mhcrichton
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- Aug 23, 2012
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- 1975 450SL, 1991 500SL
Hi everyone.
So I replaced distributor caps and rotors not long ago (few months). I opened them up the other day to see how they were going and I noticed that on the left hand distributor cap (and on the rotor point) there was quite a bit of green flaky oxidisation that had built up, not so much on the points but just in the cap generally.
The left hand side was much worse than the right. See the attached pic of the right hand side cap - is this normal or is this indicative of something more sinister? Anyway I cleaned them up using WD40 and a cloth, will see how we get on I guess. Am a bit sick of buying new distributor caps!
One other thing, the orange plastic that goes around the rotors spun freely on the left side (like it was lubricated or something), but felt like it had more resistance on the right side orange rotor cap. Does this mean anything? I thouight perhaps the seal might be damaged?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Regards
Michael
So I replaced distributor caps and rotors not long ago (few months). I opened them up the other day to see how they were going and I noticed that on the left hand distributor cap (and on the rotor point) there was quite a bit of green flaky oxidisation that had built up, not so much on the points but just in the cap generally.
The left hand side was much worse than the right. See the attached pic of the right hand side cap - is this normal or is this indicative of something more sinister? Anyway I cleaned them up using WD40 and a cloth, will see how we get on I guess. Am a bit sick of buying new distributor caps!
One other thing, the orange plastic that goes around the rotors spun freely on the left side (like it was lubricated or something), but felt like it had more resistance on the right side orange rotor cap. Does this mean anything? I thouight perhaps the seal might be damaged?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Regards
Michael