Hello,

Ive posted a thread about some rust forming on our 95 E300. Right now car is in a bodyshop and it turns out that in its very early life, the windshield was replaced and the people who did the job scrartched up the paint on the pillar. Over all those years rust was slowly evolving until it surfaced. Anyways right now that is being taken care of.

Just recently I washed the under carriage and took of all the plastic covers in the wheel wells to inspect for rust and clogged drain tubes etc...

As it turns out in few places the paint started to peel, especially on curved bottom portion of the front fender. Since my time is limited I scraped off all the paint that I could and soaked the area with fluid film.
There is also some surface rust around the jack points, I also scraped off the surface oxidation and soaked it in fluid film.

My question to you is: Will the fluid film stop/greatly reduce more rust formation in those areas, at least until spring? All the affected areas are soaked in fluid film and so are any other rust prone areas. The car will be driven in winter, but I dont have other choices. I would let the body shop deal with it but it would turn out very expensive since they need to remove the plastic cladding to do it right.


In spring I will get some POR-15 and do a proper job.

So again, do you think Fluid Film will be able to stop the rust in its tracks?

Thanks, this rust issue really bothers me, however I am also mad at myself that I haven't checked those areas thoroughly last year, I only went over the water drains.

What's Fluid Film???

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08 W251 R350
97 W210 E320
91 W124 300E
86 W126 560SEL
85 W126 380SE Silver
85 W126 380SE Cranberry
79 W123 250
78 W123 280E
75 W114 280

A rusting W124 is a very rare thing. A rusting W210 is different story all together . I'd leave the rust alone for as long as possible and then replace the whole panel/part with a new one. Likely, the rust will hardly spread at all.

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2011 Prius

Fluid film is a water displacing fluid that should act as a corrosion barrier. It's like a thicker WD40. It should be OK as long as it's not exposed to salt spray. Those films will wash off eventually. The best product I've seen for this application is Bell Ray motorcycle chain lube. Designed as a penetrant, clings to metal, and resists being washed off. Nasty stuff to remove if it gets into crevices but works suprisingly well. Think of what a motorcycle chain is exposed to as you drive down the road in the rain.


Jorg

Fluid Film ?
Forget THAT overpriced junk.
Do yourself a favor, go to Canadian Tire & get a couple cans of "Rust Check".
Make your you get the green cans, not the red ones.
Green is for exterior panel protection, red for interior panels.

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2007 C 230 Sport.

I used to buy Rust Check but I thought Fluid Film is better, I wanted the best so I got Fluid Film.

I just hope that Fluid Film will stay and protect rust from further spreading until I have time in spring to POR 15 the damn rust