shatters the opti... But lucky me I have one on its way. I did discover that with the cover off the opti comes out without removing the balancer??? So is there a way perhaps that I can remove the cap on the new one and put it in as 2 peices??? Ill have to take it apart to rtv it anyway.... I suppose if I can get in there to take out the cap screws it might be possible... What do you guys think? If it works this could very well alter the feeling people get when they're told they're opti is juped

Originally Posted by Mike_Vetter

Offering money $$$ reward to person supplying winning solution to or testing procedure that leads to solution of my starting problem...

I am having a hellacious starting issue with my 95. today I was driving down the road when all of the sudden I lost engine power. The engine seemed to have shut off. I imediately pulled over into a parking lot. When I stopped I noticed the car had an extremely aggresve Idle as if only one or two cylinders were firing. I turned the key off. I popped the hood and stepped out just in time to see smoke rising from under the hood. I though D*%$. Overheated... To my suprise the upper hose busted about in the middle. I pulled it walked to a parts store and replaced it. filled it with coolant and tried to start it... For some reason, it wouldnt start. All kinds of things raced in my mind. Optispark, head gasket, etc. etc. I narrowed it down to what I considered spark or compresion. Rented a compression tester and all seems ok, unless I missed something. pulled the spark plugs, put them back in their boot and ran a wire from the plug to the block for grounding purposes. turned it over and no spark. I hosed down the optispark with wd40 to displace any coolant that might have got inside since coolant will not evap on its own. (gotta give it a little convincing) Let it dry, and did the spark test again, walla, spark. I put the plugs back in and turned it over again... no luck. But there is a change... It seems to kick back a little after I stop turning it over. And then if I keep trying it will eventually make a slight back fire sound out of the exhaust and then once in a while also out of the intake... I checked the plugs for water, oil or coolant, nothing found. I checked the oil cap and dip stick for water or whiting, nothing... Im lost as to what to do next and am really looking to find a way to identify the absolute problem as I do not want to spend silly amounts to replace working parts... I am offering a reward to anyone who can bring me the solution or a testing procedure I can perform that will Identify to me the problem. I wont anounce the exact reward amount, but I will say it is in the tripple digits... Ill be checking both my email as well as this post regularly...

Originally Posted by msmith7425

I had the same thing hapen to me. I would also set for days and then all of a sudden start. I replased every part of my ignition system. but would still do it. Then i put in a new Distributor and that did it. Never had a prob agen. So replace your Distributor.