106rallye

Hoping that the font of knowledge might be able to help me!

I have an very clean old 5 series but unfortuately the torrential rain we have had has shown that it is not completely watertight!

I have stripped out the carpeting in the boot to dry and got a waterproof car cover but is there anything that I can put in the boot to absorb the rest of the moisture? It may be 20 odd years old but it has hardly any rot and i wanted to keep it that way!! I was thinking large packs of that silica or something along those lines - unfortunately it has to stay outside at the moment. Also it smells a bit musty now anything good to kill off the mould?

Thanks everyone

Andy

David Lock

I had this with an old Jag and the only way was to leave the boot open on a bright dry day. And try and find the cause of the leak like leaves blocking the run off. Try and disable the boot light if you have one. Be wary of waterproof car covers. I tried this and the whole inside of the car went damp and mouldy after a couple of months. You can get sprays for the mould but I never found a good one; I wiped off with soap and hot water.

apples24

iTrader: (1)

firstly id be checking the rubbers for leaks and any boot spoiler holes that need silicone seatling etc


i suppose in this weather i would prob get one of those mains hot air heaters the small ones for desks etc and put it int he boot and leave it on for an hour, once bone dry id clean the lot to remove smells etc

mart360

dessicant packs,
and some bicarb of soda


Mart

robby

you could stick a small de-humidifier in the boot - cheapish to buy or rent

put some of the neutradol jel packs in afterwards to get rid of the musty smell