Rust on 1998 V70 Tdi
When I went to examine the rear exhaust hanger on my 1998 V70 Tdi, I noticed a depressing amount of rust on the section to which the exhaust hanger is attached. So far as I can tell by tapping and poking, the underyling metal is still sound...at the moment. The rest of the car is perfectly sound.
Ovbiously it's only going to get worse. I should welcome opinions on what the current thinking is on how best to deal with it.
I was thinking along the lines of wire brushing and grinding out as much rust as possible, applying one of the proprietry rust converters, priming, a topcoat and then an underseal/stonechip protection.
If the metal is too far gone, then it will be a welding job which is beyond my abilities.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your thoughts please?
Many thanks
Martin
1998 V70 Tdi Auto 224,000 miles
2008 V70 2.4D Auto 109,000 miles
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