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What causes this on a distributor cap?

Hi all,

I am doing a tune up of my 1987 Coupe when I ran across this problem. I pulled the plug wires going to the distributor cap when I saw the #1 prong covered in rust! Please see the picture below:




This cap is only about 2 years old. What causes a problem like that? Moisture trapped between the plug and wire? I haven't pulled the plugs yet to see their condition but I'm assuming the #1 plug isn't going to look great either!

Thanks for looking,
-Michael
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