a couple days ago my buddy from the army and I were trying to fix some fuses under my hood. My mate slipped up and dumped his milkshake down into the engine, battery, and fuses. I cleaned up the mess as best i could but headlights now don't work and my car won't start.

what should i do now?

 

Dropped it into the engine? Did you have the valve cover off or oil cap off? Or did it just spill on all the electrical connections? Check all your fuses and battery since it appears thats where the majority of the problem lies. And you should get your friend to pay for all of the damage

 

Find a local electronics store (not like Best Buy, but a real electronics store) and pick up some contact cleaner. That **** works awesome. It will absolutely destroy any milkshake or **** in your electrical connections, and lubricate them for better contact. It's harsh stuff though, be careful around paint with it. Then pick up some dielectric grease and re-grease any harness connections that you may have cleaned the grease out of.

It sounds like it may have gotten into some relays too, which means you'll need to probably replace them.


Modified by 2ndGenGuy at 10:34 AM 11/13/2008

 

Chocolate or vanilla?

 

LOL I knew it was coming. Great thread by the way.

 

Did I miss something?

 

How could he dump it into the engine??? I dont get it...