Drying out after a swim?

[Drewboyaus]

Looking for best tips on drying out the interior and carpet of my GQ after submerging it in a boghole yesterday.....
Your thoughts?


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[growler2058]

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[Yendor]

Just search in growler's threads, from memory he has a step by step guide...........lol

Did the ECU get wet?

I would recommend removing the starter motor and giving it a good clean out.

[Cuppa]

Yeah, that'll teach ya! (or possibly not).
Having bought my vehicle with a leak I inherited a permanently musty smell. Only way to get it properly dry was to remove the seats, console etc, & take out all the carpet. Found the layer under the vinyl (it's a DX) was dripping wet & it took days, hanging up in the sun to dry, but once done all was good.
Was the bog hole worth it then? ;)

[Drewboyaus]

Did the ECU get wet?

I would recommend removing the starter motor and giving it a good clean out.

Nope, it appears the ECU is ok, I got about 2-3 inches of water in the cabin and the main thing is just wanting to get the carpet and floor lining dry.
It's a shame our record stretch of hit weather came to an end last week, that would have been handy.


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[Drewboyaus]

Was the bog hole worth it then? ;)

Had a jolly good laugh, so I reckon it was.....it's not my daily so I don't have to worry from that point of view.


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[macca86]

I was waist deep in water in the cab when I done my impersonation of a submarine. Cost 6000 to fix as mud will do damage for weeks after the event. I removed all my seats hosed out everything for an hr till water ran clear then fans on doors open for a couple of days no smell of damp or dirt. So far its been new tps maff full service every fluid changed. Blown clutch and gearbox altinater starter motor new fan belt x2 first seized tentioner pully broke belt 2nd seized ac compressor 2nd belt change and then nee ac compressor and regassed. Lesson learnt

[NP99]

People just don't believe that sort of damage can occur. As you say, lesson learnt.

[Stropp]

Yeh when my young bloke drowned mine we took the seats and all out, hung the mats out and I ran a fan heater for a week inside the car with the doors closed but one window slightly cracked, since then I have replaced the air con bearings, alternator and wheel bearings as well as changing all the fluids and the filters, the air filter was dripping wet as there was no snorkel then.

[Bloodyaussie]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pfDJL4gF4N8

There ya go mate!!!!

[MudRunnerTD]

Yep take the seats out drew. About 30mins for all of them. Take out the carpet. I cut mine across the car under the center of the front seats to help get it in and out. It has been out many times!

I hope never again! I hate bog holes!!

I have had my GQ to Chest hieght inside the cab and above the roof outside and got pulled out backwards. Drove home and insurance wrote the car off. I bought it back and rebirthed it. Never again!

[Bloodyaussie]

I tried to warn him but little boys hey????

3 dirt bikers stopped to have a watch and a good laugh... that very bog hole claimed my mate in his D-Max so I knew better!!!

[threedogs]

You need a drain plug in the floor. Hopefully you'll have warm weather later this week.
Gernie your carpets, dry and you know who's your uncle

[AB]

I'm guessing the water was muddy?

Yeah mate as above get it all out. On another note if you don't decide to strip it then do not use a heater in the car....lol....trust me! I did that once and the hot humidity just moulded up the entire inside. Cool air, windows down, doors open in your shed for a few days.

[Winnie]

Yuck! Something I never wanna do, but I came close to it Saturday night hahaha


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[Tank]

In the past when similar has happened to me I have found that hiring a carpet upholstery cleaner and giving it a good once over and then putting a dehumidifier in the wagon for a week works well

[Lieney]

I drowned a car in T'ville on the way to work. Had 6" of water swimming around my feet.
Once home, I put a sprinkler under the car for a long while until the water went clear-ish
I then parked the car in the carport and stripped all the carpet, underlay, console etc out of the cabin. That's when I discovered a hole, about 50mm across without one of those body plug things. A lid from a WD40 can was glued in place with sikaflex and the floor was treated with anti-rust stuff.
As it was cyclone season, the carpet and underlay went into the family room on racks etc and I had fans going 24/7 for about a week.
Deodorise it after its dry with carpet cleaner etc and then put it all back.

[happygu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pfDJL4gF4N8

There ya go mate!!!!

Ah... The Joy of the Bush.....

[Drewboyaus]

In the past when similar has happened to me I have found that hiring a carpet upholstery cleaner and giving it a good once over and then putting a dehumidifier in the wagon for a week works well

That's what I was thinking. Was gonna call one if those mobs that deal with flooded carpets....I've found one that cleans vehicle carpets too. Depending on how much it costs that might save me some time and effort.



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[Drewboyaus]

Yuck! Something I never wanna do, but I came close to it Saturday night hahaha


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Sometimes the brain says no but Evil Homer says yes! LMAO


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[MudRunnerTD]

That's what I was thinking. Was gonna call one if those mobs that deal with flooded carpets....I've found one that cleans vehicle carpets too. Depending on how much it costs that might save me some time and effort..
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Sorry Drew there is no easy way out mate. Getting someone in and they will have the same trouble, your seats are in the way of getting it shampooed

4 bolts per seat! 16 bolts and all the seats are out

[growler2058]

I had to remove seats all floor coverings and hose out
Floor coverings never made it back in they were fubar


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[Winnie]

If you hose out I suggest to take the ECU out first and protect all the plugs


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[happygu]

Sorry Drew there is no easy way out mate. Getting someone in and they will have the same trouble, your seats are in the way of getting it shampooed

4 bolts per seat! 16 bolts and all the seats are out

I'm with Mudrunner in this one....no easy way out. Pull the seats and carpet....it will be the only way to prevent the nasty smells of rotting underlay.

[Drewboyaus]

Sorry Drew there is no easy way out mate. Getting someone in and they will have the same trouble, your seats are in the way of getting it shampooed

4 bolts per seat! 16 bolts and all the seats are out

Daz,
Once the seats are out, how easy is it to get the carpet out?
I had an old Beemer that needed the carpet to come out as a leak had soaked the underlay. That was a c&$t of a job! Had to cut the carpet 'cause it was fixed to the firewall behind the heater core where I couldn't get to it.
I'm guessing the GQ is a bit more functional though.


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[Bloodyaussie]

Center console is a pain and the back as you have draws...

[Winnie]

Take the seats out, take off some trim pieces and it just lifts away!


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[MudRunnerTD]

Daz,
Once the seats are out, how easy is it to get the carpet out?
I had an old Beemer that needed the carpet to come out as a leak had soaked the underlay. That was a c&$t of a job! Had to cut the carpet 'cause it was fixed to the firewall behind the heater core where I couldn't get to it.
I'm guessing the GQ is a bit more functional though.


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Yeah not that hard. You never know someone may well have had it out in a previous life. If its one big piece than I recommend cutting it across the car under the front seats and then you can remove the front section and deal with it and then the centre section in one piece to.

If you have drawers then remove them and take the carpet out and leave it out. Refit your drawers without the carpet.

Have fun mate.

[AB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pfDJL4gF4N8

There ya go mate!!!!

Nice one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bloodyaussie]

At the time you were so flippant about it but now I bet you are a bit wishing it never happened hey??

The funny thing was that you said "The door seals are holding up really well" it's not until you get yanked out and open the door you see how bad it is....

Hope it comes up all right and does not turn into a stink bomb!!!

[Maxhead]

Whats a Patrol if you haven't drowned it....LOL Good job Drew

[SJC72]

You know you will only do it again next time!

Take the carpet out, dry things out and put seats back in, but not carpet. Also while the seats are out try and waterproof any other witing/fittings as well as you can

Just use loose mats you can remove when the going gets wet.

Not as if it is your daily driver...

[Bloodyaussie]

You know you will only do it again next time!

Take the carpet out, dry things out and put seats back in, but not carpet. Also while the seats are out try and waterproof any other witing/fittings as well as you can

Just use loose mats you can remove when the going gets wet.

Not as if it is your daily driver...

Steve ya dopey prick ya supposed to head over to the intro section and say g'day mate!!!!!

[Drewboyaus]

At the time you were so flippant about it but now I bet you are a bit wishing it never happened hey??

The funny thing was that you said "The door seals are holding up really well" it's not until you get yanked out and open the door you see how bad it is....

Hope it comes up all right and does not turn into a stink bomb!!!

All good mate. A bit of work to dry it out but no dramas. I kind of expected it to be a pain but was worth it.

[Drewboyaus]

So seats are out and I've pulled the carpet back at this stage, rather than pulling it out. There was too much frigging around in the dark with the bit around the pedals.
Speaking of which, does anyone know how to get the left hand footrest off?
Going to leave it tomorrow to dry out. Still to decide if I'm going to pull it all right out, there's some rain coming later this week and I don't really have an undercover area to leave it all open and I've still got to pull the drawers out to get to the last bit of the carpet.
Daz, my carpet was already in two pieces (front and rear sections) but going by how clean it WAS under there until I dunked it it hasn't been dunked before....I wonder if it was a change they made to later models (mines a '97).


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[Winnie]

Think Daz meant cutting it into 3 sections.... front seats, back seats and the boot.

[Drewboyaus]

Mines already in three sections because it has vinyl in the boot.......


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[Gerry]

Check your axle seals, I sunk mine and had to wait for bout 1/2 hour to get recovered and I have been replacing wheel bearings ever since.

[Drewboyaus]

Fortunately I would have only been in there about 2 minutes. We'd already hooked up a snatchy before I had a go at it. BA pulled me out pretty quickly.


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[Drewboyaus]

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/03/135.jpgSeats and drawers out interior and carpet Gernied now waiting for it all to dry out........


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[Nissbird]

Nice work! Been there done that and did what you just did.

Unfortunately the only way home is to take it all out, dry it properly, take it all down to one of those 24 hr carawash places and use their suck the life out of ya vacuum cleaners to get the dust out then stick it all back in.

You were lucky you were only stuk for a copule Of minutes coz water gets into everything! Surprising how noisy it is driving around with nothing inside the car isn't it. It feels all tinny and hollow, weird sensation a bit driving a submarine. Good luck gettn her back on the tracks.

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