# arcing on my lt-lost **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 12, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802 "2006-06-12T14:12:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Silver\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_SS)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/1 "2006-06-12T14:12:25Z")
it has been doing this since i bought the car and really doesn’t bother me that much but it pisses me off that i didn’t fix yet. after the car warms up a little bit you can hear the arcing and see it at night. it arc’s from the coil and from some of the wires ware they plug into the optispark and on some ends of the wires ware they meet the plugs. i replaced the wires,cap/rotor, coil,spark plugs and removed the metal boot covers(which helped the idle). after i replaced those parts, it arced in the exact same places. this is only at idle and causes a little missfire. i plan on taking the motor out anyway but i am curious to find out whats causing it. the only other thing i could think of is a module(i don’t think thats it though) cuz that’s just about the only thing left. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/2 "2006-06-12T14:14:12Z")
take off the metal caps & spray wd on the area its arching ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Silver\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_SS)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/3 "2006-06-12T14:30:03Z")
> [@pewterss](#): > > take off the metal caps & spray wd on the area its arching ever had a problem like this? ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/4 "2006-06-12T15:19:29Z")
hows the cap? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Silver\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_SS)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/5 "2006-06-12T16:36:53Z")
meaning the optispark cap? brand new ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/6 "2006-06-12T17:15:31Z")
gm? ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/7 "2006-06-12T17:22:39Z")
still wouldnt expain the arching at the plugs or the coil… i think bad wires… even though you replaced them… DAMN LT’s ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/8 "2006-06-12T17:25:15Z")
sell that setup get ls1 ---
**Author:** ![Laura00WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/laura00ws6/32/6017_2.png) [@Laura00WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Laura00WS6)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/9 "2006-06-12T20:26:29Z")
i’ll tell you what…since your having problems with your car i’ll trade you. the iroc for the camaro. deal? ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/10 "2006-06-12T20:28:46Z")
> [@iroc-z89](#): > > i’ll tell you what…since your having problems with your car i’ll trade you. > > the iroc for the camaro. deal? you didn’t sell that yet? how much? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Silver\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_SS)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/11 "2006-06-13T06:29:01Z")
gm cap/rotor, i’m thinking wires to. the wires are accel high temps. i never really had that much luck with accel stuff and the coil is an msd. delco plat. plugs ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/12 "2006-06-13T08:34:11Z")
accel stuff thats it ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/13 "2006-06-13T08:37:36Z")
had similar prob with accel also wouldn’t be surprised ---
**Author:** ![SonofaBish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SonofaBish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SonofaBish)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arcing-on-my-lt-lost/182802/14 "2006-06-13T08:47:51Z")
> [@Quik](#): > > sell that setup get ls1 No… nothign wrong with the lt1, you’re just having trouble with one of its biggest downfalls… if you’re tearing down soon, get a coil/cyl. system - epensive, but you’ll probably not have problems again… and at the price of a GM distr. now-a-days, its really not all that bad… everyone has problems with accel, so change that i guess… mine has MSD wires, and since i changed my distr., (about 10K ago) i’ve never had a problem since