post pass opti issues
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post pass opti issues my car is having idling issues, it smoking and smells like fuel. car wont hold an idle and i have to keep giving it gas to keep the car running, im wanting to compare others issues with mine to see if maybe it could be the opti.
post up some opti passed issues please
post up some opti passed issues please
Last edited by ALEXZ28; Feb 7, 2011 at 11:10 AM.
Are all your plug wires ok? Check the spark plugs, sometimes the ceramic cracks in them and you never know till you take them out. This one time I washed my car and I'm guessing I got something wet in the ignition and it was stumbling like yours at an idle, and it smelled like gas.
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Are all your plug wires ok? Check the spark plugs, sometimes the ceramic cracks in them and you never know till you take them out. This one time I washed my car and I'm guessing I got something wet in the ignition and it was stumbling like yours at an idle, and it smelled like gas.
My car would randomly not start. Even let me stranded on the freeway once. I would let the car sit for a few weeks and it would start up again.
Just replaced the opti this weekend and car fired up right away. Drove around for a while, turned the car on and off while hot, then again after getting back home after letting it cool down and no more issues. Wires still looked good, my old opti looked pretty trashed though.
Just replaced the opti this weekend and car fired up right away. Drove around for a while, turned the car on and off while hot, then again after getting back home after letting it cool down and no more issues. Wires still looked good, my old opti looked pretty trashed though.
When my first opti went out it wouldn't rev above 3k rpms, and to even get there it ran choppy as hell. Would barely hold an idle. Managed to limp it back home the mile or so, pretty ugly. When I had a second Opti failure it randomly misfired.
Both opti failures were after the car sat un-driven for over a month.
Both opti failures were after the car sat un-driven for over a month.
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When my first opti went out it wouldn't rev above 3k rpms, and to even get there it ran choppy as hell. Would barely hold an idle. Managed to limp it back home the mile or so, pretty ugly. When I had a second Opti failure it randomly misfired.
Both opti failures were after the car sat un-driven for over a month.
Both opti failures were after the car sat un-driven for over a month.
My car did the exact same thing when my opti died.
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