Before I put my original opti on to my new motor, I took the opti to the car wash and power washed it for the ultimate test. Today I started my new motor for the 1st time...it fired up in an instant like a new car!

 

Can I ask a few questions?

Why would you powerwash it knowing how finiky they are?

What would possess you to put an old opti on a brand new engine?

 

Can I ask you an additional question??

What exactly did you achieve by doing that?



Marvin

 

Seems were all lost here.... what a pain in the *** just to see if it would still work....

 

Maybe he was board and need something to do. I doe no.

 

#1 I see at least 5 posts a week about someones opti got wet and then it dies. Mines has been wet plenty of times and I never had a problem. #2 I want to see just how long mines will last, my car is not a daily driver. #3 Like I said, this is only a test.

 

My opti got a coolant bath thanks to my dad, and died 1250 miles later while I was on vacation. It won't die right away, but it will die.

 

I guess all optis aren't created equally. There's a guy that posted yesterday that a thief stole his car and parked it in a lake, and the opti is still fine 30k miles later!

 

The joys of life.... The joys of different people.... What makes one laugh, will make another cry.... What one does for fun, another just looks upon like WTF

LOL

 

I guess I should point out that when I put the old opti on, I didn't put on the other accessories like the water pump and other stuff in case the opti didn't work. Working on my car is a hobby and not a neccessity...at least so far!

 

OK, now i am confused. you didnt put the water pump on? SO basically, you put the opti on, started the car and called it a success? Water dosent make it die on the spot usually, it corrodes the points inside, or kills the optical.

 

i've gone through many automatic carwashes and also been to many do it yourselfs...and have driven my car in the ran....very slight snow...maybe 2 days max....also had my engine bay sprayed down with some degreaser and then power washed and my opti is sitll treatin me fine at 65K...hopin it stays that way...

 

I had my opti die after power washing it before I knew better. Give it some time.

 

I power washed the opti 4 months ago, it had plenty enough time to corrode if it was going to do so. I'm just getting around to putting the car back together.