Codes 16 and 36 (opti-spark)
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From: Charleston SC
I feel you pain 3 Optis in less then a month. If you are getting a code it usaly indicates the optical section has wen't south so a cap/rotor/Delteq/LTCC will not help. I just posted last night (Santa got me) about the second Opti taking a dive and just finished replacing it today. Before my latest run of bad Optis I never had a single optical failure but the last two where both the optical sensor and the Delteq didn't help a bit. I was getting code 16 (low res singnal) and code 42 (EST). Replaced the Opti and all codes are now gone and it runs like a champ. I am geting prety fast swaped the whole thing in about 1.5 hrs. Pull the air cleaner, six bolts for the water pump, 3 for the A/C acumulator ( Dont have to do this one but it sure gives you a lot more room up front when you can move it out of the way), 3 balancer bolts, and the opti bolts.
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From: San Pedro CA
Originally Posted by Bruce
92 and 93 optic craps are way to expensive. I am doing the delteq conversion on my 93 in about a week. The 92 and 93 optic cost around $389 and the delteq cost around $349 bare and $140 coil pack from ebay and some autozone cut to fit wires and you set to go.
Can you say "screwed"? Sucks, don't it?
I have the LTCC, same, but different. It uses the 8 LS1 coil packs. Works great.
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From: Charleston SC
[QUOTE=bogus]those are great, but, once you get a code, the optical part is busted.
Can you say "screwed"? Sucks, don't it?
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The whole Opti thing is a poke and hope kind of deal. The Delteq/LTCC solution at least solves 1/2 the problems and make getting to the spark plug wires 100% better
Can you say "screwed"? Sucks, don't it?
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The whole Opti thing is a poke and hope kind of deal. The Delteq/LTCC solution at least solves 1/2 the problems and make getting to the spark plug wires 100% better
Last edited by FD2BLK; Dec 25, 2004 at 12:42 PM.
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From: San Pedro CA
[QUOTE=FD2BLK][QUOTE=bogus]those are great, but, once you get a code, the optical part is busted.
Can you say "screwed"? Sucks, don't it?
The whole Opti thing is a poke and hope kind of deal. The Delteq/LTCC solution at least soves 1/2 the problems and make getting to te spark plug wires 100% better.
NO QUESTION!!!!
And all things being equal, the optical part should last 120k miles...
Can you say "screwed"? Sucks, don't it?
The whole Opti thing is a poke and hope kind of deal. The Delteq/LTCC solution at least soves 1/2 the problems and make getting to te spark plug wires 100% better.
And all things being equal, the optical part should last 120k miles...
