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Waterproofing 3.5EFI

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Skibum346:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---I had the tough toys kit, it was c***.  Within a year I was scraping the remians of it off as a sticky goo.  I just use white grease all over everything now.
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I agree that they are susceptible to problems with I think it's petroleum based products. I've just had to do the same on my latest vehicle. Previous owner had fitted the cap, then smeared vaseline around the cable where they go into the glove. As a result, the rubber goes through a chemical change and has a very low melt tempreature.

That said, the two other vehicles I've used it on, I kept the cap clear of any greases etc and everything was fine.

Have to admit, not sure why they don't use a rubber that is more suyited to the under bonnet environment... :?

andycwb:
I'm a fan of thrasher's approach - motorcycle chain wax.  Waterproof and not too messy.  Seems to have held the Dakar together so far.

Andy

bullfrog:
You lucky git ..
You got all the bits I was sposed to be having.. :roll:
Anyhow well done for getting it for a good price.

Back to the post. :arrow:

A robinsons orange bottle 3 litre I think like they sell in iceland works well on the dizzy,
It needs cutting about but with 1 cable tie makes a very good splash guard.
Cover the leads in wax or WD40 each time off road and you should be fine.

With the dizzy use a small coke bottle or similar.
Cut it in half and feed all wires through lid .
Hold in place with jubilee clip and use heatshrink or lots of tape around lid wher wire come out. If you drill a small hole in bottle and fit self tapper you can squirt WD40 in periodicaly.

I have done this on all my V8s with no dramas

I usually put ECU on cubby box allong with relays and smear wax on airflow meter. Same on any electrics/conections. Any good wax would work.

mark.yellow.series.3:
vasaline rots rubber, so dont use it on plug leads.
good set of leads, cap ect.
and white grease.

bobs your uncle 8)

burgerman:
I have a rubber cap thingy, still sat in the garage, as in my  expreience i have seen them cause condensation/sweating inside the dizzy cap, maybe if used with a cap breather it might be fine ??  all i do is use good quality items and put a smear( and i mean a smear) of waterproof grease inside the sealing lip of the cap and copius amounts of white grease/wd40 in general electric areas, I have totally sealed the coil in a container also, works for me, but im sure there are many other tips out there still

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