Re: A bad scirocco day (me three)

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 21:50 3/31/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>My new 16V quit running when the Injection Control Module failed.
>Fortunately I was able to coast into the parking lot of a rental car
>agency.
>
>The replacement ICM (about $80) included a compound to provide a better
>thermal connection between it and the heat sink that it is mounted on. The
>one that failed was not mounted with any heat-sinking compound so I suspect
>that excessive heat might have been responsible for the failure.
>
>Here's hoping that the second week of ownership will be less eventful!  :)
>
>Lee

That white goop is all that stands between some modern car electronics and
disaster. Many modules are designed to just barely survive with this aid to
cooling, and will fry on a hot day without it.

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

'83 Scirocco
'58 Ghia Convert
'67 Bug
'63 Bug
'91 Vanagon


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