Burned/Corroded Terminals
06-03-2007, 01:50 PM
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Burned/Corroded Terminals
I've had this cap for only 2 years and I just had it off and saw the terminals were blackend and sort of corroded. I could scrape off the residue but they are still black. Car ran fine. It's a MSD cap and I'm also using 8mm MSD wires and AC Delco Platinum plugs if makes any difference. I just wanted to know why this happened and if it might just be a bad cap or if all the MSD caps are bad.
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06-03-2007, 03:09 PM
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Re: Burned/Corroded Terminals
Ionization is what causes it, smear a small amount of dialetric grease on the terminals and the rotor button. I have also heard of drilling a small hole in the cap but go with the grease 1st.
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