Just wondered because my Suzuki is a constant battle against rust spots and my next door neighbours Sprinter and Master vans both have rust around fittings ( not from impact damage ) and in the seams.
It seems like a very common thing, so are these vans getting rust protection thats the same as cars? I cant see that they are as ive not seen many rusty 5 year old Renault cars, but their vans are a whole different story judging by the ones ive seena round and the same goes for Merc
( but then thats much less of a suprise! ).
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I would imagine they do have rust protection but maybe not as good as cars. Vans are generally bought to do high mileages quite quickly and then scrapped. Having said that, our old '96 VW Transporter only rusted where the paint had been bashed off...
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Mercedes vans have useless rust protection, utterly pathetic seeing newish vans rusting.
There used to be an old C reg one near me that was more rust than metal.
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Be reasonable, this van is at least 20 years old. How many cars of that age do you see on the road?
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Be reasonable, this van is at least 20 years old. How many cars of that age do you see on the road?
"There used to be"
It's gone now but our A reg Transporter was still in much better condition than this heap was. HG finally saw it off, not rust.
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My Navara pickup has had a number of bodywork issues since it was bought new in December 04 (54 plate). It is very difficult to get a straight answer from Nissan about whether rust problems are to be expected and what caused them. It is also difficult to get a straight answer about how much of the body is made of galvanised steel.
My view is there is not much rust protection and I also do not believe that all bodywork is galvanised. The deduction has arisen more from evasive answers than hard facts
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I think its rather shocking given that many of the larger vans are 20 grands worth.
I want to get 20 years use out of my Suzuki Carry, so in the summer, Im going to be liberally applying waxoyl underneath it ( very easy as the ride height is quite high on these ) and when it gets back from the bodyshop, Im going to treat and paint every little nick I can find. I cannot be bothered to claim off Suzuki again as the repair work they did on my two hooks has already gone rusty again, just 8 months later ( nothing some white Hammerite wont sort ).
Claiming off Suzuki for paintwork issues wasnt easy either - Im of the opinion they make it a hassle so you dont bother.
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Waxoyl & Hammerite wont stop that rust.
Dinitrol products are the ones you really want, If its good enough for the british army & the 2CV guys then it must be worth a look.
Waxoyl & Hammerite are always advertised in magazines & have displays in shops like Halfords, Dinitrol isnt, It sells by it reputation to people in the know.
Also I give you a clue which one always wins the product tests in the classic magazines ;-)
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I bought a car which had been waxoyled 25 years previous and topped up every 5 years when it dried out - car was a Talbot Avenger which rust like theres no tomorrow - the car was completely rust free except for in a couple of frontal impact areas which were painted, not 'oyled'.
So i have confidence in it.
I use Hammerite to do stone chips on my van and after a year, the chip that was down to bare metal is still showing no signs of corrosion since I applied it, so again, it seems to work.
Its like anything - you tell people that Renaults and Mercs are rubbish and someone will always have had one that was perfect! Ill stick to what I know but thanks for the suggestion!
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