Miata Mailing List: November 1994, Message #192
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   From: "Alice T. Liu" 
Subject: Starting the car after sitting in the rain
   Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 18:18:26 -0500

I had a problem this morning starting my car, and I wonder if
anybody out there might know why?  It rained steadily all weekend.
I started the car just once, on Saturday to move it out from
under a big tree (I was a homebody this weekend!).  This morning 
(it had stopped raining) the engine wouldn't turn over until about
the fourth try.  Usually I just turn the key and the engine starts 
with no problems at all.  I opened up the hood to see if there was 
anything unusual, but as I'm not knowledgable about the mechanics 
of a car, the only thing I would have been able to identify would 
have been something super-obvious, like a dead animal crammed inside.  

I remember seeing something about brake rust after a car wash, or
something like that, but I don't think this is the same problem.
 
Is this something to be concerned about?  For a car that's less
than five months old, I would think it could handle a little rain.
It came through fine after sitting in a garage for 5 weeks and 
outside for another week and being driven only twice while I was 
out of town. 

Thanks,

-alice, 94 M-edition
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Alice T. Liu
Programmer Analyst, Information Services
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Phone: 408-429-4515