cleaning out opti?
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cleaning out opti?
ok, so i was changing the water pump today and accidently got coolant on the opti. So it runs like crap now, big surprise. I had an idea of taking the opti aprt and cleaning the optical sensor and trigger wheel. this is a two month old gm opti. Has anyone tried this or am i just wasting my time?
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i would like input as well. I am going to do a cam swap over the winter, would like to know if i can clean up my stock opti at all since it works fine now or if you just have to let it go.
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I am going to take it apart this weekend. I need to replace the driven gear seal and the front crank seal. The driven gear seal started leaking after I put the water pump on. I feel like an idiot for not replacing it when the pump was off. This is my first lt1 car after having many ls1 cars. I just can't see the need to replace the opti when nothing electrically has failed. Just oil and coolant disrupting the low resolution signal. Problem is, it is alot of work to take it back off if cleaning doesn't work.