Getting a bit worried about my car being wrote off from rust, are the any notriously known spots on the car?heard tales about checking behind the rear seats, anyone know of this?

 

tailgate which im replacing has rusted quite badly, and a power steering have done the same so alarm bells are ringing, its a 1994 uk tt.

 

cars currently up on stands so ive got good access to underneath, also front bumper and all the radiators are off so ive got good front access to sum chasis members underneath, cleaning it up at the moment & thinkin of givin it a coat of hammerite or rust stop.any suggestions?

 

thanks

 

kesh

you will have to get rid of the rust first before using hammerite.

you will have to get rid of the rust first before using hammerite.

thanks, yeah thats what im doing at the moment, scrubbin down the areas with a wire brush getting off what i can.

put a good rust killer on before painting

You need to chemically neutralise it. There are loads of products out there that claim to do this but I can't say any of the ones I've tried in the past have really worked.

In my experince, anything more than surface rust will need cutting out - then treat with as much waxoyl/swhutz that you can with a good underseal.

 

get rid of anything that has rust on it, kind of treat it as infected flesh lol.

 

By the way the worst places it occurs is below the battery tray and in front of the rear arches where the targa pipes feed down and out through the chassis as the piping seems to get porpous over time, by taking out the arch covers just behind the door you will be able to get your hand in to check to what extent the rust has taken hold.

 

HTH

 

Ste

where the targa pipes feed down and out through the chassis as the piping seems to get porpous over time.

 

Ive seen a lot of posts blaming the drain tubes, on my car the tubes were badly rusted on the outside, to be expected cause everything else in the area was fooked with rust however there was no corrosion on the inside of the tube and when I tested them they were not leaking. The water is obviously getting in elsewhere people see the rusted drain tube and put 2 and 2 together.

 

As for places to look for corrosion... try the whole car, the more you look the more you find!

 

On mine :

 

front and rear quarter sections of sill areas (including floor sections and front of rear arches)

 

rear lower panels behind the rear arches (behind bumper)

 

Couple of sections of chassis legs, where they are double skinned the water gets in between causing rust to build up and the chassis legs start to bulge out.

 

couple of small holes in the floor behind the front seats, again a double skinned section.

 

ohh and that little bit that seems to go in lots of them in the engine bay just in front of the suspension turret. (o/s on mine)

 

 

Im sure i'll find some more as I go :D

 

 

PS. aint any rust behind the rear seats.... I must have one of the better cars then :rofl:

Ive seen a lot of posts blaming the drain tubes, on my car the tubes were badly rusted on the outside, to be expected cause everything else in the area was fooked with rust however there was no corrosion on the inside of the tube and when I tested them they were not leaking. The water is obviously getting in elsewhere people see the rusted drain tube and put 2 and 2 together.

 

As for places to look for corrosion... try the whole car, the more you look the more you find!

 

On mine :

 

front and rear quarter sections of sill areas (including floor sections and front of rear arches)

 

rear lower panels behind the rear arches (behind bumper)

 

Couple of sections of chassis legs, where they are double skinned the water gets in between causing rust to build up and the chassis legs start to bulge out.

 

couple of small holes in the floor behind the front seats, again a double skinned section.

 

ohh and that little bit that seems to go in lots of them in the engine bay just in front of the suspension turret. (o/s on mine)

 

 

Im sure i'll find some more as I go :D

 

 

PS. aint any rust behind the rear seats.... I must have one of the better cars then :rofl:

 

 

cheers for all the replies thats been a great help. Im going to get rid of all that i can before i start putting her back together, several people have recommended cleaning all the arches out properly an then wax oiling them to give it a protective coat and i think its just a case of treating whatever i can find!

Will let you know what i unveil! thanks again guys!