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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby pikeybob » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:39 pm

Found some corrosion on the van :( :( Not on the body its on the Ford badge on the back door :? :? I get a pic up
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby pikeybob » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:00 am

Here we are

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Then on closer inspection found this under both rear arches :( :( :(

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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby ake » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:10 am

Oh dear :(
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby pikeybob » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:18 am

Always kept the arches clean & free from mud too. Why do i bother?
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby ake » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:21 am

Are you goin to try for a claim :?:
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby pikeybob » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:38 am

Is it worth it? There usless at Lincoln Ford. Put some underseal on it instead me thinks :roll:
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby sportacus » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:09 pm

shows why it pays to have a transit waxoyled as soon as you get it :D
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby pikeybob » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:12 pm

Shouldnt need to in this day & age :x
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby madmark » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:19 pm

just use plenty of spray oil ,this will stop it!
i use oil sray , inoticed my tank straps the otherday were getting rusty :shock: so i sprayed them with oil as well! :wink:
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby pikeybob » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:21 pm

Worth a try, thanx 4 the tip mark :D
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Re: Post up your Mk7 rust pics

Postby madmark » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:24 pm

mate i will allways use oil all over the van , i have allso drilled out the front arches ans filled them in oil ,this was a tip from transigeoff and the idea is to get the oil in the front arches before they go like lostpauls :shock: :shock:
i think i will be keeping the van for a wile so i dont want rust! :roll: :roll:
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