Well, I screwed my self big time.

[iboughtatahoe23]

My next idea is taking out the radio on my break and letting it dry for a day or so. Then getting as much, if any water out the radio compartment.

 

[OR VietVet]

If you remove the radio, set in front of a fan. You can also get battery powered fans to point in the radio hole in the dash and anywhere else you can think of.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

If you remove the radio, set in front of a fan. You can also get battery powered fans to point in the radio hole in the dash and anywhere else you can think of.

That’s my plan to take the radio out, rode my bike to work today lol. Got the windows down. No rain today on the forecast. Supposed to be sunny. That should help. Than on my break I will run an extension cord and fan to it through my window.

 

[Doubeleive]

Probably just gonna leave it for a few days, I thought everything was fine. Guess not.

usually rain water doesn't do much if any damage just gotta let it dry out, it's not the same as spilling a soda in it.
if you have to drive it leave the defroster on if you can, one of it's functions is it also works as a dehumidifier

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

usually rain water doesn't do much if any damage just gotta let it dry out, it's not the same as spilling a soda in it.
if you have to drive it leave the defroster on if you can, one of it's functions is it also works as a dehumidifier

I don’t think anything is damaged just having weird glitches here and there

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Got it out, got it drying. Hoping it isn’t shorted out.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Got radio out and the compartment drying. Doesn’t seem wet…. Floors far back as I can go right now.


My other concerns in the wire harness because the radio works fine. It’s just the trim lights on it that won’t shut off for some reason. I’m concerned that the harness might be shorted out or something. Is there a for sure way I can diagnose whether it’s the wire harness or the radio?

What if water got on these and like shorted something out. I can’t tell if water got that far or not. Every thing appears to be dry.

 

[Scott in AZ]

The more I think about this the more I think you will end up fine. How much water could it be? A sunroof is what ? Less than 2ft x 3ft or 864 square inches. A hard rain is what ? 1-2 inches? If 1.5 inches then you have 1300 cubic inches of water through your sunroof. That’s less than 6 gallons, a little more than a paint bucket. Most of it hit the seats and carpet. And you dried most of that up right away.

I would not intentionally pour a paint bucket of water thru the Sunroof onto the dash and console of my Yukon, but I gotta’ believe this will work out. Good luck.

 

[OR VietVet]

Plus he was parked under a tree.

 

[Scott in AZ]

I can neither confirm nor deny that back in the day we had terrible grounds on main seawater pump motor, ended up brewing up some some super-deionized reactor grade fresh water and flushing out all the windings. A hella’ lot more than 6 gallons. Dried it out meticulously. I’m not suggesting that this was on a submarine, or even that it actually happened. However, whether or not we did this …. It worked great. That motor lasted the rest of the patrol, no problems, good to go. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

So I agree, rain water not the worst thing you could pour on a Yukon.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

I can neither confirm nor deny that back in the day we had terrible grounds on main seawater pump motor, ended up brewing up some some super-deionized reactor grade fresh water and flushing out all the windings. A hella’ lot more than 6 gallons. Dried it out meticulously. I’m not suggesting that this was on a submarine, or even that it actually happened. However, whether or not we did this …. It worked great. That motor lasted the rest of the patrol, no problems, good to go. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

So I agree, rain water not the worst thing you could pour on a Yukon.

True. Just worried about my radio! Got it drying for a few hours underneath the air conditioner in my house. Gonna try to throw it back on. My cars been drying on and off the last 2 days. I’ve been keeping the windows up at night of course with some damp rid in the car.

 

[OR VietVet]

This is not a 2 day process. IMO, at least 5 days. Also depends on humidity in the air where you are. Dry here in the PNW. I know where my girl is in Texas, it is very humid.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

This is not a 2 day process. IMO, at least 5 days. Also depends on humidity in the air where you are. Dry here in the PNW. I know where my girl is in Texas, it is very humid.

Usually is around 50-70% humidity here

So you’re saying I shouldn’t test my radio out when I get home?

I’d like to go the gym tomorrow. I’m wondering if I can at least drive it to the gym.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

I know everyone is saying let it dry for like five days but I really can’t I need to get to work and I live like 3 miles from my job. I’ve been riding the bike. But leaving on my work break is a pain. 8 miles a day when I double some days. So I’d like to drive if I could. On top of that, I live in in an apartment complex, I don’t have a garage. So at night I need to roll up my windows unlock my car. I can’t just leave it with the battery terminal off. People will come up and steal stuff.

 

[Fless]

If you're concerned about the radio just leave it out and drive without it. Let it dry for a week, in air conditioning if possible. Personally I think something else is keeping the backlighting on, but that's just a WAG on my part.

 

[OR VietVet]

You can leave the windows down a bit if you get a big enough dog. You need to find a better place to live too. You need patience for the drying. That is considered higher humidity around here.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Haha. Anyways update as of this morning I let the radio dry for over 12 hours in front of a fan with some damp rid containers around it and still having issues. Literally everything works in my car except the radio so I think I’m gonna rule out that I need a new aftermarket radio because the accent lighting on the radio just will not budge. It will not shut off. It’s still on after I shut the car off. Sometimes it’s very faint. Sometimes it’ll flicker and sometimes it’s just full brightness.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Haha. Anyways update as of this morning I let the radio dry for over 12 hours in front of a fan with some damp rid containers around it and still having issues. Literally everything works in my car except the radio so I think I’m gonna rule out that I need a new aftermarket radio because the accent lighting on the radio just will not budge. It will not shut off. It’s still on after I shut the car off. Sometimes it’s very faint. Sometimes it’ll flicker and sometimes it’s just full brightness. View attachment 403538

Now, with all that being said, I’m wondering, is it safe to leave the radio fuse and if it’s just the accent lighting. Or will it run my battery dead

 

[Geotrash]

Now, with all that being said, I’m wondering, is it safe to leave the radio fuse and if it’s just the accent lighting. Or will it run my battery dead

Only one way to find out!

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Someone said I could take the illumination trigger wire and rewire it to the cig lighters. But I feel that ruines my chance at getting aftermarket unit