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Title: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Khare on 25 April 2012, 19:36

My car hates the rain, whenever I go over fairly big standing water it'll start spluttering from water going into the distributor and coil. Can anyone think of a solution? I've thought about possibly putting a very fine bead of silicone or instant gasket where the distributor cap meets the distributor, to stop water going into the cap. For the coil though I have thought of using vaseline to seal it, but I can see this coming off fairly soon. Can anyone think of an oil/grease that would seal the coil?

WD40 comes off far too easy and it's not a long term solution.

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: danny_p on 25 April 2012, 20:19

bog standard grease is plenty waterproof.

the classic soultion is a rubber glove over the dizzy.    better to swap out the duff bits tho really

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Khare on 25 April 2012, 22:19

Coil was bought brand new just over a year ago, cap and rotor is about 14 months old, could do with a renew really.

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Rmachines on 28 April 2012, 11:14

I would use a silicone spray,  just make sure its super dry before you do else it will seal the water in  :grin:

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Khare on 28 April 2012, 12:23

Quote from: Rmachines on 28 April 2012, 11:14

I would use a silicone spray,  just make sure its super dry before you do else it will seal the water in  :grin:

Yeah definitely  :grin: Silicone spray sounds good though, will try it out  :smiley: :smiley:

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Khare on 28 April 2012, 13:04

Just read up that dielectric grease on the rubber boots of the leads works well too.

I think I'm going to go for that + sealing the distributor with a fine gasket of silicone and then use this (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_187211_langId_-1_categoryId_255221) to spray over the complete ignition system specifically the coil.

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Rmachines on 28 April 2012, 22:53

Yea that damp start is a plastic based spray very much like silicone spray, works very well, have used it in the past, Reapply every 6 months or so, but a can will lasts a few years, so its a cheap fix if it does the job.  :wink:

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Khare on 29 April 2012, 16:53

Have bought and sprayed around. We will see how it goes. This will work well on my kart in wet races too, as everything is exposed.

Title: Re: Can anyone think of a waterproof grease/oil?
Post by: Wayne on 29 April 2012, 20:23

You can get waterproof grease (honest) we use it in work for machines working in the sea or water.