Diesel in car boot

Good loser

It spilled and now smells. Any suggestions?

bob charles

petrol, thats of course if you prefer the smell of petrol:D

on a serious note, ground coffee clears lots of odours

bbam

Good loser wrote: »

It spilled and now smells. Any suggestions?

Sell it!

Seriously. We managed to spill a full drum in my last car and three years later you could still get the smell in the boot on a warm day.

One thing that did help as well was to change the main carpet. €20 from a scrappie.
I brought it to the local detailing lads and they steam cleaned it out, used some crazy stuff but there was always a lingering smell.

Good loser

bbam wrote: »

Sell it!

Seriously. We managed to spill a full drum in my last car and three years later you could still get the smell in the boot on a warm day.

One thing that did help as well was to change the main carpet. €20 from a scrappie.
I brought it to the local detailing lads and they steam cleaned it out, used some crazy stuff but there was always a lingering smell.

If I'd known it was that bad I wouldn't have spilled it! Will try the ground coffee.

ootbitb

cut up onions absorb odours.

bbam

ootbitb wrote: »

cut up onions absorb odours.

I tried that and the car just smelled like a veg shop with diesel on the floor..
I also tried bread soda.. also "fabreeze" did nothing..

The coffee I didn't try, be interesting to see how that goes..

Its tough to move the diesel smell...

bogman_bass

diesel isnt very volitile, in other words its very slow to evaporate. You're gonna be stuck with that smell for a fair while. Rip out and replace the carpet is the only hope

reilig

I have a couple of suggestions:

1. You can buy a can of Citrus degreaser in Halfords for approx €6. Spray a good bit of the can onto the affected area, leave for half an hour and then wash it out with a carpet shampoo. Might be best to remove the carpet out of the boot before you do this.

2. Natural Charcoal is probably the best way known to man to disguise a smell. It could be worth a punt.

3. A simple way of treating such a smell and spillage is to wash it with washing soda and a couple of litres of coca cola!! Could be the cheapest and best option of all!

pakalasa

Washing up liquid will dissolve diesel as good as anything else.

Username John

ha ha...

I've done this, spilled some diesel in the boot... stank the place up for a good while all right... It was the second (read sh'tty car) so it wasn't too bad...
The wife wasn't too happy if she had to use that car for a good bit afterwards, and if we driving anywhere at work, colleagues refused to get into it...

I washed the mat with washing up liquid I think, and left it dry before I put it back in. After a few weeks, it kinda disappeared... I left the windows open a few inches all the time for those few weeks tho...

Dunedin

Username John wrote: »

ha ha...

I've done this, spilled some diesel in the boot... stank the place up for a good while all right... It was the second (read sh'tty car) so it wasn't too bad...
The wife wasn't too happy if she had to use that car for a good bit afterwards, and if we driving anywhere at work, colleagues refused to get into it...

I washed the mat with washing up liquid I think, and left it dry before I put it back in. After a few weeks, it kinda disappeared... I left the windows open a few inches all the time for those few weeks tho...

I know the feeling. Basically I use the 'good' car for work at week and then use the 'second' car (which is basically the wife's) for farming and shooting at weekends.

When the wife gets the car back on Monday mornings, she does be less than impressed with the sh*te on the seats combined with the smell of 2 dogs from the boot.:D:D:D:D:D