How to get rid of rotting food in the car sill?
We had a mouse, (long gone), who kindly packed the sill with peanuts. These are now rotting. We have managed to scrape out most of it, as it is now a thick sticking sludge which is attracting flies.
Does anyone have an idea how to remove the sludge, without cutting open the sills. There is an electrical cable, so I am loathed to use boiling water or steam, unless you know otherwise. We can get access to the sill via a hole slightly larger than the diameter of a hose pipe, by which we have used rags on wires to get the worst out, and have used to funnel to flush the sill in warm water which drains out of the drainage holes, but this doesn't really touch it.
Any ideas
Answers:
cutting torch.
try a strong disinfectant or better still a bleach...
as above b;leach the ******
Have your car steam cleaned; steam will not harm your cables (it cools rapidly) and it should melt away the residue as it hits. It will then drain out of the sill as water.
Many auto detailers or car dealerships can steam clean; ask to make sure.
sell it
I think it is time for a new car. If you had a mouse in your car, it must be pretty nasty. Get rid of it.
Fill it full of hot wax and seal it in there forevermore.
Try using an industrial detergent then a high pressure hose.Then use an air hose to remove the water and any residues. Your local garage might be able to help?
I cannot believe that there is an electical cable,running along the sill!,,its just not done in the manufacture of vehicles ,,,after all,, what damage could you cause ,with hot water ,,that welding it on has not done already ?please look again .maybe some one has run some speaker cable through it ?
looking @ your problem i thought what if you parked on a slope and connected a wet @ dry type hoover to the larger hole and sucked the problem out with a little water as well.
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