WD40 in the fuse box. Car will not start...

[jedrobson]

Hi all, you've helped me out in the past, hoping you will come up trumps again.

Managed to get some WD40 in the fusebox under the steering wheel of my Peugeot 206 today and now my car won't start. Assumedly because it is interfering with the fuses contact. Any thoughts on how I can fix this?

My best thought so far is jamming a load of dielectric grease in there tomorrow in the hope that it will flush out the WD40...

[jedrobson]

jjones said:

Spray a load of contact cleaner in? Take a photo of fuses, ip them all out and spray away?

Thank you, that worked a treat :-)

[jedrobson]

tapkaJohnD said:

WD40 shouldn't interfere with electrical contact, unless the grip on the fuses is very loose. Even then....

But no doubt I'll be flamed by those who have found that it does.
John

Haha, It seemed to be in this case. It still wouldn't start this morning. Sprayed a load of contact cleaner in there, cleaned the fuses whilst I waited for it all to dry, started first time!

[jedrobson]

[/quote]More likely you'd unseated a fuse doing whatever you were doing with the WD40 in the first place and removing and replacing them reseated it.
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Mm, I removed and replaced a few times. And replaced the fuses, still no action.