ok well my water pump is good but my opit got wet i guess and made my car miss fire so 2 days later i started it up and its acting fine so i guess it dried up but here is the thing..it at high rpms it breaks up and spits..why..only at 1 gear and 2 gear does not do it as bad as other...driving normal its fine...

 

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Sounds like your opti is toast to me. They do some wierd things when they go bad. You don't have much load on the motor in first or second, so it will get worse in the higher gears...