[MSCW list] Strange Sloshing Sound Has Appeared

[Fadi Tarapolsi]

This is pretty common on Miatas. Mazda had the bright idea to put the
undersized body drain holes right next to the jack points of the car.
Over years of lifting (or even 1 bad lift) can cause the holes to
pinch closed. Or possibly there is some 'gunk' in there. Here is a
service bulletin for the earlier cars to help you. I found that a
small flat head is just enough to take car of the problem. Just do it
outside so you don't have water all over the garage floor..

http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/s034_94.html

-Fadi

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>    1. Strange Sloshing Sound Has Appeared (Glenn White)
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> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:41:33 -0400
> From: Glenn White <gwhite at maret.org>
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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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