Submariner1
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- CL500 2009 5.5
I thought I would have a go washing under the car, the exhaust and the tubes ine sees under the wheel arch.
No not massively paranoid. Just this car spent 3 years 12 miles from the seaside, and wow does that get at alluminium and steel.
The exhaust looks pretty corroded, for a 2009 40K car, more than say on my 2005 SL500.
IMO all expensive cars should come with stainless steel exhausts.
:-/
Real pig of a job.
OK first pass at it.
What I need is a non caustic engine bay cleaner , as some of these pipes are painted, and also painted parts of the body are exposed , and those are the areas I Really want to clean off any salt residues. Any views
E.g. i would never use Autglyms Engine Cleaner, that worked like paintstripper on my lovely Honda Professional mower and the MD of Autoglyms is a total bastard ... Always wish I had had the time to take them to court ...but I was just too busy with work.
Afterwards Can I spray all these painted parts and body, aluminium, rubber gaskets, gaskets on ball joints and suspension bushes with 303 Aerospace? To help preserve them.
Obviously p I will wrap the Disks/Rotors and brake parts up in a plastic bag. And the exposed suspension strut (in case that pulls any 303 back into the seals of these struts.
No not massively paranoid. Just this car spent 3 years 12 miles from the seaside, and wow does that get at alluminium and steel.
The exhaust looks pretty corroded, for a 2009 40K car, more than say on my 2005 SL500.
IMO all expensive cars should come with stainless steel exhausts.
:-/
Real pig of a job.
OK first pass at it.
What I need is a non caustic engine bay cleaner , as some of these pipes are painted, and also painted parts of the body are exposed , and those are the areas I Really want to clean off any salt residues. Any views
E.g. i would never use Autglyms Engine Cleaner, that worked like paintstripper on my lovely Honda Professional mower and the MD of Autoglyms is a total bastard ... Always wish I had had the time to take them to court ...but I was just too busy with work.
Afterwards Can I spray all these painted parts and body, aluminium, rubber gaskets, gaskets on ball joints and suspension bushes with 303 Aerospace? To help preserve them.
Obviously p I will wrap the Disks/Rotors and brake parts up in a plastic bag. And the exposed suspension strut (in case that pulls any 303 back into the seals of these struts.
