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What do people do to protect the chassis/underside of their motrohome?
Bought a Bessacarr last yr and recently noticed spots of rust on the underside, bolt threads and heads.
Want to protect the chassis before the rust gets in.
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Put Waxoil on the metal parts, easy to do.
Peter
As some will have notice a few weeks ago, I have just renewed the front sub frame, the van is 8 years old and really needed doing at 7.
Not sure protection would have helped due to rust fron the inside.
All who have Boxer vans get your head underneath to check.
Ron W
Put Waxoil on the metal parts, easy to do.
Peter
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hi
before we bought our motorhome we had static caravans for 25 years
and i always put waste engine oil into the chassis.
after years of ownership the chassis was still like new, while others who didn't coat their chassis were rusting away, quite severely in some cases as one of the craravans was quite close to the sea.
but i still continue the process of putting waste engine oil into not only my motorhomes chassis but also the metal parts of the underside of my car.
never had a problem in 44 years of doing this.
it is my understanding that most fine metal parts off the engine will be caught in the oil filter.
and water if there is any in the oil will float on the surface of the oil.
for me it's a cheap way of protecting the chassis
What do people do to protect the chassis/underside of their motrohome?
I run the van up onto wooden planks to give a bit extra clearance, then spray waxoyl (90% waxoyl; 10% white spirit prevents the spray nozzle blocking) into the box sections.
The outer, visible parts of the chassis are treated with waxoyl underseal.
I've used this system sucessfully on many cars over the years and have had no problem with corrosion.
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Be carefull not to treat a galvanised Alko chassis.
Please tell, why not?
Please tell, why not?
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it is also carsogenic,in other words can cause cancer.never use it or touch waste oil without gloves on,just as when you are in the petrol station do not stand close to the filler breathing in the fumes the fumes are benzine with again is cancerous.Waste oil should never be used, it contains metal and other chemicals but whats worse is it contains water, dont do it
I use waxoil. To keep the viscosity down Hot spray it. I use a garden sprayer with the pressure container in a bucket of hot water. I attempted to use my conventional spray guns but the air expansion just solidifies the wax.
It used to be done in the car plants using Hot Airless Spray and a selection of special nozzles.
Steve
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Showing my lack of knowledge, why not as I am considering having mine done and it is on a Alko.:Blush:Be carefull not to treat a galvanised Alko chassis.
Showing my lack of knowledge, why not as I am considering having mine done and it is on a Alko.:Blush: