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01-31-2009, 04:32 PM
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I just read through this thread...
Does anyone else just get the impression that this wickedformula dude is just a ******* low-life? I've bought/sold/traded an absolute shitload of cars, and a car just doesn't run because it sat in the cold. I just get this feeling that you fucked this kid over, but who knows.
I don't know how people do business in your neck of the woods, but in Columbus its a good way to get your head busted or having someone open your belly up and showing you all the black stuff you got in there.
Does anyone else just get the impression that this wickedformula dude is just a ******* low-life? I've bought/sold/traded an absolute shitload of cars, and a car just doesn't run because it sat in the cold. I just get this feeling that you fucked this kid over, but who knows.
I don't know how people do business in your neck of the woods, but in Columbus its a good way to get your head busted or having someone open your belly up and showing you all the black stuff you got in there.
02-01-2009, 02:31 AM
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glad to see you could contribute some useful information to the thread sweettooth, what would we have done without it?! I just get this feeling that your an *******, but who knows... nice 2-way street jerkoff.
i'd like to know whats wrong with the car too because it ran fine for me so apparently you only read the stuff you wanted too. enough with the drama.
i'd like to know whats wrong with the car too because it ran fine for me so apparently you only read the stuff you wanted too. enough with the drama.
02-01-2009, 09:13 AM
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cold icy weather can cause a coolant weep which could be what's going on here ...car runs/ran fine til coolant system got/gets pressurized then ..dripdrip(oops or wizzwizz
) ..opti/harness goes fuggedaboutit ..kabam misfiring city
) ..opti/harness goes fuggedaboutit ..kabam misfiring city 
idiot 
02-05-2009, 07:59 AM
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i quit on car till warmer weather no heaters in garage done freezing my nuts off. gonna try new coil and opti see if she runs after that. when snow melts gonna take it to chevy dealer have them read codes make sure its the opti first but my moneys on it that it is the opti.
02-05-2009, 08:41 AM
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i quit on car till warmer weather no heaters in garage done freezing my nuts off. gonna try new coil and opti see if she runs after that. when snow melts gonna take it to chevy dealer have them read codes make sure its the opti first but my moneys on it that it is the opti.
Opti swaps are not too painful.
Drain coolant
Remove one fan (or whole fan assembly if you prefer)
Remove waterpump
Remove hub and crank pulley
Disconnect plug wires and Remove Opti
Just be sure to line the driveshaft back up when you reinstall, it's easy to get in wrong on those cars.
If it slips in without effort, you have it right. If you had to push, you got it wrong.
02-06-2009, 11:11 AM
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I just read through this thread...
Does anyone else just get the impression that this wickedformula dude is just a ******* low-life? I've bought/sold/traded an absolute shitload of cars, and a car just doesn't run because it sat in the cold. I just get this feeling that you fucked this kid over, but who knows.
I don't know how people do business in your neck of the woods, but in Columbus its a good way to get your head busted or having someone open your belly up and showing you all the black stuff you got in there.
Does anyone else just get the impression that this wickedformula dude is just a ******* low-life? I've bought/sold/traded an absolute shitload of cars, and a car just doesn't run because it sat in the cold. I just get this feeling that you fucked this kid over, but who knows.
I don't know how people do business in your neck of the woods, but in Columbus its a good way to get your head busted or having someone open your belly up and showing you all the black stuff you got in there.
02-06-2009, 11:32 AM
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i quit on car till warmer weather no heaters in garage done freezing my nuts off. gonna try new coil and opti see if she runs after that. when snow melts gonna take it to chevy dealer have them read codes make sure its the opti first but my moneys on it that it is the opti.
02-06-2009, 12:23 PM
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Sounds like all your plug connectors have been off a few times. Try pulling each and every one off and bending the spring loaded pin back in towards the pin a bit for better contact. I started having problems after I put in a new opti. I ended up spreading the spring tabs out inside the connector enough with the multi meter that I would get an intermittent connection. This caused a no start, to die while it was driving, high idle, misfires and some others. Codes would pop and I would tighten up the connector. Been running great since. Easy, cheap and doesn't hurt to do on an old harness anyway. I sure learned something, because all the wires tested good, the sensors tested good, but their symptoms were still there and the computer would point a finger...drove me crazy until I figured it out and it was quite funny. Good luck!
02-11-2009, 09:37 AM
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it sounds like your job is racing 
Planned racing is for the track. If someone pulls up to you randomly by all means giver the cupcakes but dont be planning street races. Not to be a dick but is it safe to assume you are under 20?
Either way, whats the latest on the car?
02-11-2009, 09:56 AM
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??? it sounds like your job is racing
Planned racing is for the track. If someone pulls up to you randomly by all means giver the cupcakes but dont be planning street races. Not to be a dick but is it safe to assume you are under 20?
Either way, whats the latest on the car?
it sounds like your job is racing Planned racing is for the track. If someone pulls up to you randomly by all means giver the cupcakes but dont be planning street races. Not to be a dick but is it safe to assume you are under 20?
Either way, whats the latest on the car?