Here is what the socket looks like.......I guess I'll clean it out with WD-40, some rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush. The pins weren't even all that greasy it seemed, but I filled the socket and spread it in all the holes. I'll have to re-skin it too I suppose.
Should I just try sealing up the socket and leave out the grease? It's not that hard to remove the block/cpu and air out the socket daily.
How am I supposed to seal up the socket that must move to latch the cpu in place?
EDIT: electrical tape?