sloshing noise, trapped water? (1 Viewer)

[Tennessee80]

Hey all,

It has been raining on and off for the past week, and I have been noticing a sloshing noise coming from inside the truck somewhere, and have not seen any posts about this before. Only when starting from a stop, or just before fully stopping do I hear it. It sounds like there is some water trapped somewhere. I also went wheeling with my son a couple of weeks ago, where we did a few water crossings. Does anyone have an idea where this water could be trapped? Any thoughts or help would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Joel

 

[Twiggles]

roof from clogged sunroof drain? I havnt experienced this, but have seena few posts about it...might be worth a quick search to see if the symptoms match yours...

 

[ranma21]

Most likely you have water trapped in the rocker panel. There are actually small drain hole at each end of the rocker panel. Try to use a very small flat head screwdriver to clear out the clog, then the water will drain out like no tomorrow

 

[Tennessee80]

Yep, pretty spot on, Ranma. Thanks for the tips, guys! However, I have pushed the rubber plug back up in the rocker panel... Anyway, now it will drain every time there is water in there!! Hopefully I dont rust from the inside out...

Cheers,

Joel

 

[informationjunky]

Check the trim on your sliding windows...it often comes in there

 

[SeanAndHis80]

Yep, pretty spot on, Ranma. Thanks for the tips, guys! However, I have pushed the rubber plug back up in the rocker panel... Anyway, now it will drain every time there is water in there!! Hopefully I dont rust from the inside out...

Cheers,

Joel

There are slots in the panel to remove the water without removing the plugs. A zip tie is the best way to clean them out. Search is your friend - there is a picture somewhere on the site of this.

 

[jvazquez53]

I had the same problem. There are these rubber plugs underneath the truck, exactly under the door jambs. Remove them.

 

[ranma21]

Yep, pretty spot on, Ranma. Thanks for the tips, guys! However, I have pushed the rubber plug back up in the rocker panel... Anyway, now it will drain every time there is water in there!! Hopefully I dont rust from the inside out...

Cheers,

Joel

Hmm, I should have made myself clear, actually you do not have to remove those plug. There is actually 2 flat tiny drain hole at both end of the rocker panel right on the pinch weld. Just like SeanAndHis80 mentioned the zip tie should the trick, I used tiny flat head screw driver last time. Zip tie is better.

Lim

 

[Brentbba]

To drain the water quickly, remove the rubber plugs in the rocker panel. Long term solution is to find those pinch weld slits and clean them out as suggested with a zip tie.