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| SN Member Since: 29 Jun 2007 Location: SK6 Posts: 729  |
Its not on the bodywork who cares?
I had the same on my very first D3 in 2006 and that was chassis rust Steve N | 21MY Defender  | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history) |
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6th Jan 2023 1:25pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2749 
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They look like cast iron brackets and casings, they'll get surface rust almost as soon as the car is built, it's not an issue but if you want to stop it, spray the parts with WD-40 or better still a clear rust proofing spray.
Don't spray it on manifolds or exhaust/turbo |
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6th Jan 2023 6:55pm |
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| Nuclear Nick Member Since: 21 Aug 2021 Location: Southwest Posts: 282
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Best stuff I’ve found for rust proofing and preserving motorcycles is ACF50.
Also, there seems to be an issue with the end of that silver flexible pipe in the foreground? |
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7th Jan 2023 9:36pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)
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8th Jan 2023 7:58am |
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| irma Member Since: 06 Jan 2023 Location: Europe Posts: 7 |
Whats wrong with the pipe? |
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8th Jan 2023 12:44pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2749
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XCP is great stuff, sprayed it on everything underneath my 2020Jimny
Two years later it all still looks new, most others l've seen have surface rust on various parts. That silver pipe is just a heat shield, the actual pipe is inside |
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8th Jan 2023 12:45pm |
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| irma Member Since: 06 Jan 2023 Location: Europe Posts: 7 |
Do you guys have the same rusting in your Defenders? Any kind of rust doesn't feel right to me in a brand new vehicle...
Here are more photos: |
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8th Jan 2023 12:52pm |
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| irma Member Since: 06 Jan 2023 Location: Europe Posts: 7 |
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8th Jan 2023 12:53pm |
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| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1777  
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I stand to be corrected but that appears to be the cast iron turbo and as such it is correctly coloured!
Trendy designers stick Corton 10 (?) all over buildings and think it looks nice, (just looks rusty to me) On a serious note, I don't ever recall seeing a turbo on anything that wasn't rusty. HTH Keith |
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8th Jan 2023 12:57pm |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 865 
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Don't lose too much sleep: the engine will have blown up, the chassis will have rotted through, or you'll have sold or written off the vehicle... LONG before any odd cast-iron components will have rusted through ("they all come like that, Sir").
Peter |
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8th Jan 2023 2:41pm |
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| TexasRover Member Since: 24 Nov 2022 Location: Paris Posts: 1041 
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Most manufacturers solve this with more plastic covers. Even so most owners never open the bonnet so why the plastic covers.
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8th Jan 2023 3:48pm |
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| Nuclear Nick Member Since: 21 Aug 2021 Location: Southwest Posts: 282
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I think nothing now having had a closer look. It seemed as if it was split and peeling open but now I believe it’s wiring loom adjacent that fooled me. |
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8th Jan 2023 4:09pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2749
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Did you read my post? Those are cast iron components and will acquire a surface rust coating almost immediately.
Don't look at the hubs behind your wheel centre caps! Or the brake discs |
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8th Jan 2023 9:39pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2640 
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Completely normal.
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8th Jan 2023 10:43pm |
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