Flooded cars

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

Remove all the soft trim - sound deadening mats, carpeting, seats, and
anything else that can grow mold from retained moisture.   Exercise all the
electrical items - window and seat motors, antenna, horn, wiper motors -
anything that uses electricity.  If they all work, fine.  If anything
doesn't work, troubleshoot it and make sure it is all clean and dry.  Make
very sure all the body drains are open - for instance inspect the bottom
edge of the doors, and use a thin knife or the like to make sure that they
can call drain.  Park the car in a low humidity, warm environment for a
while, to make sure it is thoroughly dry.  Then sniff - if you smell mildew
or something worse, it is probably never going to go away, and you'd best
plan on parting it out.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Woosley" <woosleypat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: IML: Flooded cars


> Any advice, or leads to advice, on what steps should be taken after a (non
computer equipped) car has been under water?  Dry everything out, change
oil, transmission fluid, rear end grease ... what else?
>
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