i found new rust :-(

**GoLfMan** · 10-01-2006, 11:51 AM

i found some more rust in my car... in the front right wheel arch.. a big patch... OUCH

**Golf Loon** · 10-01-2006, 03:23 PM

Under the Guard?
Have you checked the other side?
Do you know someone with a welder?

**GoLfMan** · 10-01-2006, 07:43 PM

no rust on the other side.... thank god... its isolated. and also if you recall Loon that, that side wing also had a rust hole as the other one didnt, must be something to do with that side.
no i dont know anyone with a welder

or the skills to fit and weld the steel

and now its leaking radiator fluid aswell and i cant find where from. where will it end?

**Rednut** · 10-01-2006, 11:21 PM

at the end of the leak i'd say..

**GoLfMan** · 11-01-2006, 10:45 AM

lol yeh... i was thinkin instead of putting metal replacing the rust that im cutting out, get some fiberglass and get it shaped to fit. would this woork?

**Golf Loon** · 11-01-2006, 03:17 PM

If its not structural, bog is ok. But welding is better. Or screw a sheet of metal over the hole, then fibreglss, then underbody sealer.

**GoLfMan** · 11-01-2006, 03:54 PM

yeh i getcha. but i was refering to phyberglass sheating... in leu of steel, its lighter and it wont rust again. can u picture the thing im talking bout looney?

**Golf Loon** · 11-01-2006, 07:21 PM

Yeah I understand what you are saying, but its no good in a pillar, or chassis member or other structural part of the car. I have had a few Golfs that look ok and then you pull one bit of fibreglass and half the floor comes away

Just make sure that you are getting rid of all the rust and not letting it breed underneath.

**GoLfMan** · 11-01-2006, 10:27 PM

yes i will do all that. cheers looney. its not a pillar dont worry mate

but yeh its undercover and i will cut away and fish oil. cheers again

silva1 · 24-01-2006, 06:53 PM

you should always treat rust with a good quality rust converter befoe doing any repair work, othe wise you are just wasting your time
ther are some really good car wash products available from 4 wheel drive places that are designed to prevent rust, I think that they are very alkaline in their nature( aswelL as other bits & peices) & therefor prevent oxidisation