peter lena 8,608 #1 Posted September 16, 2023 was just at the local , fuel up area , parked along side a Nissan , quad cab , pickup , every lower body seam had the yellow / orange discoloration band starting , even the lower door drainage areas . fender wells were just starting , puff up paint . what could have possibly stopped , prevented that from happening ? even tail gate was , breaking paint , Kroil penetrating oil , or similar , deep creep oil , aerosol spray tube , would have been , soaking / preventing that , all of my drivers , have an oil film in / on metal seam connections , zero rust / rot or paint bubbles . even mineral oil will save your stuff , pretty cheap too , in gallon form . just a reference to something easily prevented , oily, Pete 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,314 #2 Posted September 16, 2023 4 hours ago, peter lena said: was just at the local , fuel up area , parked along side a Nissan , quad cab , pickup , every lower body seam had the yellow / orange discoloration band starting , even the lower door drainage areas . fender wells were just starting , puff up paint . what could have possibly stopped , prevented that from happening ? even tail gate was , breaking paint , Kroil penetrating oil , or similar , deep creep oil , aerosol spray tube , would have been , soaking / preventing that , all of my drivers , have an oil film in / on metal seam connections , zero rust / rot or paint bubbles . even mineral oil will save your stuff , pretty cheap too , in gallon form . just a reference to something easily prevented , oily, Pete So I gotta ask…did you approach the guy and give him this info?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,608 #3 Posted September 16, 2023 @Sparky no never saw him / her , might have if given the chance , was once telling a guy , and his response was G A S , didn't really care , so just left him . saw a number of guys in the NG , COSMOLINE their stuff , used diesel fuel as the carrier , talk about a flush down ! worked as transport for motor pool to Bradley field , HFD , transport rebuilt trucks . on the other hand my son has rust free cars / truck in Vermont , don't know where he got the ideas from . my grandson is coming home from calif with a pristine 93 mercury , with 52 k original miles on it , bet that will get the soak down , its only me , Pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,565 #4 Posted September 16, 2023 7 hours ago, peter lena said: even mineral oil will save your stuff , pretty cheap too , in gallon form . just a reference to something easily prevented , oily, Pete Even cheaper - The oil that you remove from your engine during an oil change. Change oil - spray the used oil into all the nooks and crannies on your vehicle. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,608 #5 Posted September 16, 2023 @Achto most important is the initial soak into the metal , once that finish is in place , it will turn/ shed water , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites