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I've recently discovered, having my car (civic) on jackstands to change
break pads, that a lot of the underbody components have serious rust
problems. I live in Canada, so this is to be expected I guess.
It's most pronounced in the area of the exhaust manifold, it's litereally
rusting and breaking apart.

Is there anything I can do to stop/inhibit rust growth, aside from just
cleaning what I can with a wire brush? I am talking about parts that were
not originally painted, metallic surfaces.

TIA, any advice/experience is appreciated

Its called a weekly wash!

Tom


"Yuri Nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:Tfy1c.192427$QM4.2865020@weber.videotron.net. ..
> I've recently discovered, having my car (civic) on jackstands to change
> break pads, that a lot of the underbody components have serious rust
> problems. I live in Canada, so this is to be expected I guess.
> It's most pronounced in the area of the exhaust manifold, it's litereally
> rusting and breaking apart.
>
> Is there anything I can do to stop/inhibit rust growth, aside from just
> cleaning what I can with a wire brush? I am talking about parts that were
> not originally painted, metallic surfaces.
>
> TIA, any advice/experience is appreciated
>
>

thank you for the advice, very appreciated
I bought the car 2 months ago, during winter.... weekly wash u say?

any other, REAL advice?

"tflfb" <fuksatw@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:IFE1c.1$RQ.5655@news.uswest.net...
> Its called a weekly wash!
>
> Tom
>
>
> "Yuri Nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> news:Tfy1c.192427$QM4.2865020@weber.videotron.net. ..
> > I've recently discovered, having my car (civic) on jackstands to change
> > break pads, that a lot of the underbody components have serious rust
> > problems. I live in Canada, so this is to be expected I guess.
> > It's most pronounced in the area of the exhaust manifold, it's
litereally
> > rusting and breaking apart.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do to stop/inhibit rust growth, aside from just
> > cleaning what I can with a wire brush? I am talking about parts that
were
> > not originally painted, metallic surfaces.
> >
> > TIA, any advice/experience is appreciated
> >
> >
>
>

Undercoating may help some parts, but that weekly wash really is the best
PM. Don't you have those "touchless" washes that have the undercarriage
spray?

"Yuri Nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:FAK1c.23109$aN.302514@weber.videotron.net...
> thank you for the advice, very appreciated
> I bought the car 2 months ago, during winter.... weekly wash u say?
>
> any other, REAL advice?
>
> "tflfb" <fuksatw@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:IFE1c.1$RQ.5655@news.uswest.net...
> > Its called a weekly wash!
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > "Yuri Nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> > news:Tfy1c.192427$QM4.2865020@weber.videotron.net. ..
> > > I've recently discovered, having my car (civic) on jackstands to
change
> > > break pads, that a lot of the underbody components have serious rust
> > > problems. I live in Canada, so this is to be expected I guess.
> > > It's most pronounced in the area of the exhaust manifold, it's
> litereally
> > > rusting and breaking apart.
> > >
> > > Is there anything I can do to stop/inhibit rust growth, aside from
just
> > > cleaning what I can with a wire brush? I am talking about parts that
> were
> > > not originally painted, metallic surfaces.
> > >
> > > TIA, any advice/experience is appreciated
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

If you undercoat a dirty under carriage, you are trapping dirt under the
undercoat, causeing a bigger problem.How old is this car?

At this point all you can do is a search for a rust inhibitor, that can be
sprayed on after the undercarriage has been cleaned and wash the salt off as
much as possible in the winter.

Tom


"dg" <dg@isp.net> wrote in message
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> Undercoating may help some parts, but that weekly wash really is the best
> PM. Don't you have those "touchless" washes that have the undercarriage
> spray?
>
> "Yuri Nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> news:FAK1c.23109$aN.302514@weber.videotron.net...
> > thank you for the advice, very appreciated
> > I bought the car 2 months ago, during winter.... weekly wash u say?
> >
> > any other, REAL advice?
> >
> > "tflfb" <fuksatw@qwest.net> wrote in message
> > news:IFE1c.1$RQ.5655@news.uswest.net...
> > > Its called a weekly wash!
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > "Yuri Nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:Tfy1c.192427$QM4.2865020@weber.videotron.net. ..
> > > > I've recently discovered, having my car (civic) on jackstands to
> change
> > > > break pads, that a lot of the underbody components have serious rust
> > > > problems. I live in Canada, so this is to be expected I guess.
> > > > It's most pronounced in the area of the exhaust manifold, it's
> > litereally
> > > > rusting and breaking apart.
> > > >
> > > > Is there anything I can do to stop/inhibit rust growth, aside from
> just
> > > > cleaning what I can with a wire brush? I am talking about parts that
> > were
> > > > not originally painted, metallic surfaces.
> > > >
> > > > TIA, any advice/experience is appreciated
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>