Oil spilled on carpet

[coolen]

So I was vacuuming out my new to me car today, and come to find out that the previous owner spilled a large amount of what I believe is motor oil on the floor behind the drivers seat. I tried to sop up as much as I could with rags, and I even tried diapers. Which actually didn't work too bad, but it's still pretty saturated. Any thoughts on how one may go about absorbing that out of the carpet?

Thanks

[Evo_Spec]

you could take the carpet out and pressure wash it which is a little bit of work, maybe....steam clean?

[Hoodzy]

Cat litter, wood chips.. I think you can even buy special liquid clean up stuff. Sand..
anything absorbent.. baking soda??

[Nd4SpdSe]

When I swamped the truck, I took the whole interior out to be able to take out the carpet, and hosed it down.

[Daninski]

Absofuckinglutely the best idea is to remove your carpet but if your lazy (like most of us lol) you can use liquid laundry soap on the oil. Then use a shop vac and a garden hose to gently spray the area while your vacuuming. If you remove the carpet still use liquid laundry soap and your hose to rinse it out.

[Nd4SpdSe]

Oh ya, if you can definitely take it out and use a good degreaser on it, and one tip,let the carpet dry out COMPLETELY before putting it back in the car, otherwise the evaporating water doesn't have a good way to escape.