Hud Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yesterday, my wife spilled a cup/part of a cup of coffee into the shifeter. Other than smelling like coffee in the car, can I expect any problems? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Depends on what else was in the coffee; like sugar or dairy products or ???? There are electrical and mechanical components that could have / might have been exposed to unknown corrosive materials. A 100% paranoid person might flush the area with 3 times the coffee cup volume using distilled water. And that would make for a big cleanup. Personally, I would allow the whole mess to dry and assume an optimistic attitude. Jim Drive your car. Use your cell phone. CHOOSE ONE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I would leave it alone. Flushing can make thigs worse. There would all that water go to? The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wicz Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Personally, I would pull the cover cover off and thoroughly clean everything. But, that's only me. There is not is much to taking the cover off, it just pulls up (it's held in place by push in fasteners). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 You sure the WIFE did this??? (just kidding) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Yesterday, my wife spilled a cup/part of a cup of coffee into the shifeter. Other than smelling like coffee in the car, can I expect any problems? Thank you. Yes, you can expect your wife to spill coffee into the cigarette lighter. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Hall Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Use alcohol to clean everything out. Put the alcohol in a squirt bottle and use plenty of rags to soak up everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I would clean as much of it out of the PRNDL indicator as practical and leave it at that. I used to work for the company that made the shift assemblies and PRNDL indicators for GM - one of the tests the mechanism had to pass was the "Coke Test". The mechanism was saturated with one can of Coca-Cola Classic, allowed to dry and had to remain functional after the test. Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hud Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks for all the responses. So far evereything is working. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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