Re: Leak....argh

[David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net>]

it's just the same as taking a stinky shit and afterwards neutralizing the 
horrendous odor by burning a match or two. yes, it does work..


At 06:10 PM 1/26/00 -0600, you wrote:
>A good cheap way to kill smells is to just burn a book of matches inside the
>car. I read this somewhere, and it does work. I use this method all the time
>cause I'm too cheap to buy a can of Glade. The way I understand it is that
>the sulphur burnt off neutralizes the bad smell. I could be wrong, but give
>it a try.
>
>Zach
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>From: Ben Patterson <bpatterson@stanford.edu>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:56 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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