Re: 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager ignition key won't turn

leftie wrote:
...He also said that the
lubricant to use when one of these things does start sticking is BP
Blast...never use WD40...

He is right about WD40 - it has no lubricating properties or staying power whatsoever - not a good lubricant, nor is it a good penetrating oil at all either. I suspect what he recommended was "PB Blaster" - which is a very good penetrating oil. Never heard of BP Blast. Personally, I use spray lithium grease - real lithium grease in a very light carrier - the carrier evaporates leaving a nice, very thin layer of the white lithium grease - has good lubricating properties and real staying power.

He also said that you should only have the key
and maybe the remote on the key chain when it's in the ignition vs.
having a ton of keys hanging off of it....the weight of the other keys
eventually damages the cylinder...

I know he's technically right, but that's not practical. I mean - I'm either supposed to carry around multiple key chains - one for each vehicle I own and and another for all other keys, or stop and separate a single on into two every time I get in, and put them back together when I get out of the car - give me a break. :)

I carry around a fairly good size set of keys, and in 40 years of driving I've had to replace or lube two ignition switch cylinders on my personal vehicles.

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Bill Putney
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