rusting oil pan fix
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rusting oil pan fix
I ride through a lot of saltwater marshes and hear that the oil pan rusting through is not uncommon, lately I've noticed that all the paint has flaked off the pan and am wondering how long its gonna hold up until rusting through. Anyone have this problem or know any good fixes? Its ashame its to hot to put truck bed coating on it or rubberized coating.
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I have a 95 with most of the paint fallen off and the metal has surface rust, if I put something similar to naval jelly on it, stuff that converts it to black primer, and then spray with like header paint, will it last?
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Take a wire brush to the surface rust clean the thing well to get all oil off then paint with your color of engine paint. Tape off anything you dont want painted. IF you get all the crap off before you paint it will last a long time.
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POR 15 is great stuff! They have the next best exhaust coating I've ever used next to Jet-Hot, better than Eastwood's Calyx, even! I painted the engine compartment of my sis' old Volvo with the black stuff. Had fun bouncing a ball-peen hammer off a test sheet without the paint cracking or flaking off! That is some heap good shizit, no question! If you use that on your oil pan (after good surface prep, especially) it'll outlast the rest of the engine! I'm thinking of thinning it down and using it on my frame...
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