coolent on the carpet ugg

[melcardona]

ok....yah leaking heater core.............shop vac it up...tie heater hosess together...suck out the remaining coolent from the core.....but whet is your remedy to get the carpet clean of that nasty stuff....???? douche with water and keep vacing it up ???

 

[RustyRatRod]

A small carpet cleaner like the Bissell Green Machine.

 

[matthon]

What I did as the antifreeze was pooled in the lower parts and ribs of the floor, and the carpet was too saturated and could not get it to dry.

Pull the door sill and the kickpanel on that side, pull back the carpet, pull the nearest floor drain plugs.

Roll up a towel and put it near the seat, to keep water from running under the seat and towards the rear footwell.

Lay carpet back down, rinse it with a hot water hose, scrub it with soapy water, rinse again.

Dry floor and carpet with towel, let sit in sun or warm shop.

 

[melcardona]

What I did as the antifreeze was pooled in the lower parts and ribs of the floor, and the carpet was too saturated and could not get it to dry.

Pull the door sill and the kickpanel on that side, pull back the carpet, pull the nearest floor drain plugs.

Roll up a towel and put it near the seat, to keep water from running under the seat and towards the rear footwell.

Lay carpet back down, rinse it with a hot water hose, scrub it with soapy water, rinse again.

Dry floor and carpet with towel, let sit in sun or warm shop.

many moons ago..i now remember doing the hot water floor flood thing for a customer who had a roton stinkin no good vett ..no one in town would do the heater core...one other shop said take it to him.....my 1995 6hp craftsmens shop vack pulls carpit up off the floor...poor hot water on vack it out...finish with dawn then fan over night....its weard....untill someone bring up an idea ....ive for got much of my own doing the last 40 od yrs...........you did bring up a forgotton part ive not found because i forgot to keep looking...the door sills trim plate..tks brother!!!!

 

[Murray]

Remove seat and carpet completely to air dry (two/three days?) Replace the heater core. It's not brain surgery.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Remove seat and carpet completely to air dry (two/three days?) Replace the heater core. It's not brain surgery.

That would be my recommendation as well.