i think my car chassis is starting to rust :(
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.
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Post pictures.
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Originally Posted by EVRose
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Post pictures.
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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. |
Originally Posted by Revette
(Post 1596115479)
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. As for the pik: The only "orange" I see is the exhaust system. |
Originally Posted by 08vett
(Post 1596115457)
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 :(
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Wait.....what? Isn't that an aluminum pan? When did aluminum start rusting?
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Originally Posted by danzio56
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Wait.....what? Isn't that an aluminum pan? When did aluminum start rusting?
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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 :willy: |
Its totaled, id turn it in under the cash for clunkers program
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Originally Posted by EVRose
(Post 1596115664)
You mean on the oil pan where that squiggly line is? If so I doubt that it's rust.
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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. |
Originally Posted by 08vett
(Post 1596115788)
its like a little bit orange, maybe dried oil? also theres dried white spots on it too, i hope that doesnt rust somehow
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Originally Posted by AzMotorhead
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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. |
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)
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Originally Posted by 08vett
(Post 1596116018)
is the transmission part also aluminum? its one of those pans in the pic i posted, im not sure which one
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Originally Posted by EVRose
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The transmission is at the rear of the car. I'm sure you don't have any rust.
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Didn't anyone besides me and Revet read the thread title?
". . . car chassis . . . " The chassis isn't the oil pan, transmission, etc. |
Originally Posted by Bruze
(Post 1596116375)
Didn't anyone besides me and Revet read the thread title?
". . . car chassis . . . " The chassis isn't the oil pan, transmission, etc. |
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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
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