90q missing on cyl 5...con't.

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:54 PM -0500 2/19/02, Dave Hord wrote:

>Hey Huw (or others), is dielectric grease similar/the same thing as Stabilant?
>I don't have the budget for stabilant...and was wondering about the tube of
>dielectric grease I have...should I use that on all the connections?
>
>I assume the procedure is clean, polish contacts with emery cloth, grease and
>assemble...

Don't emery-cloth plated connectors.  Big no-no.  Even a wire-brush
wheel on a mototool will chew through plating if you're not gentle.

Dielectric grease is non-conductive grease and should not be applied
directly on contacts, or so I thought.  Stabilant or DeOxit should be
just fine on almost everything; I personally prefer the Caig stuff,
it actually removes tarnish/light corrosion, Stabilant doesn't.  Each
to his own, however...either will probably do fine provided the
problem with connectors isn't mechanical in nature(ie, connector pins
shoved into the connector, that sort of thing.)  Listers have bought
both and been happy with both for a while.

BTW, if the car acts up at the rally, try stopping/starting it
again...Paul noticed his problems went away when he did that, at
least temporarily; I can't help but wonder if the intermittent with
the temp sensor causes the ECU to jump to a worst-case value, causing
the bad running, and at next restart, sensor is OK and the ECU uses
it.

My $5 is on the temp sensor or connector!

Brett
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