peterg1965
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2007
- Messages
- 1,144
- Location
- Lancashire
- Car
- 2019 Audi Q7, 2018 Mini Cooper S, 2016 Porsche 718 Boxster S
Three weeks ago I got a phone call from my wife when I was away from home. She explained that my son, sat in the back of the GL had spilt 4 pints of semi skimmed milk over the rear passanger seat behind the driver - dont ask me how!
Anyway, she tried to mop up as much as possible but over the last couple of weeks the smell has been unbearable, it 'chucks' inside and it hits you when you open the door!
I had tried bicarbonate of soda, fabreeze and shake and vac on the carpets and industrial strenght air fresheners and still it stank. On sunday the weather was decent so I had to do something more permanent. I moved the drvers seat forward and discovered that the battery is sited under the driver seat in an enclosed tank (should I have known that???). I took the plastic cover off and slid my hand down the side of the battery.... I felt (and smelt) semi skimmed rancid yoghurty stuff!! DISGUSTING.
Anyway to cut a long story short I took the GL to Kwik Fit, not being confident enough to remove it myself. They took out the battery for me (what a palava) and left me to clean out the tank, not a very pleasant task! They reinstalled the battery having cleaned it, everything worked fine and I went on my way. The smell has begun to dissipate thank goodness and hopefully that is sorted, the carpets do not smell. Kwik fit could not charge me, it wasn't on their set tarriff of charges!, so I gave the bloke a tenner.
Hopefully that is the end of it. Moral of the story - don't let your kids loose with milk in the car!
Anyway, she tried to mop up as much as possible but over the last couple of weeks the smell has been unbearable, it 'chucks' inside and it hits you when you open the door!
I had tried bicarbonate of soda, fabreeze and shake and vac on the carpets and industrial strenght air fresheners and still it stank. On sunday the weather was decent so I had to do something more permanent. I moved the drvers seat forward and discovered that the battery is sited under the driver seat in an enclosed tank (should I have known that???). I took the plastic cover off and slid my hand down the side of the battery.... I felt (and smelt) semi skimmed rancid yoghurty stuff!! DISGUSTING.
Anyway to cut a long story short I took the GL to Kwik Fit, not being confident enough to remove it myself. They took out the battery for me (what a palava) and left me to clean out the tank, not a very pleasant task! They reinstalled the battery having cleaned it, everything worked fine and I went on my way. The smell has begun to dissipate thank goodness and hopefully that is sorted, the carpets do not smell. Kwik fit could not charge me, it wasn't on their set tarriff of charges!, so I gave the bloke a tenner.
Hopefully that is the end of it. Moral of the story - don't let your kids loose with milk in the car!