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How Coke Can help Your Engine Which Wouldn't start?

It was about 10 in the night and Rajiv had, as usual, picked up his laptop and retired to his bed for a final look up, may be the mails, may be weather, may be anything under this western sky! No sooner, his mobile rang out loud drawing his attention. He had just then took leave of his close friend, Jaideep, who would be away for the next 15 days, may be now he is giving last minute instructions about how to water the plants or feed the fishes during his absence. May be it is Rupa who would have liked to share her scare over the impending stormy weather there at San Diego. May be some one else in need of some urgent consultation.

But it was Jaideep again! It was a franctic call --- for his car wouldn't start. Rajiv was bit confused as he had seen him driving off little while ago. Jaideep had stopped at a Restaurant on his way home and the car would not start again! It was about 10-30 pm already and it was, of course, a S-O-S call. Rajiv with his usual cool, suggested Jaideep to have a look at the battery terminals and if he finds some sort of deposits, let him know. The cell rang again to convey, " Yes, it is!". Rajiv asked Jaideep, to get a bottle of Coke from the restaurant. Jaideep got annoyed, and cried out, "I am in agony and you are joking around! What would the blinking Coke do to my car! Or would a coke would turn me into an auto mechanic? Come on, stop joking and come around and help me out. I have to do lot of things before I leave for India next morning, you know that!"

Rajiv comforted Jaideep and said the he doesn't need to drink Coke but his car battery would! Confused, Jaideep yelled for clarification for this harrasement in the late hours. Rajiv with his cool went on to say, that Jaideep would pour Coke over the terminals little by little and watch how the green colored deposits are washed away by the Coke. Once done, Rajiv assured that within next few minutes Jaideep would be at home preparing for his trip to India.

Few minutes ran out. The expected call came up. It was Jaideep who was sounding great and lost no time to crown Rajiv, with a sincere Jai Ho!

"A dash of Coke on the battery terminals does wash away the deposits at least as an emergency bail out!" was the new mantra that I learnt through this episode!

May be it is useful to all my Car owner friends, if they had not known this alternate use of Coke!

RK Murthy
Personal experience while at Frisco, Dallas. 19th January, 2010