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Water somewhere within the bodywork?

Every time we apply the brakes, or turn a corner, we get a sudden rush of water, which sounds like it is under the divers side of the car. It's like we re sitting in the bath!

Can anyone help?

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Also you will here the gas sloshing in early models like mine!

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Hi,

To my knowledge, there could be two (2) main sections where water could accumulate and or be in such quantity that it could be heard sloshing around when braking or cornering. They would be in the:
1. door - normally there would be drain holes at the bottom of the door (sometimes covered with rubber stopper) just for this purpose;
2. the left body channel - that would be the extreme bottom left pat of the car's body running between the wheels. Again there would be drain holes and would at times be covered with rubber stopper or simply caked with mud.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

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