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Aiborne Salt: How Much of a Concern Is It?
Living in coastal New England, I naturally worry about the salt on the roads during the winter: how it will make my cars rust, how I can avoid it, get it off, and keep it off.
But the salt in the air: how much does that contribute to a car's rusting? Not a lot I can do about that, unfortunately....
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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- you live in a damp and/or humid coastal area, or - you do a lot of driving, especially highway, during mild weather in the winter where there is massive road spray mist (from trucks mostly), or - you park on the street where the car can get sprayed by passing cars. The best preventatives: - put a good coat of wax on the car before the winter - have the car oil sprayed each year - keep the car as clean as you can during the winter - minimize the amount of snow/standing water in the driver's footwell I live in the Ottawa area, which is road salt hell for cars. Nothing works like oil spraying.
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Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22 |
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Every time I work on something I spray near by bolts/ fasteners/ etc. with penetrating oil. I also begin prepping for work a few days ahead by spraying fasteners with oil.
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I'm gonna have to drive my rust free cars this winter. I plan on weekly car washes.
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What exactly is oil spraying?
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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basically spraying oil, often used motor oil on everything under the car, other then exhuast, and anything rubber. There are specail oils for this also. I have not done it, but thinking about it.
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I think I am going to oil spray this winter. Even with the undercoating this old car is not 100% rust proof.
My friends, who restores old cars, prefers to find oil covered engines and frames. They may not look pretty, but they are always in much better shape.
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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles 1992 750il / 17k miles - project car |
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I lived in Hawaii 20 years. Salt spray breeze was a way of life. (and car death) We used to use a Kano labs product called Weatherpruf. It helped the best, but mother nature will always win.
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1979 240D Caledonia Green/cream gone 1982 240D stick Ivory/Palimino 1999 E300D White/grey |
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My car self protects itself by leaking a bit of power steering and trans fluid along the bottom of the car, coats everything, haven't had any rust form in years!
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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Spray the bottom with a fine mist of greasy oil then drive over a dusty road. The dust coats/sticks to the bottom and protects it from the elements over the winter.
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POR15 any existing surface rust. Read & follow POR directions. Lots of info on their site. POR is also good for places that you are going to repair correctly (when/if you get to it/ you paint the car.)
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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do. |
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Down here in SE VA
There are a lot of cars which have rusted from the top down, with visible corrosion around the tops of taillight housings, sunroofs, etc., even if they have no northern-style corrosion in the underbody at all. The worst are the cars from Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore; the cars belonging to people who live within a few miles of the Ocean get doused by saltwater from nor'easters or hurricanes several times a year, but any fairly strong onshore wind will carry some salty moisture several miles inland.
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