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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: central Ill. USA
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Road salt electrical short?
Does winter road salt, after spraying itself to your engine bay and drying to a white haze, conduct and cause shorting problems by any chance? And yes, I don't have any wheelwells up front.
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I would say no, but not from a scientific standpoint. I have a 2000 Silverado 4x4 with the electronic xfer case. All the wires, terminals, etc are under the truck and in because I'm in NH it's plastered with that same stuff. I can't say what would happen if wires were frayed or cracked but I'd think in that case water would be more of a culprit than a dry haze.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Center City, MN, USA
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I say yes. Every spring I have to go around and clean up all the furry connectors. The trailer wiring connectors take it the hardest. After a few years you have to just cut them off and get a new one.
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Polson MT
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Ok if you say that 4 letter word again your outta here! LOL
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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The new silverado mentioned above has weather tight connectors with tight snapping plugs and rubber insulators, most of our trucks are lucky to have anything resembling that.
If the salt and water can get through the plug and to the bare wire, it WILL speed up the corrosion and cause problems. |
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: elk horn, ia, USA
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I would say yes too. Especially if the connectors are made out of steel then watch out, but if your connectors are brass then i wouldnt worry about it too much. It doesnt take too much corosion to cause the a bad connection
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L.E.D. Freak
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Polson MT
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Serious though if you take extra time and put dielectric grease on your terminals and first spray/rub them with contact cleaner. You'll thank yourself later
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I guess I was having a brain fart on that but I've never ever had any problems with driving older vehicle in the slop. I'd say its a function of how well insulated your wiring is regardless of the foreign substance causing the problem.
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Currently on or near the homestead: 67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's) 67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction) 67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler) 67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC) 68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC) 70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC) 71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor) 72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC) 81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler) 82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy) 93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car) 02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk) 2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter ![]() Maybe I need to sell some of this crap ![]() Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all |
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