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volvo v70 xc awd - carpet V70-XC70 2000

What is the best way to attack this issue.

I have a 2000 Volvo v70xc awd vehicle that the owner left the front windows open and the carpeting on both the driver and passenger side fronts has been soaked, dirty and mold growing.

What should I do?

Look for replacing completely -If so, where?
Or should I attempt to clean it up - If so, how?








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    volvo v70 xc awd - carpet V70-XC70 2000

    I did it, so you can too!!

    Remove the carpet, one side at a time. You need to loosen the 2 rear bolts on the front seat (do not remove them) and then remove the front 2 bolts so you can lift the seat up and get the carpet out of the way. Put the 2 bolts back in and tighten up all 4 bolts.

    The driver's side has a plastic foot rest holding the carpet in, pull it down and lift up - not easy but with a little (lot) of effort it comes out. The bottom door trim lifts up.

    I used a bath tub, with a flexible shower nozzle. The back of the tub was perfect support for the front of the carpet - besides, it was winter time.

    I also washed it with Simple Green as there were grease spots. A large bristle brush provided perfect scrubbing. As it is summer, you could hose it down outside being careful not to crease the sides - so do not fill it up with heavy water.

    I would let it dry in a nice warm area for a few days, it will be dry enough in one day, but why press it? Inside the garage overnight.

    Put a mat down over the rubber floor insulation if you are going to drive.

    Check the foam under the rubber, if it is wet then use newspaper to help absorb water. Take out one of the center black kick panels and check the heater core and AC drain while the carpet is dry.

    Have fun!








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      volvo v70 xc awd - carpet V70-XC70 2000

      He is the update on this situation.

      Removed the two front seats. Took both front carpets out and power washed them clean. The front and rear floors are in about 1 inch of water at moment. Using everything I have available to soak up the water at this point. I put a small space heater in the car to dry out the foam rubber matting which I have lifted off the floor to do this. Looks like this could take days to dry out at this point.

      Any other tricks to getting the front foam rubber pieces out of the car? Seams to have some duct work keeping it down at the present. How to remove that would be a great help. Thanks.








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        volvo v70 xc awd - carpet V70-XC70 2000

        One of the first things to go into the body is the rubber/foam floor pan cover. That means everything else must come out before that can be removed.

        What you are doing is probably the best way to dry it out. Like I said, I used newspapers and pushed down on the rubber to 'squeeze' water out of the foam. Your car is a lot wetter than mine was.








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          volvo v70 xc awd - carpet V70-XC70 2000

          Day two of drying the floor out of the car.
          The issue is now that the upper rubber layer which is not in direct contact with the heat is falling apart from the foam under pad as it is drying out.

          Wondering if I should replace it now with something new, but where does Volvo get there stuff? Or should I look at something different?

          Anybody have any sites to review or experiences with this themselves?
          Thanks.







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