rogh idle.....lack of power...then good...

Reply #45 – June 21, 2015, 12:54:44 PM

Silicone dielectric grease was used when these cars were built. It wasn't formulated specifically to conduct heat but it works.

In the computer geek world that wasn't good enough as the faster the CPU's got the more heat they produced.
Thermal greases were formulated for better heat transfer to the heat sink. The pricier ones even have powered silver in them.
While some of them are probable still dielectric, the silver stuff definitely is not. Dielectric means it doesn't conduct electricity.

This should not matter as long as you are not sloppy with it and get it into electrical connectors and short them together.
It should be applied very thin, so it doesn't ooze out when you tighten it down.

Since you have had TFI problems and live in a hot climate, I thought you may be interested in this.
Google "best thermal grease" and you can read a lot of blurbs on it.

rogh idle.....lack of power...then good...

Reply #46 – June 21, 2015, 02:39:18 PM

Thanks, I appreciate that