spilled water, smells like shit....help..

[Van Westervelt]

This happened to a golf at a shop I used to work at, except it was milk, a whole gallon, and it sat for over 4 weeks.

They totalled the car not from the bodywork, but the milk. Get some stuff called Dri Z Air... We used it all the time in leaky old cars.

https://www.drizair.com/

[mkcman17]

I'll have to give it a try!

[charlescho]

I forgot to mention that newspaper works best to soak up any water in the foam.

Just make a bunch of paper balls, shove them underneath the carpet, go stand on top and walk around, then place some weights on top of the carpet and let sit for a while and remove the wet paper a couple of hours later.

Repeat as necessary.

this gentleman beat me to it

[charlescho]

it smelled bad for a few days, but i left it parked on the street in the sun with the windows/top cracked and it went away. i can't smell anything anymore. should i still be worried about mold/andor rust?

I would only be worried if you start smelling the wet foam :) but yeah, I would stick something under the carpet in the footwell area since the foam in that area is super thick. I know the passenger's side is easy.

the driver's side will require some more effort. honestly if you can...crumble up individual pages of newspaper and squeeze it under, then check it the next day if its wet or not :)

get back to us on how it works out!

[txtorquemade]

Maybe.. next time, carry your spare H2O in that vastly large e30 trunk space. Course, if you remove the dead hookers first, you can can carry lots of stuff.

jussayin

[mkcman17]

just a heads up-

i had my carpet out (it was soaking wet) and it was still wet after 3 days in the socal sun

it smelled bad for a few days, but i left it parked on the street in the sun with the windows/top cracked and it went away. i can't smell anything anymore. should i still be worried about mold/andor rust?

[MC Hammered]

I forgot to mention that newspaper works best to soak up any water in the foam.

Just make a bunch of paper balls, shove them underneath the carpet, go stand on top and walk around, then place some weights on top of the carpet and let sit for a while and remove the wet paper a couple of hours later.

Repeat as necessary.

[reelizmpro]

I dealt with this as well. First, find out why/how water is getting in. I put a towel underneath and stood on the carpet trying to get the water out of the foam. Then I got the heatgun out (be careful not to singe the carpet). I took out the seat to dry out the area under the seat as well. You don't want to leave any moisture behind. I sprayed some lysol under there and let it sit while wedging the carpet open to allow air flow underneath. Then sprinkled some baking soda.

[StereoInstaller1]

Airflow is the trick

[MC Hammered]

When my carpet was soaked from water seeping into the footwell the foam was so wet it felt slimy.

I pulled the carpet up, tied it up with string and had a high speed fan blow at it for a couple of days in the garage and it dried it all out.

[StereoInstaller1]

My carpet got soaked last winter in the damn evil cold...well, not that cold, but like highs in the 20's. It took well over a month for the padding to dry with the carpet out of the car.

If your shit is wet, seriously consider pulling the carpet. Blast it with a pressure washer, you will at least have nice clean carpet.

[charlescho]

just a heads up-

i had my carpet out (it was soaking wet) and it was still wet after 3 days in the socal sun

[grays]

pour vinegar and pour it in a bowl and let it sit in your car over night or all day and it will take out the smell

also you can use baking soda

[margas]

Suck up as much water as you can then go rent a shampooer/extractor thing. That should get rid of the smell too. If its molding already rock some fantastic or lysol on it before.

[mkcman17]

i'm thinking it's maybe already started to mold, because it stewed overnight and cooked in the day. the seats are such a pita to bolt back in, but i'll give it a shot. and deff the deodorizer. for now i'm ax-ing it and driving with the windows down.