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Help! Soaking wet rear carpets in a Cab!

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I only use my car occasionally and get kept outside due to lack of a garage.

I walked past the car today and it had water on the inside of the windscreen. I opened up the car and the carpets behind the front seats and under he rears are absolutly soaked through. We've had quite a bit of rain over the weekend which I guess caused it.

I've tried to soak as much up as I can with towels and a cheap dehumidifier I had in the house which I'll leave in the car. I don't think it's due to rain this week so I'd like to address the problem as soon as I can. It's still not dry so pretty conserned about getting it 100% dry and not causing corrosion.

1. How can I soak all of it up and dry it out properly to avoid Mould and corrosion?

2. What is the likely problem and how much hasstle is it to fix? The indi I use for any greesy spanner stuff has quite a waiting list so I'm holding this is an easy enough fix I can do at home (only Basic skills)

Help! My baby is rotting away!
 
http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=123045&highlight=cab+carpets+wet

Another one from a search .. 996 but same thing .

The only proper way to dry it is remove the carpets and hang them up .... you can use a dehumidifier but the carpets need to be lifted so the air can circulate .. basically take them out .

Check under the passenger seat .. if the control unit there gets wet then it wont be driving anywere .. circa £400 ish to fix.
 
Thanks. I did a search, but didn't throw up too much. Must have been using the wrong key words.

Looks like I have to take the rear wheels off and clear out the drainage tubes. Sounds like a massive ball ache. But necessary.

Any advise from people who had the same happen would be appreciated too.
 
Well .. ive fixed plenty of these , wheel off and liner out is pretty easy , if it has the rubber flap in the tube then remove it as per the picts on my link .. then dig out the mud !!! ..

i use an air line to blow up the tube but to be 100% sure its clear then remove the speaker in the rear quarter panel ... speaker covers pulls off with a trim tool then its a T20 screw.

There will be a plastic guard over the drain tube , lift this up and you can see if theres anything blocking the tube from that end.

Carpets are a little harder .. there is 1-2inches of foam under them .. a giant sponge basically .. you can mop up a lot of it with towels but you will Never get them dry with out either removing or useing a humidifier .

That will only work if the carpets can be lifted .

Trust me ive had one in a car with carpets down for 7 days .. it didnt work .

Under the passenger seat is the first check you need to do .. rear end control unit is there and thats part of the alarm system .. that gets wet and the car wont start .
 
I have had this issue and as Demort has said mine was the rubber valve at the end of the drain tube that was blocking the silt coming out so then the water as well, as soon as I slightly moved it the silt and water gushed out of the tube and into my shoe :bandit:

To dry the carpets out I removed the rear seats and was in the process of using these things in the picture that seemed to be working to dry it out. That said the car and I parted before I could check it was completely dry as Demort has said so the sponge might have still been wet although you could try pushing them under the carpet to save you removing them.
 

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I would have to say thats an excellent alternative .. not something we do as a carpet removal is not a huge job and you may well need a few of them but it will work as you can lift the carpets behind the seat .


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Thanks all.

The battery was dead, but gave it some charge and went for a drive with heaters on full and windows open just to dry it out a bit. That was after I soaked up about 10 towels worth full of water behind the rear seats. As you say under the carpets is a huge sponge! I've managed to lift the carpets enough to keep them lifted, and taken off all the removable rear seat covers. But I don't have the tools to remove the rear folding seats and get the carpets out, the screws appear to have been worked on in the past any my tool slips in the screw. What type are they do I can be sure I'm using the correct bit? Also slightly apprehensive about removing seats (the front seats would need to come out too) and carpet so and not being able to get it back in again properly.

Seems to me the magirity of the water was behind the drivers side seat (some on passenger side but not quite as bad). I've not really got anywhere to jack up the car since my drive is on a slope. Am I best off to take the thing to my local mechanics, not a porsche specialist I usually go to since it doesn't sound like a job for a specialist.

It's all fairly upsetting since the car is new to me. What sort of labour hours would it take to sort out the drainage pipes?
 
Sy said:
Thanks all.

The battery was dead, but gave it some charge and went for a drive with heaters on full and windows open just to dry it out a bit. That was after I soaked up about 10 towels worth full of water behind the rear seats. As you say under the carpets is a huge sponge! I've managed to lift the carpets enough to keep them lifted, and taken off all the removable rear seat covers. But I don't have the tools to remove the rear folding seats and get the carpets out, the screws appear to have been worked on in the past any my tool slips in the screw. What type are they do I can be sure I'm using the correct bit? Also slightly apprehensive about removing seats (the front seats would need to come out too) and carpet so and not being able to get it back in again properly.

Seems to me the magirity of the water was behind the drivers side seat (some on passenger side but not quite as bad). I've not really got anywhere to jack up the car since my drive is on a slope. Am I best off to take the thing to my local mechanics, not a porsche specialist I usually go to since it doesn't sound like a job for a specialist.

It's all fairly upsetting since the car is new to me. What sort of labour hours would it take to sort out the drainage pipes?
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Why not have a go at removing the wheel Arch is quite easy and it all doesn't have to come out to get to the tube and have a go with the dehumidifier pads to see if it dries out, it will take a few weeks but might save you quite a few quid going to your indy, you will also get to know your car a little better.
 
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