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The green goo is a component of the insulation and should not give poor IR readings.
If the goo is a component of the insulation, and it's running out of the ends of the cable, is this not indicative of a breakdown of the insulation ?
In my example there were poor IR readings on all circuits mind you, but the worst featured on the gooey circuit. The insulation was also physically degraded on this circuit, being brittle and cracking at the stripped ends.This could have been just due to current related heating, but I feel that lack of a plasticising agent cannot have helped.