 Oh no! Rust....., Do we have a 2nd hell hole? |
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| scruz914 |
 Dec 15 2004, 11:15 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724  |
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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| scruz914 |
Dec 15 2004, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 |
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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| scruz914 |
Dec 15 2004, 11:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 |
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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| Lou W |
Dec 15 2004, 11:45 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
Can't you pour POR15 into that area and seal it that way?
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| boxstr |
Dec 15 2004, 11:52 PM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Just in case you were to get more water in the area, how about a drain hole?? Just a thought.
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| scruz914 |
Dec 16 2004, 09:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 |
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 |
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| skline |
Dec 16 2004, 09:27 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
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.
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