water drainage

[Potatoswatter]

This is pretty lame as appearance goes, but I don't often clean my car… to put it mildly… and my trunk was getting pretty impressively toxic.

I took a garden hose and sprayed off the surfaces, and then folded the seat down and hosed down the seatback / back of the trunk. Seems some water went through the back seat, into the cabin, and collected on the passenger side floor.

And it's been stagnating there for a couple weeks now . I thought it would dry out but instead it got moldy. The situation seems to be under control, because the floor under the liners seems clean (but damp).

Sooo the question is: where is water supposed to drain from the interior?

For that matter, only a trickle came out the bottom when I hosed off the trunk. It looks like it can escape through the center of the spare tire well I didn't find proof positive that that's a drain at all.

[91ExSedan]

Water isnt meant for the interior.
Dry it up with a blowdryer, but not too close as you dont wanna melt up your carpet. My trunk doesnt drain too quickly either..I put a pencil-sized hole in the bottom where the tire sits.

[bcjammerx]

there is a plug where the spare tire sits...

Please learn why you do things...before you do them. You don't just take a hose to your interior.

You need to get in there with carpet cleaner and a scrub brush, scrub scrub scrub scrub the carpet. Use just enough to clean and don't soak it.

For the metal...remove all the carpet and the spare tire cover...you should probably throw them away. Clean with soapy water, then LIGHTLY pour water over the surfaced to remove excess cleaner letting it drain. Use either a hot day in the sun or a blow dryer to dry. Spray with fabreeze.

[Potatoswatter]

Yeah I never considered the trunk part of the interior but it looks like that's the way it is :P . It was pretty heavily soaked in automotive products and laundry detergent, spilled by a previous owner (I swear!) and it was a murky, oily mess. However the detergent prolly did have some positive effects . If only it were evenly applied…

But that still leaves the question: how do you get water out of the interior proper? The hairdryer is a terrible idea, the risks far outweigh the benefits. Maybe I should try (or should have tried, now it's pretty dry) a coin-operated vacuum.

[jdmboi type s]

hahahaha.....this happen to me before too it had water everywhere from the old owner,i replace my whole interior and replaced my floors eveything is new and mint now