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Thread: Leaves and Dirt - build up in mudguards

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    Leaves and Dirt - build up in mudguards

    During the week I decided to change my front brake disks and pads - the disks had covered 150,000km and were at 27.5mm so still within their wear limit but looking worn and the pads had covered 90,000km and only half worn on average. The wear sensor had come adrift from the pads and got caught up with the wear and got a bit mangled so I replaced it as well.

    Disk and pads took about 1 hour each side but connecting the sensor up was a real pita. The connector for it is up at the top wheel well between the sheet metal and the plastic liner - well it took 2 hours to get the liner out and I had to cut out the plastic retainers as none would come out even with the center plug released. As the sensor is a consumable item you would have thought the connector would have been in an easily accessible spot - maybe in the engine bay near the battery.

    Any way - to the point of this thread.

    When I finally got the liner out I found that the bottom of the mudguard was totally packed with decayed leaves and other stuff - was packed up to about 6" deep. Included leaves from my neighbours oak trees.

    Now the plastic liner is pretty good so very little of the muck is from the wheel or the road and most of the debris seems to have come down from the gaps around the bonnet hinge and then down through the internal box section. Unlike previous cars I have had with this rust trap, the bottom of the guard does not seem to have started corroding (I guess the rust proofing/dipping process at build is pretty good) but I was surprised to see this that this rust pocket existed.

    So - pull your liners around the bottom of the front guards back from time to time and give them a good clean out.

    I assume this also applies to the D3/D4.

    Garry
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    It does, noticed the same when fitting my snorkel and again when I did my winch.
    There is a fair size gap at the bottom rear of the guards as I dropped a screw and it fell right thru.
    MY08 TDV6 SE D3- permagrin ooh yeah
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