Thanks guys for the info so far. Michael, I use fluid film too, have my own shultz gun and buy it by the 5 gallon pail. It is still expensive at that size per liter but I can usually do 7-8 cars with it. David, you must not be in the rust belt, lucky you. I live in an area where it is a necessary evil, where Toyota had to replace half of the truck frames on locally sold Tacomas up to 13 years old. Factory corrosion inhibitors may protect vehicles for their warranty but will fail after that or sometimes even before. A lot of the warranties have different levels of coverage, most state they wont cover anything till holes appear. So having rusty sills and door bottoms is not covered. Fluid film isn't petroleum based but derived from sheep wool. While it advertises it is safe for all automotive materials it does state that any overspray on plastics or rubber should be wiped off. I have seen other products swell and soften rubber. It will be interesting to see how Tesla fairs here, I have seen comments about rust appearing in crevices in the rear bumper area that can hold water on Model 3s and grounds failing on their aluminium bodied vehicles. My Volt has a caveat around coverage if inhibitors are used and rust through occurs, could void warranty. I think if the vehicle is sprayed properly, no additional holes. avoid all the power cabling and rubber, drains are not blocked they will have a hard time fighting a claim.
Cheers Dan On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 1:34 PM EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 Sep 2019 at 8:41, Michael Mike via EV wrote: > > > I use fluid film on all my vehicles. > > Is that a 20 dollar name for oil spray, by any chance? > > I used to have my ICEVs oil sprayed 40+ years ago. I wouldn't do it today, > nor would I do it to an EV. Old cars tended to have more steel and less > plastic. Today's vehicles, especially EVs (for weight saving) have many > more petroleum-based parts. > > Also, bak then I didn't think much about the oil that dripped from the > cars > after spraying -- so many cars leaked fluids anyway -- but I'd be more > concerned now. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190912/1e9b95e8/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
