How to Bail Out of a Flooded 1998 Dodge Neon
Take a deep breath and realize that things, while soggy now, will eventually be OK.; , Try your best to determine where the leak is coming from., If you are driving a 1998 Dodge Neon, let me tell you, the leak is coming from a cracked/missing gasket...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Take a deep breath and realize that things
This is best accomplished by getting in your car while it is raining and twisting yourself into complicated shapes in an effort to get your ear closest to the sound of dripping water. , To really make things cool, the water is leaking in and secretly traveling flume-style between your trunk lining and the metal outside of your car.
It reaches the car floor, in the backseat, and then soaks UP through the carpet, leaving you to wonder for months how the floor was getting wet without any windows, doors or seats being wet also. ,, Try a red plastic Dixie cup, the kind preferred by 4 out of 5 fraternity social committees. , Find a nice looking hill and park there so all the water sloshes to the back and accumulates, making it easier to bail. , You'll want to wash/Febreze these to ward off Dreaded Swamp Odors. , Continue as necessary until your car is no longer a cesspool. ,, Place old ratty towels on the floor to help soak up the rest of the water.
It also makes your car more inhabitable until the carpet actually dries. , The last thing you want is residual Dreaded Swamp Odor. , -
Step 2: while soggy now
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Step 3: will eventually be OK.;
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Step 4: Try your best to determine where the leak is coming from.
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Step 5: If you are driving a 1998 Dodge Neon
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Step 6: let me tell you
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Step 7: the leak is coming from a cracked/missing gasket over the left taillight.
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Step 8: Go to a service station with a car vacuum
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Step 9: spend a couple of dollars and suck out all the water.
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Step 10: Find something to bail with.
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Step 11: Situate your car so that gravity helps you.
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Step 12: Remove all floor carpets and hang somewhere to dry.
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Step 13: Start scooping up the water with your bailing device.
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Step 14: You may need to repeat Step 7 a few times
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Step 15: if the water continues to leak
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Step 16: if the water needs more time to soak back up through the carpet of your cute
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Step 17: but quickly-getting-less-cute 1998 Dodge Neon.
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Step 18: When your car looks dry... it isn't.
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Step 19: Buy stock in Febreze
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Step 20: then buy it by the case-load.
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Step 21: Enjoy your dry(ish) car and get that damn leaky gasket fixed.
Detailed Guide
This is best accomplished by getting in your car while it is raining and twisting yourself into complicated shapes in an effort to get your ear closest to the sound of dripping water. , To really make things cool, the water is leaking in and secretly traveling flume-style between your trunk lining and the metal outside of your car.
It reaches the car floor, in the backseat, and then soaks UP through the carpet, leaving you to wonder for months how the floor was getting wet without any windows, doors or seats being wet also. ,, Try a red plastic Dixie cup, the kind preferred by 4 out of 5 fraternity social committees. , Find a nice looking hill and park there so all the water sloshes to the back and accumulates, making it easier to bail. , You'll want to wash/Febreze these to ward off Dreaded Swamp Odors. , Continue as necessary until your car is no longer a cesspool. ,, Place old ratty towels on the floor to help soak up the rest of the water.
It also makes your car more inhabitable until the carpet actually dries. , The last thing you want is residual Dreaded Swamp Odor. ,
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