A Case of a Leaking Capacitor
It is not uncommon to hear of a technician investigating the inside of a computer as part of a diagnostic routine, especially when dealing with odd continual electrical problems.
Sometimes when the box is opened, a distinct burnt odor confirms the technician’s hunch that it was fried “Fred” causing the problem all along. Sometimes a cracked circuit board is the cause of those pesky intermittent trouble codes. On other occasions the box is filled with water from a leaking sunroof (Honda/Acura) or a leaking heater core (Mitsubishi/Hyundai), or it just had the misfortune of being in a flood.
