aarrghhh!! i found loads of rust!!!

payner75t · 23rd July 2008, 20:43

while my car is off the road until i can afford the head gasket replacement .
i have decided to attend to the rust bubbles that have started to appear on the driver's side sill.i've prepared the two large bubbles on the visible part of the sill and decided to take a closer look at the uderside of the sill.what i found was a bit of a shock.quite a bit of the factory rust treatment was peeling off .underneath where it's lifted , lots of rust and a hole through the sill (not one of the drain holes or jackingpoints).
i wonder if mine will be one of the first that will need some welding done for the M.O.T.!!
also the rear wheel arch edge is starting to bubble up along nearly all of it!!
i am wondering why the drivers side when there is not a bubble of rust to be seen anywhere else on the car!!

Kandyman · 23rd July 2008, 20:50

How about giving Rustmaster a call

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/inde...age=rustmaster

Dragrad · 23rd July 2008, 21:16

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Originally Posted by payner75t

i am wondering why the drivers side when there is not a bubble of rust to be seen anywhere else on the car!!

Probably the same reason on my old van, salt gritters in the winter, full broadsides on the way to work !! My poor old van had rust on the sills, wings and wheel arches. ALL on the driver's side.

apywell · 23rd July 2008, 21:26

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Originally Posted by payner75t

while my car is off the road until i can afford the head gasket replacement .
i have decided to attend to the rust bubbles that have started to appear on the driver's side sill.i've prepared the two large bubbles on the visible part of the sill and decided to take a closer look at the uderside of the sill.what i found was a bit of a shock.quite a bit of the factory rust treatment was peeling off .underneath where it's lifted , lots of rust and a hole through the sill (not one of the drain holes or jackingpoints).
i wonder if mine will be one of the first that will need some welding done for the M.O.T.!!
also the rear wheel arch edge is starting to bubble up along nearly all of it!!
i am wondering why the drivers side when there is not a bubble of rust to be seen anywhere else on the car!!

I have never seen any sign of rust on a 75 before. I thought it would never happen.

How old is the car?

payner75t · 23rd July 2008, 21:34

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Originally Posted by apywell

I have never seen any sign of rust on a 75 before. I thought it would never happen.

How old is the car?

its a 1999 car!!

Southside · 23rd July 2008, 22:06

I've seen a few older ones begining to rust now. We had one in at work few months back. Rust was bubbling out all around the chrome coachline trim on the passenger rear quater. That was an X plate

nisfo · 23rd July 2008, 23:39

My 2000 has a rust bubble above the rear O/S arch, thankfully it can be sorted easily...

nick nick · 24th July 2008, 00:25

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Originally Posted by payner75t

the rear wheel arch edge is starting to bubble up along nearly all of it

Although i dont have any rust at the moment what i do as a preventative
measure with the wheel arches is clean out all the muck that gathers
there and believe me there's a fair amount and when wet it holds the
dampness against the inner side of the wheel arch for ages which must be
one of the main causes of rust in that area
Best regards
nick nick

karl_683 · 25th July 2008, 11:29

I found quite a bit of rust on the rear doors where the wires for the electric windows go in. No idea why this would happen as there is no other rust on the car. Going to sort it out this weekend. This is in a w plate car. Blooby annoying as the N reg rover 200 that I replaced didn't have a single spot of rust.

23rd July 2008, 20:43	#1
payner75t Gets stuck in Saab 900 convertible,Ford Mondeo zetec tdci Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Braintree Posts: 808 Thanks: 16 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	aarrghhh!! i found loads of rust!!! while my car is off the road until i can afford the head gasket replacement . i have decided to attend to the rust bubbles that have started to appear on the driver's side sill.i've prepared the two large bubbles on the visible part of the sill and decided to take a closer look at the uderside of the sill.what i found was a bit of a shock.quite a bit of the factory rust treatment was peeling off .underneath where it's lifted , lots of rust and a hole through the sill (not one of the drain holes or jackingpoints). i wonder if mine will be one of the first that will need some welding done for the M.O.T.!! also the rear wheel arch edge is starting to bubble up along nearly all of it!! i am wondering why the drivers side when there is not a bubble of rust to be seen anywhere else on the car!!

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Kandyman Banned ROVER 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Limousine 2004 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Welling Posts: 10,995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	How about giving Rustmaster a call http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/inde...age=rustmaster

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Southside Gets stuck in MG ZT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tamworth Posts: 907 Thanks: 2 Thanked 75 Times in 43 Posts	I've seen a few older ones begining to rust now. We had one in at work few months back. Rust was bubbling out all around the chrome coachline trim on the passenger rear quater. That was an X plate

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nisfo Gets stuck in 75 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: - Posts: 868 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	My 2000 has a rust bubble above the rear O/S arch, thankfully it can be sorted easily...

25th July 2008, 11:29	#9
karl_683 Loves to post Jaguar X-Type Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Peterborough Posts: 323 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I found quite a bit of rust on the rear doors where the wires for the electric windows go in. No idea why this would happen as there is no other rust on the car. Going to sort it out this weekend. This is in a w plate car. Blooby annoying as the N reg rover 200 that I replaced didn't have a single spot of rust.