Wet Opti
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Cleaned & dried the opti harness. No result. Removed water pump and unbolted harmonic damper but cannot get it off the shaft. Soaked it good in PB Blaster to no avail.
So, next question. . . How to get the pulley off? Bearing puller?
So, next question. . . How to get the pulley off? Bearing puller?
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NAPA. At the time I was living in Telluride, Colorado....AKA, The middle of no F'ing where.
I had a trip coming and mail order wasn't going to do it. Only distributor I could find on the "western slope" as it's called, was a NAPA in Grand Junction. Grabbed it, installed it, drove to 'Vegas the next morning. Whew!
I was worried; have I gotten the "right" one? All the posts you see on here; MSD rules/sucks. Petris rules/sucks. AC Delco, rules/sucks, and on, and on. Mines gone 2-1/2 years now, and about 20k miles, hasn't missed a beat on the street or track, so I think I did O.K.
EDIT. Whoops...didn't look and thought you were the OP, asking me. Sorry.
I had a trip coming and mail order wasn't going to do it. Only distributor I could find on the "western slope" as it's called, was a NAPA in Grand Junction. Grabbed it, installed it, drove to 'Vegas the next morning. Whew!
I was worried; have I gotten the "right" one? All the posts you see on here; MSD rules/sucks. Petris rules/sucks. AC Delco, rules/sucks, and on, and on. Mines gone 2-1/2 years now, and about 20k miles, hasn't missed a beat on the street or track, so I think I did O.K.
EDIT. Whoops...didn't look and thought you were the OP, asking me. Sorry.
Last edited by Tom400CFI; Sep 16, 2014 at 12:06 AM.
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I ordered the ProComp from SacCityCorvette for $160, or so. They were all backordered, but they had an AIP and said it was equivalent. I said, "okay." They were very good to deal with. Calls and e-mails were prompt and courteous.
Purchased a fuel pressure tester today to test the opti as was suggested.
Purchased a fuel pressure tester today to test the opti as was suggested.
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Now that you've got the opti out, you can simply test it like I did in the video that I posted. If spinning it w/it hooked up provokes fuel pump, AIR pump, etc, then that is pretty strong evidence that it's working. If nothing, then it's dead.
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Removed opti and tested as suggested with harness wire attached, fuel pressure tester attached, coil wire off and near ground, manually spun opti with ignition on.
Fuel pressure stayed at 42 psi, AIR pump did not run, no spark from coil wire.
It appears my opti is dead.
New opti arrives tomorrow. Reassembly the day after.
Here's hoping for a great September drive on Saturday.
Fuel pressure stayed at 42 psi, AIR pump did not run, no spark from coil wire.
It appears my opti is dead.
New opti arrives tomorrow. Reassembly the day after.
Here's hoping for a great September drive on Saturday.
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