So, other than the oil LED thing, you likee the "water hose in the engine compartment" technique of removing road schmutz? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 08/24/2012 03:31 PM, Richard Koerner wrote: > One thing I learned from the "water hose in the engine compartment > trick" is that you may get a dull glow at the oil LED on the dashboard; > due to water + dirt making a slightly conductive path at the oil sensor. > Dull glow of oil LED goes away once excess water in nooks and crannies > in the area has heated up and evaporated (at least it did for me and has > not re-appeared after 4 months). > > Rich > San Diego > > --- On *Fri, 8/24/12, Rocket J Squirrel /<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>/* > wrote: > Was tracing out some wires in the old engine bay and noticed that all > the wires were brown. "This wire," I thought, "should be yellow with a > red stripe* ... oh, wait, that's just dust." > > A lot of dust. |
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