Almost a week ago I spilled a full cup of coffee on my Macbook Pro 2018 with Touch Bar. Coffee is spilled mostly left-ish side and it was without sugar but some milk. For now nothing major happened and it is working almost good but clicking on left side of trackpad doesn't working. I can move cursor, tap to click is working but no click sound on left side. And one USB-C port on the left is problematic. It's working mostly but when I move the cable or device on that port the connection loses briefly and returns back. Keyboard is working totally normal and there is no other issues for now. 6 months of warranty left but I don't even now if the spill already voids my warranty. So now I am in between opening the case and clean inside of it or wait till my warranty end.
What do you recommend for me and if I you think that I need to open and clean inside what can I use to clean water, coffee, fat etc. ? I have all the tools for opening the case and I am experienced with it.
Thanks for any help.
Best Answer
"Recently"… unless it was in the last 5 minutes, you likely missed your chance.
The absolute first thing to do is stop using it, disconnect the power, including the battery, strip it down & start to dry up as much as possible.
Don't hope it will be OK.
Don't put it in rice & expect it will just get better.
Don't plug it back in to see if it still works.
Your two main enemies are short-circuit & corrosion.
Any liquid containing a high percentage of water will immediately short-circuit anything it touches, potentially causing component damage or even fire.
Any non-pure liquid will then start to corrode the delicate circuitry, quite rapidly in the presence of electricity.
The faster you can get the power removed & the circuits cleaned using isopropyl alcohol, the better the chance your machine will survive.
For additional reading -
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