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Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« on: May 21, 2017, 10:12:45 am »
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 10:23:07 am »
This picture?



Even though they can fix the current rust, what will stop it from happening again?
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2017, 11:06:35 am »
ANY rust on an almost new vehicle is never a good thing.  How would the dealer stop this area from rusting up again?
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2017, 01:49:09 pm »
That looks like rust run off stain which means rust is further up . 
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2017, 03:15:04 pm »
A car that recent shouldn't rust like that -- not a good sign -- I'd avoid it.
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2017, 05:37:34 pm »
It's impossible to know what's rusting. It could merely be a fastener.
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2017, 05:51:15 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on May 21, 2017, 05:37:34 pm
It's impossible to know what's rusting. It could merely be a fastener.
^^This.
Just spray some oil up there, can't hurt.
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2017, 10:33:21 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on May 21, 2017, 05:37:34 pm
It's impossible to know what's rusting. It could merely be a fastener.

It is a fastener, a plastic one.  It is not a problem.  WD40 and and tiny fingers and it is gone.

However, it does illustrate that this vehicle was never washed properly or regularly.  So check the history carefully. Oil change interval is 7500 km. 
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2017, 12:05:27 am »
Quote from: ArticSteve on May 21, 2017, 10:33:21 pm


It is a fastener, a plastic one.  It is not a problem.  WD40 and and tiny fingers and it is gone.


How the hell does plastic rust?
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2017, 12:21:33 am »
You're making the assumption that the stain is from corroding metal.   

Like suggested a shot of Krown or penetrating oil would "fix" it.  It's not a "run like hell" situation.
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Re: Surface rust - safe to buy or run like hell?
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2017, 09:10:34 pm »
I wouldn't 'run like hell'. But I would remove that trim piece entirely, fix/replace whatever is causing that stain, and then coat the backside of that trim panel with some standard multipurpose grease (that thick black stuff) before installing.

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