lemonade in a car cd player [Archive]

type2bus

12-Sep-10, 10:00

hello guys,
i had a wee accident with a bottle of lemonade and it ended up going into the car cd player, the radio still works but now it eats cds (it sometimes spits them out) and it wont switch off, does anybody know if the cd head cleaner disc would fix the problem or is it a garage job??? never take lemonade into your car its EVIL !!!!!!!!!! lol

annemarie482

12-Sep-10, 10:20

id say visit the garage.
that stuff's right sticky when it dries and i'd imagine its on more than the cd lens!!

Phill

12-Sep-10, 11:35

I bet it just plays the same tune now too:
.....R Whites....R Whites...I'm a secret lemonade drinker.... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBa7eay6Fo)

Beat Bug

12-Sep-10, 11:58

I've known Cola to re-wire a keyboard.

Corrie 3

12-Sep-10, 12:25

It could have been worse, it could have been a good malt that you spilt !

C3.....:eek::roll::lol:

Kodiak

12-Sep-10, 16:01

hello guys,
i had a wee accident with a bottle of lemonade and it ended up going into the car cd player, the radio still works but now it eats cds (it sometimes spits them out) and it wont switch off, does anybody know if the cd head cleaner disc would fix the problem or is it a garage job??? never take lemonade into your car its EVIL !!!!!!!!!! lol

Go to Halfords and buy a new one. It will be cheaper in the long run.

type2bus

12-Sep-10, 22:02

he he he im loving the song, im thinking that it may well be a garage job cause the cd player is built in, wish it had been malt i had spilt it might not have been so sticky and might have sung the famous drinking song shannymo. lol :lol:

mrlennie

13-Sep-10, 00:46

I can see this going sour...hehe...

Geo

13-Sep-10, 12:20

I bet the radio just plays pop now...

George Brims

13-Sep-10, 23:54

Leave the car in the street in some unsavoury area and hope some ned nicks the CD player. Of course you might lose the wheels, battery etc as well. Or the whole car.

dx100uk

14-Sep-10, 02:34

try: Isopropyl Alcohol (http://forum.caithness.org/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=28994)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=isopropyl+alcohol&source=15&SD=Y

or goto your chemist and get then to make up a bottle of it 1:1 with distilled water

if i was up that end of the world i'd do it for you

if you are ok with basic work
you should be able to remove it from the dash with the coreect split slider tool and take its top case off. [see the internet for info]

use this stuff with a semi stiff brush [toothbrush should be ok]

and use lots of it to flush the sugar away.

there will be gears or sponge rollers on the in/out that are prob gfiving you the troubles.

as for the lense, that can be cleaned with this too and a cotton bug.

it will not hurt any of the internals however much you use
just give it 20 mins before you try it though.

dx