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Cleaning really small connections?
My E46 has developed a case of the codes... After checking lots of stuff, the issue is coming from either bad harness or this bad connection at the DME. It looks like a green corrosion issue probly from road salt mist getting up there somehow. (pic)
It will run fine until I put the DME cover on the it gets wacky. How would you go about cleaning these terminals/connector?
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Tim 05 Cayenne TT 03 M3 (sold) 82 911 SC (sold missed) 90 C2 (sold missed) 87 928 S4 (sold) 85.5 9 fofo (sold ) |
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Car's toast. I'll give you $2K for it.
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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What? no love for the Bavarian brotha?
I used some very fine sandpaper with a small screwdriver for pressure on the pins. On the connector I used a acet torch tip cleaner and followed up with MAF cleaner and compressed air. Just ran it for 5 minutes without any codes....we'll see. This thing is like a HP brother to the fofo with its nitpicky issues.
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Tim 05 Cayenne TT 03 M3 (sold) 82 911 SC (sold missed) 90 C2 (sold missed) 87 928 S4 (sold) 85.5 9 fofo (sold ) |
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maybe an ultrasonic cleaner with some non-aqueous solvent?
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88 911 00 Boxster S (wife's ride, becoming mine too) Even duct tape can't fix stupid... but it can muffle the sound! |
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Took the car to my local shop that has BMW diagnostics this morning, looks like my connector cleaning did the job as it has no codes and all components checked out. I have read on lots of the BMW forums of cars with this same type of issue(s) none mentioned what I found......
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Tim 05 Cayenne TT 03 M3 (sold) 82 911 SC (sold missed) 90 C2 (sold missed) 87 928 S4 (sold) 85.5 9 fofo (sold ) |
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I cleaned a receptical like that on my 1987 Merkur XR4Ti by dunking it into a mixture of a ~ one tbl spoon of baking soda in a cup of water. A few minutes was all it took to get rid of most of that green corrosion. Also works to clean corrosion off battery terminals. I does have a tendancy to fizz up and could potentially spatter though....
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Rich F. 2017 BMW M240 xDrive Vert 2004 BMW 330Ci Coupe (DD) 1996 BMW 328i 2006 Cayenne S 1980 SC Targa (A1R KULD) Gone but not forgotten: 2010 Boxster S (sold) 2000 Boxster S (sold) 73 911T Targa (sold) 67 912 (sold) |
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Tim 05 Cayenne TT 03 M3 (sold) 82 911 SC (sold missed) 90 C2 (sold missed) 87 928 S4 (sold) 85.5 9 fofo (sold ) |
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What would be a good non conductive paste or? for this connection? I have some spark plug stuff, would that work?
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Tim 05 Cayenne TT 03 M3 (sold) 82 911 SC (sold missed) 90 C2 (sold missed) 87 928 S4 (sold) 85.5 9 fofo (sold ) |
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CRC makes a electrical contact cleaner...
Then I would just probably use some dielectric grease.
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Thanks Eric, Exactly what I was looking for.
And thanks for the parts as well as putting up with the nOOb questions.
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Tim 05 Cayenne TT 03 M3 (sold) 82 911 SC (sold missed) 90 C2 (sold missed) 87 928 S4 (sold) 85.5 9 fofo (sold ) |
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