Water sloshing noise under steering column

Maintenance/Repairs
1

I have a 2004 Camry with 45K miles.



Recently there is a noise coming from under the steering column, and teh best I can describe it as water sloshing in a container.

This noise is only there when the car is started after being idle for several hours and is there for the first couple of turns and start/stops.

I checked the A/C water resrvoir and there was some water in there and I drained it but the noise is still there.



Any ideas??

2

Check to see if their is any plastic to plastic contact

Is there any kind of a sensor that the steering shaft passes through (at the bottom of the shaft, near the floor)

Your car has a AC water resivoir? Really no water should ever accumulate in the evaporator housing, is should be free to drain immeditally.

3

has anybody checked the heater core?

4

There might be air in the cooling system, and the noise you hear is the air bubbling through the heater hoses to/from the heater core under the dash.