[urq] Wax coating

[DGraber460 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/26/2006 1:18:02 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
i.rautenberg at waratap.com writes:

Correct.  Cosmoline is the protectant used for transport across  the  
ocean.  Also sprayed on the engine compartment and often  not removed  
from the engine compartment when car was delivered. The  engine  
compartment looks like sh#t after many years, but if you  powerwash it  
off (keeping water away from electrical components),  the engine will  
sparkle like new :-)   Both are great  corrosion inhibitors.  IIRC the  
wax coatings were actually wax  dippings of the entire body before  
interior, electrical, engine and  associated assembly of the rest of  
the  vehicle.

Ingo

PS  Don't know if they're still doing the  cosmoline coating or not.

Quoting "Pasqualoni, James E"  <james.pasqualoni at gs.com>:

> Two different things here.   Yes, Cosmoline was the stuff they coated the
> car with that was cleaned  from the cars at the $tealership using a
> special solvent.  Hot  wax was used to, er, um fill the cavities heh
>  heh...
>


The new cars still come with Cosmoline on the motors and undercarriage. On  
the A4's and A3's it is sometimes visible as "puddles" on the frame  rails.

 
Dennis
Denver