Igniters.......Di-electric grease?

[gbcphoto]

Just finished the valves on my 01 and am in the process of replacing the plugs. I decided to take the igniter's apart to clean all the grime off.
While having them apart I found what looks like a dried out , waxy substance on the springs in the ends of each igniter that the plug slides into. My question is, would this be old dried out de-electric grease? Does any one use it when reassembling plugs and plug caps?  It (the tube) says to put a little on the ceramic part of the plug as well as the top of the plug when changing. Any down side to using this stuff?

Thanks all.
G

[Tom Herold]

That's exactly what it is; dried out dielectric grease.  

I use it sparingly on the ceramic part of the plug to help water proof things a bit, but my experience is the technicians working on bike don't understand the word "sparingly" and gob a bunch of it in there thinking it's okay.

Once that stuff dries out, it's a real pain in the ass to get out and actually can do more damage than good at that point.

Now that you have it cleaned out, you should be okay.