Can a optispark be inspected if bad?
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Racer
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Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good?
Just wondering i've never changed it before, because i've bought it used,
Is there a visual indication that the opti has not been changed before?
[Modified by blk95, 3:25 AM 10/10/2003]
Is there a visual indication that the opti has not been changed before?
[Modified by blk95, 3:25 AM 10/10/2003]
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (blk95)
There is no way to tell. Usually a replaced Opti will be pretty clean, an old one will be dirty. You could pull it off and inspect it, but for the amount of work involved you may as well put a new one on. Are you having problems with your car?
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (blk95)
Just wondering i've never changed it before, because i've bought it used, Is there a visual indication that the opti has not been changed before?
[Modified by blk95, 3:25 AM 10/10/2003]
[Modified by blk95, 3:25 AM 10/10/2003]
Maybe if it is surrounded in RTV. Factory didn't do that, but anybody else who knows the Opti probably would.
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Racer
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (Aaron71771)
There is no way to tell. Usually a replaced Opti will be pretty clean, an old one will be dirty. You could pull it off and inspect it, but for the amount of work involved you may as well put a new one on. Are you having problems with your car?
I did plugs and wires last year...Maybe i should do the opti soon.
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (blk95)
Codes don't help.
I got no codes at all, and my cap & rotor where completely gone.
You can disconnect the coil wire, and you won't trip any codes.
I got no codes at all, and my cap & rotor where completely gone.
You can disconnect the coil wire, and you won't trip any codes.
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (BrianCunningham)
You can hook an oscilloscope to it and check both lo-res and hi-res signal waves coming from it. But idle is one thing compared to WOT spurts.
I've never done this, but read it in another thread.
I've never done this, but read it in another thread.
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (Goody)
I should eventually change it....i was looking at the Dynaspark man there expensive...double the dam price..600
Does anyone have any experience with the dyna spark optis
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (blk95)
I should eventually change it....i was looking at the Dynaspark man there expensive...double the dam price..600
Does anyone have any experience with the dyna spark optis
Does anyone have any experience with the dyna spark optis
It could very well be the LAST Opti you'll ever have to buy! I'm thinking about contacting them when mine finally goes kaput! :thumbs:
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (blk95)
How many miles on the opti? ("Normal" is anything from ~60K-110K miles, usual is ~80K-90K miles)
Is the water pump begining to weep? If it is, and the mileage is right, plan on replacing both.
Is the water pump begining to weep? If it is, and the mileage is right, plan on replacing both.
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Re: Can a optispark be inspected if bad or good? (blk95)
I did the DynaSpark Opti last month. Very straightforward. So far it has performed flawlessly. Fit and finish were perfect. I replaced the water pump at the same time, along with a bunch of other stuff at the same time. By far, the easiest component I replaced was the Opti.
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