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Well now I've got black gooey hands and knees, and yep, similar story. Light oxydisation on exposed steel nuts and bolts, primarily on the diff housing and steering arm joints. Other areas of the chassis looked weirldy rusty, but are actually some orangy paint or something. Having owned one before, I don't think it's something I'll loose sleep over for now ... at least no signs of oil leakage yet ;)
Be interesting to hear what your (our) dealer has to say about it. Keep us posted please.
slt
Juniors was the same as yours,rust everywhere.His is also 09.Parts of the chassis were very rusty,particularly the welds at the front.There was also paint scratched off here & there.Paint was very thin.They left front guard also sagged & did not line up with the bumper when you looked at the vehicle from the front:( ,if you can understand what i mean.
Also the paint inside the plastic wheel arch flares is now coming off,you can scratch it off with your fingernail:(they didnt notice that,and we didnt until we got it back
Anyway off to Austral it went for a week,they sent it out & have painted most of the chassis,and packed the left guard with washers to get it level:eek:
The loan D3 was nice:D:)
On a positive note, on my way back I looked into my mail box, only to find my 'Welcome to the World of Land Rover' pack. Included was a stainless steel/chrome plated luggage tag ... and not a speck of rust :cool:
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Originally Posted by slt
I reckon the word you are looking for there is "oxidation". :p:p
To add to this there is a useful explanation of galvanic corrosion and table here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blknight.aus
Galvanic Table
the corrison x I used was recommended by an Helicopter enginner who works in malaysia and they use thison the airframes in the humid conditions to slow the oxidation process down and helps to make bolts etc come undone quickerQuote:
Originally Posted by one_iota
CorrosionX
Previously ( like 15yrs+ ago) all imports had a coat off wax underneath and in the engine bay that was removed by the dealer as soon as it got off the truck. This would actually cost money and was part off the dealer delivery charges, by the sound off it they are scrapping this practice to quicken up delivery and reduce costs! Also the cars are now all being shipped to port Kembla as opposed to botany next to Australia's biggest steelworks and left out in the open for extended periods, salt water and iron particlulate fallout anyone;)?
I found out the hard way about wax as a trainee salesman(2 decades ago) took a young couple out on a test drive in a barina that had just got delivered to dealership on friday arvo, the wax doesnt smoke till its hot so when we got back it looked like the motor was on fire:firedevil: with smoke everywhere, no flames luckily, the detailers had not bothered to tell us they had a POETS and left the barina for monday to clean!
Thank god I left that job and moved to greener pastures!
So Stainless nuts and bolts with nylon washers? I gather this provides the necessary insulation/seperation
One appeared in our letterbox as well,probably cheap chinese thingy,certainly looks better quality than the paint job on the Fender chassis:D:p:angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by slt
Yes, or galvanised (not zinc plated - that is too thin) bolts and nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by scott oz
John