There is an old saying...

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Which is why I'm driving the Odyssey this morning. Over the weekend while installing my new headlights, I decided I would clean the injector control fuse. This is the 25amp blade-type fuse on the left inside fender--the good folks from IPD note that this is a very vulnerable spot, and the fuse is subject to corrosion from water leaking by the hood.

I have a new waterproof fuse-holder I am going to install, but I didn't have time to do it Saturday, so I just pulled the fuse (which was hard to do, because it was gummed in there pretty tightly) and put a dab of dielectric grease on there to keep it clean.

When it came time to start the car, sure enough--plenty of turning, but no firing. I got out and pulled the fuse again--apparently my attempt to clean it only made the corrosion looser and made the contact even worse. I wiped the blades off, plugged it in, and it fired right up.

Fast forward to this morning--I was going to get to take it to work today, and it fired right up, but died at the bottom of the hill. Luckily, I was near the convenience store (how convenient!) so I popped the hood and hopped out, pulled the fuse, wiped it again, plugged it in, cranked it right up, and started on to get out on the highway. Sputter. Silence.

::sigh::

Repeat process, but this time I just turned around and drove back up the hill and swapped vehicles. It's an easily fixable problem, but not one I would relish happening at 70 miles per hour on the Interstate.

The worst part? It's always run just fine before I started mucking around with it.