Carbon tracks when detailing

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, not lucky, you did it right.  Just getting the moisture out of there and
off the rotor etc. prevents the condensation from forming the next time it
cools down.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Wilson <limoguy1950@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: IML: Carbon tracks when detailing


> [I've found that when I clean an engine at the car
> wash, I take off the distributor cap, stuff a small
> clean lint-free cloth inside and replace with one clip
> holding it.  After I'm finished, I remove the cap and
> cloth and let the top air dry for a few minutes before
> I start the car.  I never had carbon tracks inside but
> I could have just been lucky.]
>
> Bob
>
> --- Dick Benjamin <DickB@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The distributor cap usually, in my experience,
> > develops condensation inside
> > no matter how careful you are, and while the car may
> > run, it will often
> > develop carbon tracks inside the cap which will
> > result in mysterious
> > intermittent misses until the next tune-up, when the
> > cap is replaced.
> >
> >
> > Dick Benjamin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: C F <mopowered@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: IML: Engine appearance care for the
> > do-it-yerselfer
>
>
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