Re: Leak....argh

["Craig Williams" <craigpwilliams@hotmail.com>]

Unfortunately, I have some experience in this. What I've found is that the
padding under the carpet gets soaked, so just pull that out and let it dry
out of the car. Once things are dry I sprinkle baking soda under the carpet
and on the carpet itself to absorb the odor. Then vacuum the carpet. BTW,
don't put the baking soda on when the carpet is still wet. it will clump up
and be hard to remove.

As far as the source of the leak is concerned, the sky's the limit. I've
found recently that it's coming from the door and running down into and
under the carpet. Seems that water may be entering the door from the window
that runs up/down and instead of being routed outside it comes into the car.
There can be blocked holes in the bottom of the door causing this, or a
mis-aligned door that is seeping over the rubber weather strip and into the
car. Like I said, it could be anything. Water is very fluid and doesn't need
much of a space to get in.

Good luck -- Craig Williams
1981 SciroccoS 1.8 16V (soon to be 2.0+)
1987 Jetta GLI 16V (Daily Driver)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For the Wife)
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Patterson <bpatterson@stanford.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: Leak....argh


> Hey there all -
>
> Well, in the downpour that is California this week I
> discovered a decent puddle in back of my seat on the driver's side.
> Not that much water, but enough to make the car reek like hell...
> smells like a mother in there right now, I almost have to drive with
> the window down to not pass out... heh heh. Anyways, 2 questions...
>
> 1) The carpet is dry above the seatbelt bolt, the roof liner is dry,
> the back seat is dry, the b-pillar is dry, and the foam liner
> sticking out the bottom of my door is dry. Could the water be coming
> from the seatbelt bolt?
>
> 2) How the sam hill do I kill off the mildew/fungus/ebola crap that
> is growing in the carpet, or at least get it to stop smelling? I've
> already hit it with carpet cleaner and scent remover, and some
> disinfectant. I've left the carpet pulled up in order to let it dry
> completely and to further investigate the origins of the leak, but I
> still need to drive it to work.... help!!
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Patterson, 86' 16v
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