Audi Covered In Mold Explains Why You Can't Ignore Water Damage

[webby]

This mold-covered Audi is why you don’t ignore water damage

A New Jersey detailer got a call from the owner of a 2002 Audi AllRoad, saying he needed some cleanup done after the car was parked for four months. Inside, the detailer found the Taj Mahal of mold.

Before the Audi was parked, it had a firewall leak that soaked the carpets and interior. The result was a thick panoply of fungi coating most of the interior in stomach-turning yellow and green fuzz. The detailer said the cleanup required special chemicals, a steamer, two days of work, a mini-dehumidifier which pulled a quart of water from the car in a single night and clothes that would never be worn again.

But because the car had been sitting only four months, the mold hadn't pitted the Audi's leather surfaces, making the cleanup messy but possible. The steam worked on the vents and other tiny areas the detailer couldn't reach. The final result?

 

[webby]

I hope the owner gets the firewall fixed, or they'll be right back where they were before. Nasty

 

[LizBot]

I hate to sound automotive-ly ignorant but which part is the firewall?

 

[mattsbobo]

I hate to sound automotive-ly ignorant but which part is the firewall?

Between the back of the engine and back of the dashboard.. esentially the "wall" between the engine bay and the inside of the car.

 

[KennyGS]

I wonder how much the detailer was paid.

 

[webby]

How much would you have to be paid to do it? Or eat in it?

 

[webby]

Or clean this lol (I know this is old, but still)
http://g35driver.com/forums/picture-share/212883-look-what-my-dog-did.html

 

[LizBot]

Eat? You'll have to pay me more than what the car was original worth in the showroom...

 

[KennyGS]

Yeah, I think pushing it into a crusher would have been my first choice.