Girlfriend has a 2000 EX with a stock D16Y8. The motor was swapped out at one point and replaced with the same engine. I was told the entire long block assembly was swapped, as in the current trans came with the current engine.
When there are heavier rains, like yesterday, she gets a CEL and her speedometer stops working or dances around and then just starts working again.
When she got home I pulled a P0500 code, same as the last time this happened.
The last time this happened, I pulled the connection off, there was some corrosion that I cleaned out best I could and then just used a toothpick to clean everything out of it that I could. I pulled the VSS out completely and checked it out. There was no sign of any moisture under the seal, getting into the trans. The gears were oiled fine. I noticed a small amount of play in the gears, I could pull them up and down a small bit on the shaft the spin on. I popped the sensor back in and checked the cable for any cuts or open wire, I wrapped around the connector with electrical tape just in case. The issue didn't resurface for about a month.
The issue seems to just pop up and then go away. She mentions that the speedo will drop out for like 10 miles or so and just pick back up. She mentioned the car runs fine and there's really no issue at all besides the light and the speedo needle.
Since it seems that there is moisture getting into the connection itself somehow, what I'm curious of is, can I put something like dielectric grease in the connection or something? I'm not sure that it's a "proper" fix, but I'm not sure what a proper fix for it would be, short of cutting off the connection and getting a new one. I've already cleaned the connection out of both sides and it snaps together very easily, with no real force at all.
When there are heavier rains, like yesterday, she gets a CEL and her speedometer stops working or dances around and then just starts working again.
When she got home I pulled a P0500 code, same as the last time this happened.
The last time this happened, I pulled the connection off, there was some corrosion that I cleaned out best I could and then just used a toothpick to clean everything out of it that I could. I pulled the VSS out completely and checked it out. There was no sign of any moisture under the seal, getting into the trans. The gears were oiled fine. I noticed a small amount of play in the gears, I could pull them up and down a small bit on the shaft the spin on. I popped the sensor back in and checked the cable for any cuts or open wire, I wrapped around the connector with electrical tape just in case. The issue didn't resurface for about a month.
The issue seems to just pop up and then go away. She mentions that the speedo will drop out for like 10 miles or so and just pick back up. She mentioned the car runs fine and there's really no issue at all besides the light and the speedo needle.
Since it seems that there is moisture getting into the connection itself somehow, what I'm curious of is, can I put something like dielectric grease in the connection or something? I'm not sure that it's a "proper" fix, but I'm not sure what a proper fix for it would be, short of cutting off the connection and getting a new one. I've already cleaned the connection out of both sides and it snaps together very easily, with no real force at all.