yes i know dont mix. but my question is what if its salt air from a fish tank filter system?

as everyone knows tinys got a big problem with rust atm and im trying to minimise it while i try get some cash together, i had a thought the other day that the rust has been getting worse and worse alot quicker then it should then it came to me could the salt water/air from the fish tanks filter system be causing this?

for the guys that have been to my place and saw the fish tank there is a secondary tank that acts as a filter in the garage behind tiny but behind a fridge. i was thinking would the salty air contribute to the rust problem or it wouldnt produce enough to affect it?

if so what can i do to prevent it?

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

is this for real

did it get worse when you ate those fish and chips in the car - maybe the salt caused all the rust -

lmao the car had rust in it before hand but not so bad. but when i bought the car home i park it in the garage sorta away from the tank. and when i first bought it in i thought it should be to bad its only a small tank but about a week ago ive noticed all this white salt around the tank and on the floor which has made me go nuts

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

maybe your car got in-salted

did any of your fish creep and out and night secretly take it for joy rides to salty places

i dont know about that much salt in the air but i live close to the water and i have been watching Kahna get some nasty little spots, i cant belive how fast it happens, i have to deal with it soon and get an electronic rust prevention kit

dylan

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Yep that will work.

that sounds like a serious problem to me.... if it's visible to you in those areas, then it's gotta be everywhere else as well. The car would be better off outside

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Being salt, that tank would be heated to about 28 or 30 degrees wouldn't it?

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yeah it is cause there tropical fish in the tank

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

it'd be more helpful if people could actually see the rust...


here's a picture...

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lol not that bad, the rust of described in another topic, but its in usual spots seals, lower quater near the driver side door, the roof, the bootlid, near the front headlight.

and there bubbles of all sorts of sizes.

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

i dont want to park it outside cause i dont trust leaving it outside

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

I reckon one of you fellas could still restore it

lmao, juz needs abit of bog and tape

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

it's scary... that really is/was a mini - we're looking at the front of it

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