Sloshing sound and wet passenger feet!

Conquistador · #1 26th July 2015, 10:15 AM

Well yesterday I heard the dreaded sloshing sound of water when cornering. The car also dumped a load of water over my passenger's shoes too. She wasn't impressed one bit, and nor was I

What should I be tackling first? The orange plug which is prone to blocking? Is this the result of the windscreen tray blocking?

HPsauce · #2 26th July 2015, 10:25 AM

Any or all of the above.
Orange drains will be blocked so clear them first and dry the interior out.
Then you need to figure out why and what the water source is.

The aircon slowly fills the tray that the orange drains are meant to empty, but if it all appeared quickly it's probably rainwater from the scuttle drains being blocked and overflowing into the interior.

Rainwater also brings in crud that blocks the relatively small orange drains quite quickly.

If you decide to attack the scuttle drains with hot water and detergent (worked for me eventually) do it while the interior is apart and you have the orange drains pipes diverted into a suitable capacious collection device.

Conquistador · #3 26th July 2015, 10:40 AM

I sometimes drive with the radio off (to hear the V8 of course) and have never heard sloshing before. We've had torrential rain this weekend which is still going, so I expect that's why. If it clears today then I'll take a look.

Had the windscreen replaced about a month ago too. Could this affect anything?

If I can't fix the problem today then I won't drive it any more until I do.

The_Laird · #4 26th July 2015, 10:48 AM

If it's after a load of rain. have a go at the drains in the front wheel arches - they're very quick and easy to do. You'll find a rubber 'teat' at the top rear of each front wheel arch (no need to remove the wheel).

Just give them a good squeeze (or remove them!) and watch the water drain out all down your arm!

It's a 2 minute job.

Adrian E · #5 26th July 2015, 01:06 PM

You could try pressure washing the underside (ideally with an angled jet) in case it's just the sunroof drains that are clogged and it might be enough to get you out of trouble. Mine leaked once or twice from the area around the sunroof controls and that worked to clear it.

Conquistador · #6 26th July 2015, 03:52 PM

Hmm OK, a few options then. I used a long bit of furry pipe cleaner on the sunroof drains (which comes out near the door hinge) a couple of months ago and it cleared some gunk out. I poured 500ml of clean water through it and 500ml came out the end.

I stripped the front carpets out and the undersides of them were soaked, as was the footwell as you can see. I've located the orange plug thing and will pull it out a bit later if it stops raining for good:

Jim, I think I can see where it should be but I can't see any teats to squeeze! Water is steadily dripping out of a hole there though