Re: Stabilant22 alternative?

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Funnell <rfunnell@pobox.com>
To: scott miller <macatawa@hotmail.com>; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Stabilant22 alternative?


>Scott,
>
>You probably already know that Stabilant and trace repair fluid do very
>different things.  Stabilant is intended to improve healthy contacts,
>whereas the trace fluid bridges a gap.
>
>I've used Stabilant on many contacts in my urQ.  I wouldn't say I've tested
>it carefully or scientifically, but I believe it unlikely to repair any
>high-resistance connection.  From what I've read about it, I believe that
>once a connection is working well, the use of Stabilant is probably going
>to extend the life of the connection, but that's about all.  I'd love to
>hear of anyone else's experience with it.
>
>Richard
>'83 urQ
>
Hi Richard;

    Stabilant does seem to "repair" flaky connections. I was having a
problem with the TPS connector on my wife's sdlO - no amount of cleaning or
connector "resizing" gave a lasting fix. The ECM would set an intermittent
"low TPS voltage" trouble code and the idle speed got higher and higher. The
engine began surging at speed and operability degraded considerably.
    I cleaned the TPS connection again and applied Stabilant 22. I also
applied Stabilant to the ECM connections for good measure.
    What a difference! It seems like a completely different car. The engine
runs smooth & quiet and idles perfectly. From the improvement in
performance, I suspect there were also problems in the ECM connection which
were "fixed" by the Stabilant.
    You are probably right in saying that Stabilant would not repair a badly
oxidized connector, although it does contain surfactants to lift dirt off
the connector surface.  Their literature recommends cleaning connectors
before applying Stabilant.
    All in all, though, it seems like pretty good stuff!

Fred Munro
'91 200q  254k km