This may sound a bit obvious but what I did was to lift the carpets so you can get to the soundproofing/insulation and I put an electric fan heater on low and left it for a few days just periodically moving it round under the carpet. Worked a treat
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25th Feb 2019 6:56 pm
lynalldiscovery
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Hire a dehumidifier.
25th Feb 2019 6:58 pm
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When my sons VW Up! suffered a blocked scuttle drain over Christmas, then managed to drain the contents of the scuttle plenum through the heater into the car, the water was an inch deep over the carpets.
We feared that the interior would have to be stripped to dry it. However, we used a wet-vac to remove most of the surface water, and suck it out of the carpets. This was followed by placing several moisture absorbers (from caravan supplier) in the car. These needed emptying regularly. After a week it was pretty much dry.
25th Feb 2019 7:51 pm
Charliecloud
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lynalldiscovery wrote:
Hire a dehumidifier.
This ^ - use a wet vac to get as much as you can out, then put in dehumidifier and shut the car up tight.
25th Feb 2019 8:13 pm
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I did the electric fan thing. I would try a dehumidifier the next timeDicovery 3 (Rimini Red)
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25th Feb 2019 9:45 pm
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Had this same issue with a few cars over the years. As had been said, wet vac as much as you can and then stick a dehumidifier in there. Works a treat. Jarrod
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25th Feb 2019 10:02 pm
astonbuilder
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most people haven't got a humidifier but most have a hairdryer in the house....
Then same as others really; soak up as much water with wet-Vac and/or towels, trail hair-dryer in and let it run with windows cracked open slightly for moisture to escape.
Had periods where I put the nozzle under the carpets (had to take door treadplate off to lift carpet (non-LR) which seemed to speed things up a bit.
Took best part of a week for up to couple of hours a day to clear two water-logged front foot-wells (inch thick sound-deadener holds a lot of water....)
26th Feb 2019 7:46 am
Littlewill
Member Since: 14 Sep 2015
Location: Lincolnshire
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Lay the back seats flat and put a dehumidifier in the boot facing forward. Did this with an old Range Rover P38 I once had and it was amazing how much moisture it pulled out of it (over the course of 48 hours it did one and a half containers!)
26th Feb 2019 7:53 am
braduk
Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Yorkshire
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Thanks will try a dehumidifier but does it need to be car powered or mains powered as I have no way to run a cable from the house and don't have a garage. Also I see you can get cars ones, will these work or best off hiring a decent one but again if I hire one it will need to be mains powered I presume>
26th Feb 2019 9:07 am
vanpeebles
Member Since: 20 Mar 2018
Location: North East
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If it's really bad I can't see a dehumidifier shifting it, unless it's a massive one. I had to take the carpet out, wet vac up everything, and then wet vac the carpets, and also the foam on the underside. The foam really held the water well.
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