lost opti to coolant
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lost opti to coolant
But not in the usual way, I lost mine when the top heater hose broke, right at the connector.
It dumped coolant right onto the opti and its connector. Fixed the hose and car started right up, fast forward a few hours and I am driving home on the highway and the tach starts bouncing everywhere and then the engine shuts off and I am thinking 2 breaks in one day.
Open the hood, car is dry as a bone, tow the car home (by the way, had have it towed back to work after the first time) and think the insides are toast, so I order another opti and Saturday replaced the old one( 45 minutes) and let the car sit over night, as I put sealant on the bolts, car now runs great.
Opened up the old opti and it is dry and no signs of corrosion or coolant, take a good look at the connector and I see a lot of corrosion around the pins.
So how do you protect the opti connector from coolant?
I had put vacuum hose on and sealed the outside, but how do you protect the connector.
So for the long sob story.
It dumped coolant right onto the opti and its connector. Fixed the hose and car started right up, fast forward a few hours and I am driving home on the highway and the tach starts bouncing everywhere and then the engine shuts off and I am thinking 2 breaks in one day.
Open the hood, car is dry as a bone, tow the car home (by the way, had have it towed back to work after the first time) and think the insides are toast, so I order another opti and Saturday replaced the old one( 45 minutes) and let the car sit over night, as I put sealant on the bolts, car now runs great.
Opened up the old opti and it is dry and no signs of corrosion or coolant, take a good look at the connector and I see a lot of corrosion around the pins.
So how do you protect the opti connector from coolant?
I had put vacuum hose on and sealed the outside, but how do you protect the connector.
So for the long sob story.
