Strange bag of fluid in Ford Transit wheelarch

[Jo-jo]

Cleaning the moho today after our trip. OH noticed a plastic bag of clear fluid in the O/S front wheelarch. We've popped the bonnet and it's beneath a solid piece of the engine with no access to it. Can anyone help with what this is?

This is the N/S for comparison:

 

[daveandsan]

If it’s not sealed I would say a bag has got stuck in there and got water in it off the wheel.

 

[Abacist]

Perhaps picked up whilst driving and filling with rain & road water!

 

[Bob the fish]

Sorry I can´t give you the correct answer....but if you bought the vehicle from a previous owner I would think twice about going anywhere near the drug squad !!

 

[Jo-jo]

Ok, so thinking it might be from the road, we've tried to pull it out. It's got a black sponge-type material in it:

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[gus-lopez]

Push it all back in.

 

[Jo-jo]

Push it all back in.

The fluid is dripping out now

 

[golly]

Very strange, whatever it is I don't think it should be there. If it were me I would pull it out and inspect it more closely .

 

[Phill D]

I would loosen the wheel arch inner and see if you can get a better look at what it may be attached to.

 

[Googlebot]

Is it sound deadening material above the arch that’s been damaged?

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[Stoosal]

It’s a plastic bag filled with foam that is sound deadening….stops wing vibration/hum/noise apparently…..usually retrievable from top of inner wings. The bags get a hole in them and fill with water. Take it out from top and let it dry and put in new bag.

 

[Northernraider]

It's the reason Ford transits rust

 

[namwaldog]

I found a very similar sponge in a bag between the wing and inner wheel arch on a Ford Kuga when trying to get access to the washer reservoir.
I considered it to be sound deadening!

 

[Brains]

Breaking Bad!
Previous owner cooking Crystal Meth in the RV, obviously.

 

[B+W vanman]

Better Call Saul……..
And don’t mess with The Chicken Man…….

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[dunnah01]

Yep - some people would pay good money to smoke that

 

[Bailey58]

It's a doggie poop bag, there was no handy tree to hang it on!

 

[Minxy]

Perhaps it's had a colostomy!