bostonmj
Active Member
Hi there,
Just got my (2003) R230 back from the MB maindealer after some substantial work. I recently bought the car and discovered that the front suspension struts, rear suspension arms and SBC pump all required changing. During the work the dealer discovered that nearly all of the bolts, nipples, joints etc were severely corroded and siezed the impact of which required some cutting and replacing of the SBC pipes and new bushes and finally, new callipers. Now MB were great and replaced the SBC Pump and callipers at their cost but when I picked the car up they told me that they think that car must have been sat on wet grass or been in a flood, Scary stuff!
Anyway, now I have her back I wondering about future rust proofing of the under body and all the new parts. In my younger days I played with the proper MGs and remember wax oiling - can anyone advise me of todays preventative measures and good practices for rust proofing.
Tks
Martyn
Just got my (2003) R230 back from the MB maindealer after some substantial work. I recently bought the car and discovered that the front suspension struts, rear suspension arms and SBC pump all required changing. During the work the dealer discovered that nearly all of the bolts, nipples, joints etc were severely corroded and siezed the impact of which required some cutting and replacing of the SBC pipes and new bushes and finally, new callipers. Now MB were great and replaced the SBC Pump and callipers at their cost but when I picked the car up they told me that they think that car must have been sat on wet grass or been in a flood, Scary stuff!
Anyway, now I have her back I wondering about future rust proofing of the under body and all the new parts. In my younger days I played with the proper MGs and remember wax oiling - can anyone advise me of todays preventative measures and good practices for rust proofing.
Tks
Martyn