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-Plan on replacing the spring in another 25 years. There is not much
-you can do to extend the life of the spring. If you do nothing it
-will last about 25 years. If you oil it or spray it with WD-40, it
-will last about 25 years.
-Dan

I recently had to replace a broken rusted spring inside my twelve year old
car's hood latch that the annual spray of LPS3 didn't reach. The others were
fine.

jsw