08vett

hi guys i have a 2008 base model with 53,000 miles. i dont have a car jack or anything but i lyed down from the back of and took a look under the car and it looks perfect but there is a little orange discoloration right around the middle maybe where the transmission is or the oil, but im wondering will this spread fast? i stored it last year and i am storing it soon this year, i do drive it in rain but im not sure why this happend. im just worried its going to spread while its being stored.

EVRose

Post pictures.

08vett

i cant get a proper picture but i found a pic online and this is where its happening, its just a little bit im scared its going to spread

Revette

American auto makers have been producing cars for over 100 years with frame rot being something you may worry about after (this is a guess) your car has lived in a "rust belt" climate for maybe 50 years.

Drive your car and enjoy it. The law of averages says you'll be gone long before your Corvette's frame will be.

Bruze

Well not quite. In 1990 I bought a '72 Vette with a rotted frame. And the salt solutions are much more corrosive now than they were back then. When I traded my '11 truck in last year, the undercarriage looked 50 years old.

As for the pik: The only "orange" I see is the exhaust system.

EVRose

You mean on the oil pan where that squiggly line is? If so I doubt that it's rust.

danzio56

Wait.....what? Isn't that an aluminum pan? When did aluminum start rusting?

919cw313

I was thinking the same.

96GS#007

Aluminum doesn't rust. Worst case you have some oil seepage on the pan. Not a big deal and often fixed by tightening the oil pan bolts.

Highly recommend you take it somewhere. If you couldn't tell the pan was aluminum, weren't aware that aluminum doesn't rust, and can't tell rust from oil....the last thing you need is to attempt a repair

AzMotorhead

Its totaled, id turn it in under the cash for clunkers program

08vett

its like a little bit orange, maybe dried oil? also theres dried white spots on it too, i hope that doesnt rust somehow

AzMotorhead

Seroiusly, its probably just a bit of seep from the oil pan seal. Nothing to be overly concerned about.
Whatever you do dont just crank down on the rear most pan bolts. torque on those is only about 10inch pounds.
ive torn down a few motors where those have been snapped off.

Dave S

Duh.....aluminum doesn't rust!

08vett

is the transmission part also aluminum? its one of those pans in the pic i posted, im not sure which one

08vett

if someone has a general pic of a base c6 undercarriage i will point exactly where it is, i cant even find a pic online that looks like mine (base)

EVRose

The transmission is at the rear of the car. I'm sure you don't have any rust.

08vett

i hope so because its like minor orange spots kinda it got me worried, but if someone has an undercarriage pic i will point it exactly

Bruze

Didn't anyone besides me and Revet read the thread title?

". . . car chassis . . . "

The chassis isn't the oil pan, transmission, etc.

08vett

i meant under the car, not really a car guy sorry lol

08vett

ok so i found a 2005 undercarriage pic which im guessing is same as a 2008, can some1 tell what those 2 pans are? are they both aluminum, mine is on the left one