This old Camry (think it was a 2001) came to our dealership last Tuesday for an Evap code. A technician was working on it and when he put the car up in the air we saw this ...
It had nothing to do with the Evap code, but we were shocked to see the amount or rust it had underneath this car. It has the NC tag but no doubt this came from the North. This past Saturday another technician was working on the first gen Rav4 when he came over and told us about fuel leakage from the tank. I went over to get a quick look underneath it and the edges of the tank along with the fuel lines were all rusty and wet. Didn't take the picture though, so this made me thought about asking what's the most rustiest E39 have you ever seen in your life? What chassis parts or what area underneath the car are most vulnerable to rust overtime? Most I see are the V8 subframes, sway bars, side skirts, rust spots/bubble in the paint and body (my M5 sadly has some), the four jack pad locations, I've seen some rust on the chassis frame, brake parts, springs, etc. Just the usual stuff, but what is the most effective remedy to cure/stop/prevent rust from building up (and furthermore) in your car? Also, what about corrosion on aluminium stuff like on suspension parts and as such?
That's just bacon grease. Nothing major to worry about.
Whew, at first, I thought it was your car... LOL.
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Didn't know Toyota Camry's went down with the Titanic.
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Just spray a bit of WD40 and all will be ok.....
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I wouldn't worry about it too much... the rear does absolutely nothing on a Camry, since all the driving/stopping is handled by the front wheels.
They are gonna have one hell of a time trying to get an alignment though, but let's be real here, a Camry owner will never get an alignment.
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Might have been a flood victim. Probably coastal flooding with sea water.
Two words: "Fluid Film"....old farmers' trick to keep 50 yr old equipment looking new.
Aww hell nooo! If that were true, I would have burned it down long time ago.
Uh ..... no, regardless of any vehicle's drive train setup, or suspension geometry, or how/where the power is sent to the wheels, a rear end does play quite an important role in every aspect of tracking, handling, braking, ride quality, tire wear, etc. Sure, working on such a rusty is no fun and the customer would have to be strictly warned beforehand about breaking parts and expect costly repairs on a lot of stuff.
And, oh, we do sell a lot of alignments on Camry's and every FWD/4WD/RWD Toyota models, whether old or new.
Hmm ... didn't think about that, but you could be right. Or just that it lived 3/4 of its life up north.
Had to look up Fluid Film. Interdasting stuff ...
Did it have the Camry dent?
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Haha dude it was a joke. I know that the Camry has car bits because it's a car, I was just poking fun at the owners that treat it like a meaningless appliance. And plenty of Camry owners don't do any maintenance until something serious breaks, at least from what I've seen. Though if you work at a Toyota dealership, obviously you'll see lots of people bringing in their cars.
What do they think of you driving an M5 btw?
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I'm in New Jersey and I've never seen anything that bad.
Camry dent (tm) can happen in front or rear!
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That stuff looks awesome!
There's a guy in this thread that did his own salt corrosion comparison test over 6 months.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/...d.php?t=266327
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^Very nice test. We should get a thread started with rust treatment techniques for the E39. Identify areas to treat, how to access them, etc.
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I hadn't heard of fluid film, I always use POR15, which halts rust completely.
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I have some starting on the trailing edge of the drivers door and around the license plate lights in the trunk. Before the snow starts I am going to grind down to bare metal, treat with encapsulator, build up with Duraloy then prime and paint.
http://www.enecon.com/product-duralloy
much better than evercoat or bondo. doesn't "attract" or absorb water. We use it to fix corrosion on salt water systems on submarines.
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I used Plastikote rust converter to render surface rust inert. Then I use Por-15 over paintable surfaces (even under the car). Inside frame components, I use Eastwood "frame coating" which has a long tube with 360 degree spray tip to go inside the frame members and coat from the inside. It's also good for inside the rocker panels.
In areas exposed by not being covered by the undercar splash panels, I use rubberized rocker panel spray.
I've done this on the 530xi (now gone), 528i, and 540i. ON the 530xi (heavily winter driven) - there was surface rust on the steering knuckles and parts around there. I did the same type of treatment as above. After cleaning, I put the Plastikote rust converter (best that I've found for the job, even though expensive) and painted over the inert surface with Por-15. For good measure, I put Collinite electrical insulator wax on top of that - and in exposed areas not coated with the rubberized rocker panel coating. All screws, bolts, etc that were taken off were given a bath in the Plastikote rust converter.
The Eastwood protection was sprayed inside the rocker panels. and anything underneath that had holes in it.
Plastikote and Collinite wax were used on axles. Differential case was also painted with Por-15 before being waxed.
Hopefully this will help offset the ravages of winter on those 3 cars. (530xi, 528i - going to my daughter next year; and the 540i).
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