Iron, water, air = FeO3…….FeO3 is better known as rust. As Neil Young’s once said. Rust Never Sleeps!
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Not through the first curve.Harder braking makes you faster.
Inside or outside? Protect that line!Not through the first curve.
You are correct. I started my career as a corrosion engineer. Basically that’s how pinholes get formed - the galvanic corrosion is concentrated at exposed metal points instead of being spread over a large surface.I vaguely remember something from science class, about if you protect some metal, other exposed metal will corrode more quickly. Don't take my word for it - I haven't cracked open a chemistry textbook in decades. But this might be a reason not to paint or coat these surfaces.
Have it treated, it will slow it down. My suggestion is , if it exist in NJ, get KrownI get it that is just surface rust and it happens. It's just a bit jarring to look underneath and see everything still looking brand new except for one part. You would think it wouldn't take that much extra effort to paint it.
I just wanted to make sure this wasn't the start of a problem.
Rotating parts are rarely coated due to imbalance issues with coatingsWhy is it uncoated when everything else is painted?
this is from a BMW blog..lots of rust brand new off the lot according to himThis is normal for a Ford but not normal for all brands. First of all the cast iron parts of any vehicle that isn't painted will rust but the painted steel shafts really shouldn't show so much rust. Here are photos I took just now on a 2 year old BMW X3M and this is my daily driver in the winter where the roads are heavily salted. You do get what you pay for with the Germans as you get more aluminum which won't rust but their painted metals are much more rust resistant than painted metals on domestics and a lot of Japanese. There's really no rust underneath my vehicle anywhere after two years.