[MSCW list] Strange sloshing sound

[Henry and Keturah Collins]

Glenn --

You may want to check the drains. They're probably clogged, allowing water to accumulate where you don't want it.? The openings are at the top of the seatbelt tower; a straightened hanger should do the job.? A Google search will offer pictures and tips.

I had a similar revelation with my '90 model when I investigated a sloshing sound in the door sill cavities.? Fortunately, my '04 MSM (titanium, like yours) is garaged at home and work, and therefore less likely to accumulate junk (but I'll clean them this weekend).

-- Henry




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>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:41:33 -0400
>From: Glenn White <gwhite at maret.org>
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>Subject: [MSCW list] Strange Sloshing Sound Has Appeared
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>Okay, here's a weird one.? I've had this car for 6 years, and have only
>noticed this in the last week.? In the mornings on the way to work, I hear
>an obvious liquid sloshing around sound coming from what seems to be behind
>the passenger seat.? It doesn't matter if the fuel tank is full or near
>empty.? I don't hear it on the way home, but it sounds like it is a lot of
>water?, gas? sloshing around.? There's no odor in the car or in the trunk,
>and I've stopped and swung the door open/closed and it is not in the door.
>It seems like it correlates some with whether it has rained, but I'm not
>sure about that.
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>I play the stereo at the same volume all the time, and have been doing
>stop/start driving in DC for 3+ years now, along the same route every day,
>and I've never heard this until last week.
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>I was the victim of someone letting the air out of one of my tires
>overnight on several occasions, could I be the victim of another prank or
>is there a more scientific explanation?
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>Not that it matters, but it is a 2004 MX-5 Mazdaspeed, metallic grey.
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>Your mystified friend,
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>Glenn
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>-- 
>Glenn E. White, Ph.D.
>Science Department
>Maret School
>3000 Cathedral Avenue NW
>Washington, DC? 20008
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