#1: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:25 pm ---- This morning I was on my way out this morning to find my car had decided to take the aspect of quiksilver to a whole new level and made her very own wave pool... in the footwells.
There was an inch and a half to begin with in the passengers footwell, wasnt till after I took half of it out I decided to take some photos.
All the other footwells were soaked through aswell, even the front seats were wet.
Ive managed to get the water itself out, but when the car is stood for a while its gathers together again.
How do I dry it out completly in this weather??
EDIT: It does normally have the original quiksilver mats in, but I toom them out so I could get the water out, before anyone says why have you got no mats.
Heres the photos I took:
You can see where the water has dripped off the seat and onto the plastic bit.
Passengers footwell, was twice as much in there it originally covered the whole floor.
Thats how deep it was half empty
WAVE POOL!!!
Drivers side, which is quite obvious really lol.
Behind drivers seat.
#2: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:34 pm ---- How did that happen? I better go check mine lmao
#3: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:37 pm ---- Im not 100% sure how it happened, ran my hand around the edges of the car and the ceiling but its as though someone has just literally poured it in the footwells and on the front seats.
#4: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: DJ-, Location: UKPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:37 pm ---- door seals?
#5: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:38 pm ----
DJ- wrote:
door seals?
That was my first thought, but then how do you explain the front seats being soaked, and when you sit on the your ass is wet?
I was staring at it for 15 minutes with my mouth open in shock when I opened the door lol
#6: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:39 pm ---- maybe rear window seals- check your cupholders in the back to see if there wet and flip the back seat up and check under it
#7: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:40 pm ---- I hope you get it sorted and it doesnt happen again, I think you are going to need a few.. hundred sillica gel packets in there!
The insides of my dads car windows had ice on them this morning, I bet motor factors are having a great time with this weather
#8: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:40 pm ---- Ant... ive vhecked everything possible. Only the front seats are wet and all the floors. The seat are dry underneath at the back.
My main question is how to dry it out lol, although you guys are probably thinking how do I fix it to stop it happening again
#9: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:41 pm ---- door membrane then inside the doorcard
#10: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:42 pm ----
Andrewxps wrote:
I hope you get it sorted and it doesnt happen again, I think you are going to need a few.. hundred sillica gel packets in there!
The insides of my dads car windows had ice on them this morning, I bet motor factors are having a great time with this weather
lol I did come inside and look for some shoe boxes as they normally have packets in, but then thought No... would need an epicly huge packet to deal with this lol.
#11: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:42 pm ----
namgaj wrote:
door membrane then inside the doorcard
How exactly do I check that?
#12: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:46 pm ----
Marni..206 wrote:
namgaj wrote:
door membrane then inside the doorcard
How exactly do I check that?
Take the doorcard off, and there will be a white foam sheet on the door which SHOULD be sealed all round the edge- my guess is it aint
#13: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: MNARAA, Location: In a traffic jamPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:46 pm ----
Marni..206 wrote:
Andrewxps wrote:
I hope you get it sorted and it doesnt happen again, I think you are going to need a few.. hundred sillica gel packets in there!
The insides of my dads car windows had ice on them this morning, I bet motor factors are having a great time with this weather
lol I did come inside and look for some shoe boxes as they normally have packets in, but then thought No... would need an epicly huge packet to deal with this lol.
Silica gel in bulk? Cat litter! (not the clay sort, the fancy crystal sort).
#14: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:47 pm ---- ORRRRRR..................... shove shadow in there and he can lap it up, mind he might leave you a few "yellow" puddles
#15: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Mattie-RS, Location: A Track near you ;)Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:48 pm ---- No one playing a prank on you are they??
Thats alot of water for overnight
#16: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: MNARAA, Location: In a traffic jamPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:48 pm ---- Still best to soak up what you can with a towel first, and maybe dry it out a bit with a hairdryer too. Silica gel should finish dehumidifying the car nicely though, which will help with misting/icing up inside in this weather.
#17: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: PUG91, Location: ShropshirePosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:51 pm ---- That's a hell of alota water bet it smells abit aswell, hope you get it sorted soon!!
#18: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: pug206lx, Location: Taking a gearbox off somewherePosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:51 pm ---- When you've sorted the problem, you could put one of those electric dehumidifiers in there for a few hours.
i did it to a car not long ago and it dried it really well
#19: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:58 pm ---- I agree it does seem like far too much to be over night, has the car felt damp recently before today?
#20: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: MNARAA, Location: In a traffic jamPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:59 pm ---- Perhaps putting a snowman in the passenger seat so you could use the car sharing lane wasn't such a good idea...
#21: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:08 pm ----
namgaj wrote:
ORRRRRR..................... shove shadow in there and he can lap it up, mind he might leave you a few "yellow" puddles
Haha... hes scared of water unless its the sea.
Mattie-VTs wrote:
No one playing a prank on you are they??
Thats alot of water for overnight
No, I have both sets of keys. One hidden in my bedroom, and one on my keyring.
MNARAA wrote:
Still best to soak up what you can with a towel first, and maybe dry it out a bit with a hairdryer too. Silica gel should finish dehumidifying the car nicely though, which will help with misting/icing up inside in this weather.
Got all the water out, just whats under the carpet I cant get too.
Will use a hair dryer tomorrow I think.
PUG91 wrote:
That's a hell of alota water bet it smells abit aswell, hope you get it sorted soon!!
It doesnt actually smell lol, if anything its made my air freshener things work again.
Andrewxps wrote:
I agree it does seem like far too much to be over night, has the car felt damp recently before today?
Never been damp before, bare in mind ive only had the car since 30th November.
MNARAA wrote:
Perhaps putting a snowman in the passenger seat so you could use the car sharing lane wasn't such a good idea...
Why not? I thought it was a good idea lol, just a shame he never stayed longer.
#22: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:10 pm ---- did you let shadow in your car when wet? use a rifle to shoot a hole in the floor to drain the water
#23: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:12 pm ----
Rob2859 wrote:
did you let shadow in your car when wet? use a rifle to shoot a hole in the floor to drain the water
CLARKSON
loved it
#24: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: M60SHW, Location: CarlislePosted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:16 am ----
Rob2859 wrote:
did you let shadow in your car when wet? use a rifle to shoot a hole in the floor to drain the water
Was lookin for the vid when a started to read this haha but yea at would kinda cure the puddles lol
non of your windows sligtly open??
#25: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: kencogurl, Location: Carmarthen - WALESPosted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:31 am ---- why dont you just go out and buy a cheap carpet washed or ask family if they have one and suck it up with that !!
#26: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: t1mmy, Location: ReadingPosted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:35 am ---- It seems really odd the seats are wet as well. Was the dash at all damp? It might sound crazy but do you think your winscreen is sealed properly?
#27: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Spanerman, Location: Neath, South Wales.Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:40 am ---- Does the car have a sunroof?
#28: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:18 pm ----
Rob2859 wrote:
did you let shadow in your car when wet? use a rifle to shoot a hole in the floor to drain the water
Nah lol, hes never ever been in this car yet. I have thought about drilling the floor so it can drain away.
Shaw-pug wrote:
non of your windows sligtly open??
Nope, always make sure they are shut at night. Purely to stop things like this happening.
kencogurl wrote:
why dont you just go out and buy a cheap carpet washed or ask family if they have one and suck it up with that !!
I already have, and my mate whos a mechanic but he cant use it for things like this at his garage, it is purely for them to valet cars.
t1mmy wrote:
It seems really odd the seats are wet as well. Was the dash at all damp? It might sound crazy but do you think your winscreen is sealed properly?
The only things in the car that are wet are the carpets and 2 front seats.
No water anywhere els what so ever.
Spanerman wrote:
Does the car have a sunroof?
Nope
The car has dried out quite a bit, smells a little now.
Had newspaper on the floors with a towel over the top and newspaper on the seats with a plastic sheet over the seats again to stop me getting a wet a**e.
Apart from that the car is okay
#29: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Devon-Derv, Location: Paignton, DevonPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:28 pm ---- Get someone to pour some water over the car and sit inside and watch where the waters coming in. You might want to wear armbands and a snorkle as a precaution
#30: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:40 pm ---- I had a hose and power washer on it today too see. Didnt drip in anywhere. I went around all the seals and everything to work it out. But there was nothing indictating a leak, was as though someone had poured it in
#31: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:19 pm ---- Did you also try all the way around the windscreen? t1mmys suggestion seems the closest after you have ruled everything else out
Is there any chance it could have got in through the roof and dripped through the reading light?
#32: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:32 pm ----
Andrewxps wrote:
Did you also try all the way around the windscreen? t1mmys suggestion seems the closest after you have ruled everything else out
Is there any chance it could have got in through the roof and dripped through the reading light?
When I read the post I went and checked, def not the windscreen. And the roof is as dry as a biscuit. Checked around the light fitting too.
#33: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: DJ-, Location: UKPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:43 am ---- sit in the car and get someone to hose it and see where iit leaks? probably not the best idea in this weather mind!
#34: Re: Whole new level of quiksilver!! Author: bashyy1, Location: Milton KeynesPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:04 am ---- defo worth using a dehumidifier if it happens again. Jus plug in n leave for a few hours
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