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Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: Car will not start in rain - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1764
Posted: Thu Mar 24 23:02:11 1983
Received: Sat Mar 26 07:14:06 1983

#R:brunix:-207000:uicsl:2800003:000:499
uicsl!yuan    Mar 24 20:42:00 1983

I had the same problem with my old Plymouth, and the culprit
is the coil. It seems that the high voltage in the center of
the coil is too close to the ground on the side. And you
can see the arcing sparks in the dark. I would suggest you
try the coil first.
WD-40 as suggested by the first response is an excellent idea.
One time a mechanic told me the same thing, and I tried it.
It works perfectly. Just be careful with WD-40, it is highly
flammable. One of my friend use it as a starting fluid!!