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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
O2 sensors will not make it miss. What I mentioned will show up a leaky plug wire boot in a heart beat.
Just checked, no arcing anywhere under the engine bay.

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Im just speaking from personal experience, my o2s were maxed car missed like crazy, only thing I replaced and it fixed it. However I do agree with checking wires and thats one of the first things I do along with fuel pressure.
02's do nothing at full throttle.
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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Mine were maxed at any throttle position to idle, thats what threw the red flag that it might of been the problem for me. If wires are checking out might be the opti. Atleast you have one on the way and checked every thing else.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
Just checked, no arcing anywhere under the engine bay.



02's do nothing at full throttle.
That leaves an open plug wire, fowled plug, injector, or mechanical.
If you have a decent scan tool you can see which cylinder(s) have a problem.
To eliminate an injector just swap one from a problem cylinder with one from a good cylinder to see if the problem moves. If not, of course, they are OK.
Ohm the plug wire on the problem cylinder(s), should be high resistance (like 10k), but not open.
Good luck.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 08:06 AM
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I'm just wondering when this piece of **** is going to be fixed so it can get drug!

Loose rotor screws is my guess.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by SS RRR
I'm just wondering when this piece of **** is going to be fixed so it can get drug!

Loose rotor screws is my guess.
You would think by now every damn body would know to Lock Tite those screws! Or, at LEAST make sure they are tight. They never are when you buy them. I mean, who the hell would just take something like that out of the box and just stick it on the car without checking anything? My wife knows better than that. Most low mileage Opti problems are caused by the installer.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
You would think by now every damn body would know to Lock Tite those screws! Or, at LEAST make sure they are tight. They never are when you buy them. I mean, who the hell would just take something like that out of the box and just stick it on the car without checking anything? My wife knows better than that. Most low mileage Opti problems are caused by the installer.
My new opti had some sort of loctite on the rotor screws.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 05:05 PM
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What is the picture in your avatar? I know plugs and wires are new, but theres a good chance (happened to me) that a wire could be burned on a primary tube. Before having to drain the coolant and tearing everything apart to get to the opti, Id just remove and inspect all plugs and wires, but thats just me.
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Opti bushing is worn to the point where the rotor was starting to contact the cap. Also looks like it might have been arcing through the cap... will upload pics later. Also some of the seal on my lid came loose and was being sucked into the maf.
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Fix that oil leak. Straight up nasty. Pics aren't big enough, either.
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 12:10 PM
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Opti fixed it. Still have the occasional high RPM hickup though.

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Fix that oil leak. Straight up nasty. Pics aren't big enough, either.
Put new waterpump seal in. Hopefully leak is fixed.

Sorry about pics, I still have a poverty GS2... need a new phone ASAP.
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
Opti fixed it. Still have the occasional high RPM hickup though.



Put new waterpump seal in. Hopefully leak is fixed.

Sorry about pics, I still have a poverty GS2... need a new phone ASAP.
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