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Old 06-18-2010, 04:02 PM
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i have a 93 z28. since it started to get hot outside my car has had trouble starting some days maybe 3 or four times out of three weeks. today it didnt want to start again but eventually did after an hour and a half of trying to start it. after it did on my way home from work it suddenly died on me once but started rite back up and i made it home. i put a loose spark plug on a wire and turned it over to see if it would spark and got nothing during the time i was trying to start it. it will start up now if i go to try it right now. any idea whats goin on???
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 07:30 PM
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try scanning for trouble codes. it could be the ignition modual, coil, opti, bad connection to any of em, ingnition fuse, or a bad ground. im sure ive missed a few. lets see what i have for testing.
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 07:56 PM
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16 distributor ingnition somethin low resloution pulse
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:09 PM
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i think its your opti. get the gm performance or a msd opti, cheap suff dont last long.
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:15 PM
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i have an msd opti
msd blaster coil
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:18 PM
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sorry for the overkill. you posted the code while i was getting my post ready so i added the 16 when i seen the dtc16.
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:19 PM
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wow thats a pretty clutch book what is it
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:20 PM
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woh you did it again. lol. ok how old, i think the msd has a 2 yr warrenty. at least at summit.
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:22 PM
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about a year to date from summit.
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:22 PM
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its the factory service manual or a 93 camaro. got it used for 25 buck on ebayb. i dont use anything else, have one for the truck too.
 


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