I went to the water store today to fill up a 5 and 3 gallon bottle of water. On the way back home, as luck would have it, I had to swerve to miss an a-hole who pulled out in front of me and the 3 gallon bottle of water tipped over, the cap broke off, and the water went everywhere. The spare tire was in a big puddle of water, the back seat became soaked, and the water started seeping into the insulation under the carpet. My buddy and I removed as much water as we could with towels, took out the back seat, and removed everything from the luggage compartment as we could.

I ran the heater with A/C for about 30 minutes and then let the car sit with the doors open to dry. I'm just worried about the water in the insulation, that's going to take forever to dry. Do you guys have any other recommendations for drying out the car?

 

I'd remove all the seats and take the carpet out to make sure you dry the floorpan and carpet well. It shouldn't be too difficult... just a little time consuming, but worth it to get all of the water.

 

also theres the rubber plugs you can pop out for the water to drain...

 

Do this. Or with the seats out and the step plates removed raise the carpet up and support it with something so that you can let a fan blow under the carpet and out the other side. You need air circualtion. If you don't get it good and dry you will get a moldy smell that will likely never go away.

 

Thanks for the tips guys. I ended up lifting the carpet and removing the insulation between the carpet and the pan. Next, I pulled the carpet over the rear floor vents (thanks for the tip FlyerI) and cranked up the heater and A/C. I let the air blow for about 30 minutes and it seems to have done the trick, the bottom of the carpet is dry to the touch and the small beads of water on the pan have evaporated. I found one small puddle of water around one of the rubber plugs, so I pulled the plug and drained the water (thanks Hornet).

 

 

Bottles of water always go in the rear floor.

Safest place because they cannot really sling themselves that hard to burst everywhere when someone cuts you off.

Where was your water?

 

I had them in the cargo area. I usually secure the bottles with bungee cords but I left the cords in my wifes CRV. I guess I need to get another set of bungees for my xA. The good news is that everything is dry now and there are no fowl oders, it still smells like a new car.

 

ed, glad to hear you are ok after your water broke....

 

lol

 

New car smell still there? Good job.

 

Ironically my wife's water broke a couple days before my water broke. Now I have a 7 pound baby girl.

 

I'm still waiting for the insulation to dry. I removed it from the car and let it hang in my patio for a few days now and it is still wet around the edges. If it's not dry by this weekend I'll hit it with a hot air gun.

Maybe I'll leave the insulation out...makes the car go faster without that extra weight

 

Don't forget to put more stickers on your vehicle-- adds more horsepower!

 

That is great news!!!!!Hope wife and baby are doing ok...

 

Mom and baby are doing well. We're not getting much sleep as you can imagine.

 

You think you don't sleep now, wait until she becomes a teenager....