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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Oh no! Rust.....

Posted by: scruz914 Dec 15 2004, 11:15 PM

I removed the center storage box between the seats. Saw a trap door into the tunnel and removed the plate. This is what I found.

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Posted by: scruz914 Dec 15 2004, 11:18 PM

This is directly under the back pad and against the firewall. All I can figure is that water collected here, maybe with the car on a slight nose up angle, and sat for a few years.

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Posted by: scruz914 Dec 15 2004, 11:21 PM

The good news is that it appears to be surface rust and, so far, passed the screwdriver poke test. Challenge now is to scrape the crap off in a tight area and control the damage.

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Posted by: Lou W Dec 15 2004, 11:45 PM

Can't you pour POR15 into that area and seal it that way?

Posted by: boxstr Dec 15 2004, 11:52 PM

Just in case you were to get more water in the area, how about a drain hole?? Just a thought.
CCLINROTOROOTER

Posted by: scruz914 Dec 16 2004, 09:06 AM

My understanding of POR-15 is that even though it does encapsulate rust, keeping the air away, the rust process still continues. Just more slowly. I plan on cleaning the area as good as possible, treating it with a conversion solution, and then coat with something like POR-15.

I suppose a drain hole would not hurt. I suspect that the damage is from the PPO. Under the PO's care the care was never driven in the rain and always under cover in wet weather. I know the car sat for a long time prior to the PO's purchase and suspect that there was a lot of water in that part of the tunnel during that time. I keep the car covered and rarely drive it in the rain so I do not expect the problem to continue.

-Jeff

Posted by: skline Dec 16 2004, 09:27 AM

I had some rust like that in mine, I used Jasco to neutralize the rust and then I used POR15 to coat is afterwards. I hope it all works like they advertise.