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Old 12-05-2008
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Cell phone, not engine, but good info to know...

My cell phone accidentally went into a bucket of salt water and was there for an hour or so. I got my vacuum cleaner, turned it one and put the cell phone in front of the hose, so that the biggest opening in the case was up against the end of the vacuum hose. Now there was other air entering the vacuum; the cell phone did not block the flow of air completely. I left the room and let it run for a few hours.

I figured that I could suck all the water away. I repeated the process with other small opening in the cell phone, but for a lesser time on those other holes.

And you know what, it worked!! The cell phone worked again.
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