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    How to remove oil from car carpet?

    Quick Question to all, what's the best (and relatively cheapest) way to remove new engine oil from car carpet? My Emergency oil container managed to leak a bit in the back of my car. Thankfully my mat got the bulk of it, but some still managed to get into the carpet and in all likelyhood into the pile/foam as well. It's not completely saturated, but enough that it took a good half roll of kitchen paper towel to soak up the top layer of the carpet.
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    shampoo + high pressure hose will do the trick. just spot test first to make sure it doesn't damage the colouring.

    Then leave in the sun for a few days to dry out.
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    That'll work for the mat, but what about the carpet in the car that i can't extract?

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by Drache Mithal Click here to enlarge
    That'll work for the mat, but what about the carpet in the car that i can't extract?
    try a fabric cleaner (again, spot test it) and just follow instructions on the bottle. The autoglym one is very good.
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    You mean Autoglym Interior shampoo?

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    yeah i think thats the one. Click here to enlarge
    megs have a new one out but its not as good as their old one.
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    Sweet! already got the Autoglym one lying around, Thanks Click here to enlarge

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    The hotter the water the better - Steam cleaning is the ONLY way to do it properly (with detegent of course Click here to enlarge)....
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    Haven't got access to a steam cleaner, do have access to a wetvac though. Might give that a crack if i can't get it out by hand.

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