Rust Prevention Tip

[red stiva]

I did a search and didn't find any thing relating to this theory. This would probably be more appropriate in the fall. Any way I was cleaning up the stiva and was looking in front of the rear wheels in the dogleg and saw a rubber plug. I pryed it out with a screwdriver and there's a hole that allows access to the inside of the rocker panel. I took a little squirt can and put gear lube in it, and i filled the rockers up with 90w. There are some drain holes it will run out though, if you get a lot inside you may want to park it on grass or gravel or put rags underneath it.
Keep you festy clean and rust free like these..

[red stiva]

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[freshtiva]

That might have been a good idea if done early enough. I bought a festiva that must have had a leaking valve cover gasket from the factory and was never changed. It was coated with oil undreneath the car ( worst Id ever seen ) but had no rust down the passenger side of the car. I surprized it never got fire.

[red stiva]

Ya the white one is getting there. The low mile red one has oil down the passenger side of the bottom of the car. Needs a crank seal. It doesn't get driven as a daily though

[Dave G]

There was this old guy out in Granville when I was a kid who had a body shop. His standard "rust proofing" treatment was to spray used oil in every nook and cranny he could get to under the car

[red stiva]

Ya I hate rust. It's worth taking your time and doing things like this to avoid it.

[vectormechanic]

This method is as old as the hills, the most effective, and the least accepted by run-o-the-mill refined folks.
Btw, I question the comment that it is a good method if you get to it early enough; I think it is a good method any time - once you are done with whatever body fix you are going to do. Am I wrong? For example, does it have an adverse effect on finished bondo?