[MSCW list] Sloshing sound

[Conerg at aol.com]

I had the same problem when I had my '91 Miata.  Haven't  encountered it on 
my '03 yet, but it won't surprise me if it happens.   There are drain holes 
to be found under the leading edges of the carpet on  the shelf behind both 
seats.  The drains eventually clog (it's a  terrible design) with leaves 
and other debris, and water backs up into the  car, especially if the car is 
not garaged or you frequently drive  top-down.  (If you check the carpet on 
the floor behind the seats, you'll  probably find it to be damp, and may 
smell some mildew.)  Straighten a wire  hangar and run it through the holes a 
few times.  Be sure it goes all the  way through to the ground.  That should 
solve the problem for the  future.  The water that's already there is a 
different matter.   You may have to drill a couple of holes in the floor, drain 
them, then insert a  rubber plug.
 
Conrad
 
 
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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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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.

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.

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?

Not that it matters, but it is a 2004 MX-5  Mazdaspeed, metallic grey.

Your mystified  friend,

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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