alright..i figured i would take my camaro and do some arins that i had to do..well about 3 mins into the ride the car started acting up..hit the gas and it would pop an bang..stoped and put more gas in even though i had a 1/4 tank that was only 2 weeks old..so i put 15 in it an got some 93..started up and started going again and it got worse where i made it about 100 yard up the road and as i was going to pull in a parking spot thing almost died while sputtering..park it and left running..poped the hood and the damn thing was jerking and bucking like it was on 4cyls well i go to look under the car and it just starts running fine with no problems

 

Maybe bad plug wires or horribly fouled plugs.
Similar thing happened to me when I put crap quality plug wires on and they got wet from road spray.

 

So i get in a start heading home..car is driving fine..no problems at all..driving like it did 2 weeks ago when i last parked it..so i say hmm ill go do a airin..well i get in start driving to my next one and its acting up again..so i limp the car home..hitting gas and there just no power..car cant even really get out its own damn way..again sputting and back fireing threw the exh..an vibrating like hell..get car in drive way and start trying to give it more gas and i notice when it finaly jumps to like 4k and i see a puff of black smoke..so i know she rich but then it cleared right up no more..got out and walked behind the car no smoke..but still not running right..only thing i did to the car was cut the donky dick off.,take the a/c condencer off and bumper..thats all i did from last time i drove it..what do u guys think is up..i really hate fuel injection and pc cars even more now..lol

 

Im not the first to say the opti BUT thats the way mine acted when it took a dump on me. But start by checking the fuel system. Like the filter, the small things first

 

I havent got the opti wet..just seems odd that just from sitting 2 weeks it would do this..also oil pressure was normal,temp normal,volts all normal..no air in my rad or milky oil so i know i didnt hurt pop a head gasket..if its the damn opti i might just swap it to carb and pull the trans to swap to th350.

 

also i had no ses light after it came back to and ran right the first time..i always had one and it was just egr..

 

mine is doing the same thing...might be o2s or tune

 

Not saying it is the opti it just sounds like what mine did, Like i said i would start by checking the fuel filter maybe its just getting clogged up. Then check your fuel pressure It could also be a bad fuel regulator or dirty fuel rails

 

Yeah the opti doesn't have to get wet to go bad. I would check your plugs and wires first and check the fuel filter start with the little things. But optis do just go bad for no reason sometimes

 

let me know what u figure out if you fix it..im looking at my headers and muffs i was going to install tomarrow along with pulling all my a/c stuff,egr and a.i.r along with installing my ac delete...now im up in the ait to put a th350 and convert to carb or th350 and carbed lq4 which i was planing on..

 

yeah i guess thats what ill do tomarrow..least it will be 40 out..lol..i got new plugs sitting..it came off to me as more of a ecu problem almost..so the opti is making sense really..like i did say car seemed to me to be getting fuel seeing it threw a big cloud of black smoke when i got it to rev freely for a second....what stikes me as odd though is my scs code just going away out of no where..i was like wth as i was limbing it back and watching my gauges..hopefuly it didnt hurt anything else while the motor was chugging and stuff..

 

is there any easy ways to testing opti ? I seen the o2 thing to do..its a 94..my next step is going carb which is around 1500$ before selling 4l60,and fuel injection crap..either that or get a lq4 seeing this motor has 153k now

 

http://shbox.com/1/4th_gen_tech2.html#opti_test

 

alright just went out to the car..thing started right up..ideled fine and reved freely to 4k in climbing and just quick gassing..after a min or so i tried this again and it would pop once or twice threw the exh around 4k and did it everytime i would quick rev there and then moved down to doing it around 3500rpm..no black clouds of smoke out the back..but she does smell like shes running rich..i still have no ses light on though? Any idea..car ideled fine at 900rpms in park

 

O p t i

 

Hate to say it, but sounds like the opti.

 

man i was hopeing it wasnt that....puts me up the wall of either converting to carb ls1 or converting the lt1 to carb..i figure the opti will cost me 500$ to fix myself and then pray that is the problem or i can convert to carb for 1000$ before selling off the injection stuff and then swap to th350 for 500$..

 

well i been waiting on a opti that i got from a member to do the swap..but heres a kicker..i started up to day and poped the hood..made sure my maf was pluged in right and wires wherent cracked and such..doing this i relized that i had my intake barely even on my throttle body and the bottom might of been off some what..so i slide it back on an tighten..car was running the whole time jump in my driver seat and to some quick revs again..car did the same at first and poped in the exh from being rich around 4k and the 3rd time it moved up to 5k an so i slow reved it at 2k to 4k and seemed fine..then poped the gas a couple times and the loading in the exh wouldnt happen till 55k and climbing..so im lost now..car isnt doing anything it did when i first drove it or when i let the car idel..

 

If your intake was off that would cause you problems, that may have been all it was

 

might be stupid question but is it damp by you and on these certian days you drove it, condisacince (sp) plays a big roll on arching for the wires.

Also, I'd check your fuel pressure, your fuel pump might be going. Especially with this (well today it was fine but yesterday it wasnt). Plus you said you are running rich now, have you touched your computer or Injectors anytime soon because that will deffenly infect the air/fuel ratio.

Also, someting that maybe over looked is how is your spark are you 180 across the board or what.

There could be many things wrong with the car but for what im reading your story is so jumpy its a tad confusing. The Opti or Fuel Pump are the two things i would invest my time looking at.