Do you apply dielectric grease when you change your plug wires and distributor cap? I will be changing the plugs, wires, distributor and rotor on my gf 98 civic soon and was curious.


Modified by philpsu at 11:16 AM 7/17/2007

 

I do. I got really pissed off that when I went to change the plug's and pulled off the clips from the wires to the plugs.

So I use it on everything from cap to plugs, top of rotor, and even battery posts.
No more oxidation for me.

Do yourself a favor and also get anti-seize for your plug threads. I use this on lugnuts, O2 sensors, and exhaust bolts. Keeps them from rusting.

Two good tool's that are not really tools.

 

You never see any mention of using the grease in any of the how to guides. I would think that would be a good tip.

 

Sometimes when you buy a new cap and rotor they provide a little "pill" with
di-grease in it but they don't tell you where to put it.

Put a dab on the top of the rotor where the cap button touches the rotor, and I lightly coated the button from the coil to the cap too.

I guess it is an ancient Chinese/mechanic secret

 

usually the instructions are on the back of the casing.... i also use dielectric grease for my weather strips helps maintain the rubber and quiets the squeks

forgot to mention yes its a good idea to use on your spark plugs/wires

 

on kia cars the dielectric greese cuased short circuits in certain plugs it was a tsb so be careful when using the greese on everything ie sensitve plugs