ML Water cooled jacking point ?

[colin ling]

I recently wrote regarding my ML and a low pitch rumble.

As tyre noise has been suggested, I swopped tyres front to back today, to see if the noise changed in any way.

When I jacked up the off side, some water dripped from the front jacking point, so after the tyre swop I removed the plastic jack pad and rubber gasket and out came about a pint of clean water.

Does anyone know how it got in there ? (I washed the ML this week)

thanks

Colin Ling

 

[television]

I would check for any missing bungs that may have come out or got lost

 

[w44nty]

If it is nearside it could be coming from the overflow pipe from the aircon unit,sorry just read you stated offside

 

[colin ling]

I removed the fixings on the bottom of the black plastic sill cover and pulled the cover down a bit. Inside on the bottom of the sill there are 3 drain flaps, 2 were stuck shut and 1 was blocked with mud from the inside of the sill. They all cleaned up easily with some clean water.

I also removed the front wheel arch inner plastic cover and after removing a bung at the front end of the sill and looking into the sill, you can see there is a small amount of wet mud in the sill.

I could not find any missing bungs so how the mud got in is a mystery

As I have never been off road or in deep water, I question the designers ideas for allowing water to enter sills ?

Any more ideas?

thanks

Colin Ling