my lude looks really nice on the outside, but the engine bay is really rusted and so is the underbody........what can I do to clean up the rust?........and does an aftermarket header go through that braided pipe and all the way to the cat?
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Modified by msinsky14 at 12:58 PM 5/21/2006


Modified by msinsky14 at 1:04 PM 5/21/2006

 

PB blaster is awesome with taking out rust

it just depends on how deep the rust goes. Looks like there are a couple spots where you may be in some trouble.

 

what spots are in trouble?

 

shock tower area and motor mounts.

 

what about that little thing that looks like a drum behind my driver's side headlight?

 

part of the engine bay where the shocks are bolted to........

 

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the cruise control?

that looks ok. Take some PB blaster to that and let it soak for a little bit. Then take a bristle pad and scrub it down, then clean it off with a wet rag.

 

yeah, and what about underneath??

 

whats PB blaster?

 

have fun with that. You cant ever tell the true extent of rust damage until you actually get in there and try to take it out.

 

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you can get it at any auto parts store

 

oh i know I want to change my interior over to black after I fix this stuff................I live in northern Ohio and it has 118,000 miles on it........everything runs well but that braided exhaust pipe is leaking out some loud sounds from it.....whats ur AIM?


Modified by msinsky14 at 1:33 PM 5/21/2006

 

how northern ohio?
i'm in cincyso probably a lot more than me but o well
the header goes to the cat. new ones come with both pieces and will probably help
mine had some bad noise from my cat until i replace it with a straight through cat
and the blaster is the best thing to use for stuck bolts. just don't get it on anything rubber or polyurethane.
if you do clean it off quick

 

I was told the blaster will work to get rust off of anything metal, not just to undo bolts......but will it help undo rusted bolts when lowering the car?

 

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No, rust has to be sanded off or you can use Scotch-brite or steel wool to get it off. I paint military vehicles and parts every single day and those things are always rusted to ****. We use $125/gallon rust preventative primer & paint and we still have to sand it off first.

So get you some fine sandpaper, steel wool or Scotch-brite pads and sand it off.

 

those vacuum hoses look pretty rough, i would look into get some new ones and maybe replace a few of your other hoses

 

but will it scrape off the paint too??......like on thr pic of the shock mount?

 

the weird this is that all the engine rust is on the driver's side, theres only a little normal grime on my passenger side....how would water be getting in there????

 

how much did you pay for it?

 

4300 with 117,000 mileseverything works wonderfully mechanically wise, but it just looks bad

 

the first thing i would do is bring it to the car wash and pressure wash the engine bay with castrol syntech the BEST degreaser available.

 

isnt that motor oil???and even if wouldnt that be a bad idea to throw water around in the engine bay with rus tthere already?

 

too rusted, too blue inside, too much stuff.........
SELL IT!

 

why sell it, I just bought it, I wanted silver, but now I have to deal with the blue interior......I might change it out soon

 

looks like someone took a dump.

good luck