[V8] Fw: ...warning....

[cobram at juno.com]

Audi has a proprietary galvanization process, this is what keeps the rust
at bay, not wax.   

If you get some galvanization spray (sold at electrical supply houses,
for coating exterior conduit) and spray the underside, especially the
lines, it'll give them years of extra service.  I had a rot bucket Karma
Ghia convertible many moons ago, the only parts that didn't fall off the
car before I gave it away were the ones I had coated with the spray.  The
fuel lines in my ole '84 5KS were springing leaks regularly and the
accumulator looked like a ball of rust, sprayed them and they went half a
decade and off into the sunset without the rot progressing.
 
BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
"God's a kid with an ant farm, lady. He's not planning anything."
 

"Ed Dekker" <dekkere at fuse.net> writes:

>     Wish you could coat the steel brake lines as well as Audi 
> applies wax 
> under the fenders and body.  Properly applied, that wax does well at 
> preventing corrosion.  I had only one rusted fender on my '83 5000 
> at 15 
> years, but none on my '87 5000 or my '90 V8 at the same ages.  None 
> yet on 
> my '97 A6.  I think they missed waxing part of my '83 fender. The 
> fenders, 
> rockers and frame sections all are rusted away on my '88 Dakota.  
> The US and 
> Asians only now seem to be catching up to Audi's rust proofing.
> Ed Dekker