DO I HAVE TO PUT A OPTISPARK DISTRIBUTOR ON my camaro ? because i went to pep boys and they gave me a different kind and when i got it put on 2 weeks later it started stalling on me. my engine light says i am getting low voltage to my disrtributor curcuit and my egr valve and will not start at all now! the starter turns but it wonnt crank please help me

 

different kind of what? opti? how? so u got a dtc 16, is that correct? dtc 16 ussually indicates a bad opti or bad connection to the opti.

 

the distributor i bought doesnt say opti spark on it. i was wonderian if it had to be a opti spark distributor to work on this car. and yes i think it was code 16 but everytime somebody comes and looks at it they CANT figure out why it aint getting any spark. can i check my distributor wire with a multimeter ?

 

WHEN I BOUGHT MY DISTRIBUTOR FROM PEP BOYS I DIDNT SEE ANYTHING ABOUT OPTI SPARK ON THE BOX. I WANTED TO KNOW DOES IT HAVE TO BE A OPTI TO WORK ON THIS CAR. I THINK IT WAS CODE 16 BUT EVERYTIME SOMEBODY COMES TO LOOK AT IT THEY CANT FIGURE OUT WHY IT AINT GETTING ANY SPARK. I GOT THE SAME DISTRIBUTOR FROM PEP BOYS THINKING THEY SOLD ME A DEFECTIVE ONE BUT IT STILL WON"t start or spark. do i have to put the hermitic balancer and the belt on just to start it for a second ? so do i have to take the distributor back off and check for somthing or can i check the plug wire going to it with a multimeter

 

they are called a distributor. it has a optical reader in it hence opti. the gm/ac competition is one of the best. msd is another. heres some info for u to take in.