Drying out soggy mk2?

[LuizeGT]

i was a bit stupid when we had all the snow and didnt realise i had left the window part open, now the WHOLE interior is soaked and its all dripping down my windows.

ive cleared out my garage to store her in, whats the best way of getting her dry?
was thinking about getting a heater and keeping it on in the garage for long long time lol but ive got no power supply to garage so would need to buy/borrow a generator or something??

ideas?

[Tubby]

What about a couple of dehumidifiers??and a wet and dry vac??

[Mr2_NA]

If you can, take seats out

Lift carpet up and prop up with some lengths of wood on both sides

get some towels and mop up the sound deadening as it will just rip to pieces if its wet.

Let it air for a day then pull it out and should find it's all dry, i just binned all the sound deadening stuff, didn't seem to make a difference in road noise. If you want to keep it, I suggest hanging it up for a day or two to completly dry it out.

I've done this 3 times now

Doom of T-bar ownership, worth it though as gets teh car some air and keeps it clean and fresh

[Marf]

Had to do this in december, my drivers side quarter window had been leaking.

Best way to dry it out is remove the seats and carpets, then dry them out seperate from the car.

I took my carpets out then hung them off my radiators at home.

The thing about the carpets is they have sound deadening matting/foam stuff underneath which acts as a sponge, so are really hard to dry out properly without removing the carpet entirely.

[LuizeGT]

ahh joy lol.
ive got buckets in and had the carpet up before so theres no sound deadening left, it was all mouldy so binned it lol.
only 4 bolts each for the seats but what else do i need to unbolt to completely remove the carpet?
is it 1 piece or 2?

might aswell do it properly and give it a good vax, ive owned it 6 years and never vaxed it lol so god knows how much dirt is hidden in it

[Marf]

Carpets are two piece. One for drivers, one for passenger.

You'll need to take out the storage bin(s), centre panel(that has the gearstick and storage box on it), and the kick panels.

When taking out the drivers carpet you'll probably get caught out by the footrest, theres a bit you need to unscrew but its not that visible as it copies the pattern on the foot rest, you'll need to get right up close to spot it.

[LuizeGT]

cool stuff, sounds easy enough

[toxo]

Pretty sure you have to remove the rear 1/4 interior trim too (or at least pull the carpet out from underneath them). Lower seatbelt mount too?

The dead pedal / footrest thing has got 2 plastic screws in it, the heads for which have the same pattern on as the rest of it as Marf says.

[Marf]

Pretty sure you have to remove the rear 1/4 interior trim too (or at least pull the carpet out from underneath them). Lower seatbelt mount too?

Rear 1/4 trim can remain in place(if I remember right) but yeah the lower seatbelt mount has to be undone.

The dead pedal / footrest thing has got 2 plastic screws in it, the heads for which have the same pattern on as the rest of it as Marf says.

Yeah that totally threw me when I was taking my carpet out, could not figure it out at all and had visions of it being bolted in through the firewall.

[RST]

I got to say, I bought a little heated dessicant de-humidifier from BnQ for £100 a few years ago but it's awesome. I got it to dry my bathroom out after a leak, and have used it to dry numerous cars (including the boot and cabin in my MR2) and even washing in the house rather than tumble drying. My folks had one and they used it for years.

...I know it sounds allot but for £100, 4 years ago it's made it's money back easy. It's quite a small thing (2 feet high) so will fit in tiny places as well. It's made by "airforce" and has a reservoir at the bottom, it'll cut-out when it's full and you just pull the tank and pour away. I've stupidly fallen asleep in the same room when it's running before and it'll literally suck half the fluids out of you as well it's that powerful!

...Honestly ranks as one of my best buys for a long long time!

[wadeski]

i had a major wet incident (river flooding a car park after a storm!) with my old Saab.

I actually dried it out in a paint oven!

worked really well (for me at least)

[intacorsa]

I got to say, I bought a little heated dessicant de-humidifier from BnQ for £100 a few years ago but it's awesome. I got it to dry my bathroom out after a leak, and have used it to dry numerous cars (including the boot and cabin in my MR2) and even washing in the house rather than tumble drying. My folks had one and they used it for years.

...I know it sounds allot but for £100, 4 years ago it's made it's money back easy. It's quite a small thing (2 feet high) so will fit in tiny places as well. It's made by "airforce" and has a reservoir at the bottom, it'll cut-out when it's full and you just pull the tank and pour away. I've stupidly fallen asleep in the same room when it's running before and it'll literally suck half the fluids out of you as well it's that powerful!

...Honestly ranks as one of my best buys for a long long time!

+1 use one on a regular basis,and more or less for the same things!
had ours two years and could no longer do without it.
Kevin