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AJP1987 · 09-25-2006, 06:39 AM

Whats up guys and girls. Last winter my heater core went and proceeded to fill up that low spot in the passenger side floor with anti freeze. So being lazy i mopped everything i could up with some towels and vacummed the rest with a wet/ dry shop vac. Instead of taking the 8 hours of my life to do a heater core, i just bypassed it so it cant come into the cabin. I thought everything was fine until today when i finally decided to pull the corner of the carpet out to slip my hand under. to my suprise it was still quite damp. i thought that the small amount of fluid would dissipate over time. Do i have to rip up the carpet or should i leave it and hope that antifreeze doesnt have any rust forming properties? OR, is this a normal f body thing and everybody gets fluid there if their t tops leak a bit?.

09-25-2006, 06:39 AM	#1
AJP1987 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bergen County Posts: 28 iTrader: (0)	Ummm Do i need to rip out the carpets??? Whats up guys and girls. Last winter my heater core went and proceeded to fill up that low spot in the passenger side floor with anti freeze. So being lazy i mopped everything i could up with some towels and vacummed the rest with a wet/ dry shop vac. Instead of taking the 8 hours of my life to do a heater core, i just bypassed it so it cant come into the cabin. I thought everything was fine until today when i finally decided to pull the corner of the carpet out to slip my hand under. to my suprise it was still quite damp. i thought that the small amount of fluid would dissipate over time. Do i have to rip up the carpet or should i leave it and hope that antifreeze doesnt have any rust forming properties? OR, is this a normal f body thing and everybody gets fluid there if their t tops leak a bit?.