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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:32:16 -0600, Jim Adney wrote: >On 11 Nov 2002, at 0:35, Mike Wodkowski wrote: > >> > We've had torrential rains lately (by San Diego standards) and someone >> > suggested that condensation may have gotten in the distrubutor and be >> > shorting things. Is this possible? >> >> I'd think the only way this could happen is if the cap were cracked or >> improperly seated. Proceed as though the rain was coincidental. > >Condensation is just dew, and can happen anywhere that air can reach. All >you need is for a volume to be filled with humid air and then for the temp to >drop. The condensation that then occurs is inevitable. I haven't had a chance to look at until today. When I went out and tried it it started right up. Is there anything I can do to prevent this in the future? Someone told me that when it happens I could just spray some WD-40 in the distributor. It makes sense to me. After all the "WD" stands for "Water Displacment" (or "Displacor") and it does evaporate quickly. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/