[Vwdiesel] Hurricane Hermine
Dave Cook
davevw at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 8 22:22:34 PDT 2010
A shop vac will work well to get the water out.
Then probably a good idea to pull the carpets and dry under them, there is probably wet padding/insulation. At least get an edge or corner up so some air can flow. Blow a fan in there pointed under the carpets too.
Also a few canisters of Damp Rid (found at Home Depot-type stores) will absorb humidity from the air, so if you have to park with the windows closed, as the sun warms the car and the water evaporates, it will be absorbed.
Dave Cook
--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
> From: Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Hurricane Hermine
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 4:23 AM
> Here in Ft. Worth/Dallas, we
> just had the remains of the hurricane
> blow overhead. I even got to see a tornado as I was
> fixing to leave
> work. In Texas, that improves your social standing
> tremendously. I did
> elect to stay at the plant till it
> passed....... Worst part for me was
> going out to the car and seeing standing water in the front
> footwells.
> Doing some research on the TDIclub website (good to so some
> searches on,
> not nearly as pleasantly interactive as this list), I saw
> that there's a
> history of sunroof drains leaking. I'd say that's the
> case as my
> headliner is now damp and sagging everywhere.
> Furthermore, I found out
> that there's some kind of service campaign on this (not
> that they sent
> me the paperwork on that.....). Anyone done the
> dealer service on
> that? I suspect that both my headliner and carpet are
> hosed. Not sure
> what they'll do for a 10 year old car, but I'm curious to
> try. If
> anything, I'm just hoping to avoid drilling holes in my
> floor pan to
> drain the water.......
>
> -Shalyn
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