How to dry out the inside of a car?

[fizzwheel]

Can you not take the carpet out and then take it indoors to dry it out ?

If you can then do so, also there may be a rubber bung in the footwell that you can remove to let any excess water out of. If not and you still have a lake in the footwell then get a piece of pipe and siphon the water out. Might be easier than messing about with a mop...

You could also try seeing if you can get on of those room dehumidifier's into the car as that might well suck the excess moisture out.

Wait there, am I missing the point here. You parked your car where it can get flooded by the sea front?

[_Stretchie_]

As a Land Rover owner I feel possibly more qualified to answer than some, water on the inside is a standard option on my car

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Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Can you not take the carpet out and then take it indoors to dry it out ?
You could also try seeing if you can get on of those room dehumidifier's into the car as that might well suck the excess moisture out.

That's what I was going to say. Get your seats out, get the carpet out and leave the carpet in your garage/house for about a week just to make sure it's dry, bang your seats back in and keep using the car if it's going to be easier.


Depending on where you live and how easy it is, run an extension lead into your car and get a small dehumidifier on the go in there over night/all day. I was able to shut the rear door with the cable going in so didn't have to leave a window open inviting people to have a go.

Wouldn't worry about rust mate, that'll only be a problem if this happens over and over again. Believe me, our Disco has been swimming quite often



and there's no rust YET. So this one off won't be an issue and Grunty's dad has been driving a boat trailer into the sea and not rinsing it off afterwards and it's taken years for the rust to be a problem

[dizzyblonde]

Do what my dad did with his old Ford Granada, which were infamous for gathering pools of water on the drivers side floorwell


Drill a hole in the floor


and also in the boot, cause it did it in there as well

Whats wrong with goign for a drive with the heaters on flat out? Or leave it on the drive with the heaters on?

Originally Posted by suzsv650

Whats wrong with goign for a drive with the heaters on flat out? Or leave it on the drive with the heaters on?

cos he said he did that and if made no difference?

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by suzsv650

Whats wrong with goign for a drive with the heaters on flat out? Or leave it on the drive with the heaters on?

That would take days, there is probably sound deadening stuff under the carpet too and that stuff does not dry out easily as it's usually a foam material with a rubber top. Needs to come out

[punyXpress]

Don't dry it out - yet!
Swill it out first to get rid of the salt or that will always attract moisture. One of the carpet shampoo gizmo ( without shampoo ) might do the trick and remove most of the water.
Then dehumidifier it.
Failing that, torch it & claim.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by punyXpress

One of the carpet shampoo gizmo ( without shampoo ) might do the trick and remove most of the water.

Beneres? Niko fuerto tipomagico - te carpet-shampoo-gizmo. Novello proboscis - molto molto kin agrophos. Vo, tidiaka mit functioni moronico. Te facilos action-pumpo! Zo, nea shopping, nea collo, te "carpet-shampoo-gizmo"

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Beneres? Niko fuerto tipomagico - te carpet-shampoo-gizmo. Novello proboscis - molto molto kin agrophos. Vo, tidiaka mit functioni moronico. Te facilos action-pumpo! Zo, nea shopping, nea collo, te "carpet-shampoo-gizmo"

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