P38 Ignition Key In ?

Steve · Nov 7, 2004

About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out of the car and
removing the key,
The message " Ignition Key In" kept being displayed cleared once key
replaced and turned a couple of times.
What should i check if anything, Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?

Thanks Steve

AndyC the WB · Nov 9, 2004

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve <[email protected]> writes:

Steve> About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out
Steve> of the car and removing the key, The message " Ignition Key
Steve> In" kept being displayed cleared once key replaced and
Steve> turned a couple of times. What should i check if anything,
Steve> Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?

Mine does this from time to time. It seems that the key barrell gets
stuck in place and doesn't release cleanly. I presume it could be
lubricated with an appropriate lubricant (I don't know what you're
supposed to use on locks, but it's ain't EP90).

Andy

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interstate commerce. --J. Edgar Hoover

Austin Shackles · Nov 9, 2004

On or around Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:44:46 +0000, AndyC the WB
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>>>>>> "Steve" == Steve <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Steve> About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out
> Steve> of the car and removing the key, The message " Ignition Key
> Steve> In" kept being displayed cleared once key replaced and
> Steve> turned a couple of times. What should i check if anything,
> Steve> Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?
>
>Mine does this from time to time. It seems that the key barrell gets
>stuck in place and doesn't release cleanly. I presume it could be
>lubricated with an appropriate lubricant (I don't know what you're
>supposed to use on locks, but it's ain't EP90).

spray grease or some sort of teflon-incorporating lube spray is my
favourite. I quite like one called GT85.

Lee_D · Nov 9, 2004

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> spray grease or some sort of teflon-incorporating lube spray is my
> favourite. I quite like one called GT85.
>

I'm sure if asked nicely Martyn may lend you a pencil.

;0)

Graphite...but don't do it if your wearing white trousers that week.

Lee D
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& other such tinkerings.
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Mother · Nov 10, 2004

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:57:54 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm sure if asked nicely Martyn may lend you a pencil.
>
>Graphite...but don't do it if your wearing white trousers that week.

Indeed. My moto is NEVER use anything oily in a lock - the oil will
trap dust and gunge the lock up very badly in the longer term. I was
once instructed that in order to be allowed access to a certain key, I
must agree - on pain of being beaten up, to draw a pencil line down
both sides of the key before use.

You can also get graphite powder in a little bottle which will last
for years and years and years.

Austin Shackles · Nov 11, 2004

On or around Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:54:22 +0000, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:57:54 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I'm sure if asked nicely Martyn may lend you a pencil.
>>
>>Graphite...but don't do it if your wearing white trousers that week.
>
>Indeed. My moto is NEVER use anything oily in a lock - the oil will
>trap dust and gunge the lock up very badly in the longer term. I was
>once instructed that in order to be allowed access to a certain key, I
>must agree - on pain of being beaten up, to draw a pencil line down
>both sides of the key before use.
>
>You can also get graphite powder in a little bottle which will last
>for years and years and years.

true I guess. However, when the lock is already gunged up, you don't have
much chance of getting the graphite where you want it. The squiryt-PTFE
type stuff mentioned (I've remembered what it's brother's called: TF2) has a
volatile transport medium that I assume evaporates fairly fast, leaving the
PTFE behind.

Mother · Nov 11, 2004

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 07:43:53 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>true I guess. However, when the lock is already gunged up, you don't have
>much chance of getting the graphite where you want it. The squiryt-PTFE
>type stuff mentioned (I've remembered what it's brother's called: TF2) has a
>volatile transport medium that I assume evaporates fairly fast, leaving the
>PTFE behind.

The answer for old gunged locks is to either remove the barrel and
clean with isopropol alcohol - or get a syringe and squirt same into a
lock until the crud comes out. Moving the lock mechanism will
immediately seem far, far worse as you'll have removed all of the
lube. However, you them apply graphite and send me an email thanking
me for saving your lock ;-)

Simon Atkinson · Nov 11, 2004

Mother wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:57:54 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure if asked nicely Martyn may lend you a pencil.
> >
> > Graphite...but don't do it if your wearing white trousers that week.
>
> Indeed. My moto is NEVER use anything oily in a lock - the oil will
> trap dust and gunge the lock up very badly in the longer term. I was
> once instructed that in order to be allowed access to a certain key, I
> must agree - on pain of being beaten up, to draw a pencil line down
> both sides of the key before use.

Some firms are so protective of the executive crapper aren't they?

The Becketts · Nov 13, 2004

Graphite in a puffer.

However, I recently had to go to a locksmith in the town where I own a rental
house (about 600km from where I live) and he recommended a PTFE spray to lube
the house locks. He didn't sell graphite (I have the graphite at my home).

Ron Beckett
Emu Plains, Australia
1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 Litre V8

"AndyC the WB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >>>>> "Steve" == Steve <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Steve> About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out
> Steve> of the car and removing the key, The message " Ignition Key
> Steve> In" kept being displayed cleared once key replaced and
> Steve> turned a couple of times. What should i check if anything,
> Steve> Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?
>
> Mine does this from time to time. It seems that the key barrell gets
> stuck in place and doesn't release cleanly. I presume it could be
> lubricated with an appropriate lubricant (I don't know what you're
> supposed to use on locks, but it's ain't EP90).
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Cunningham -- www.vehicle-diagnostics.co.uk
> I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of
> oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed
> interstate commerce. --J. Edgar Hoover

Natalie Drest · Nov 16, 2004

go easy with the graphite though. Very easy to puff in too much & fill up
the barrel. A tiny amount is all that's required

--
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search the Internet, or cut off all but one of your fingers."
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"The Becketts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Graphite in a puffer.
>
> However, I recently had to go to a locksmith in the town where I own a
rental
> house (about 600km from where I live) and he recommended a PTFE spray to
lube
> the house locks. He didn't sell graphite (I have the graphite at my
home).
>
> Ron Beckett
> Emu Plains, Australia
> 1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 Litre V8
>
> "AndyC the WB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > >>>>> "Steve" == Steve <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > Steve> About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out
> > Steve> of the car and removing the key, The message " Ignition Key
> > Steve> In" kept being displayed cleared once key replaced and
> > Steve> turned a couple of times. What should i check if anything,
> > Steve> Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?
> >
> > Mine does this from time to time. It seems that the key barrell gets
> > stuck in place and doesn't release cleanly. I presume it could be
> > lubricated with an appropriate lubricant (I don't know what you're
> > supposed to use on locks, but it's ain't EP90).
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andy Cunningham -- www.vehicle-diagnostics.co.uk
> > I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of
> > oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed
> > interstate commerce. --J. Edgar Hoover
>
>
>

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