Corrosion advice?

chris86uk · Aug 22, 2013

I just removed the air filter housing to get to left hand bank spark plugs and noticed this lurking at the bottom of the strut tower...

I can see a bit on the drivers side tower too but it's obviously obscured by all the electronic boxes.

Has England been unkind to my Mustang or is this a common thing? If so, would it be a good idea to remove the wheel arch liner to get to the bottom side of the panel too or is it only that part of the strut tower that suffers?

If there are any other common rust areas I should sort out, I'd appreciate the heads up :smiley:

Thanks

Chris

ttocs · Aug 22, 2013

I would take it apart and take a really good look at what is there and what is not no matter if its a common problem or not.

whiplash473 · Aug 22, 2013

First off I figure I'd let you know that "left hand side" is the driver's side, just a heads up.

Funny though, I just fixed this on my car. Only thing to do is cut it out and weld in new metal. This can get nasty as the rust is past where you can see it so you won't be able to weld it properly without cutting out more than you need.

whiplash473 · Aug 22, 2013

As I said and as you can see here, I just fixed this same issue. I'm not sure if it's a common problem or not because I think mine was caused by my shorty header being ridiculously close to the strut tower.

chris86uk · Aug 22, 2013

Damn! Just noticed my typo in the title haha

Thanks for you replies, I'll strip it down and check everything out.

Whiplash, i don't suppose you've got another pic closer to the repair you've done? And yep, my mistake, left hand side is the drivers side. I fell into the 'left hand while facing it' trap :smiley:

whiplash473 · Aug 22, 2013

Corrostion advice?

Ha yeah everyone makes that mistake when they're under the hood.

Yeah I've got plenty of pics of the progress. Unfortunately mine was a little too far gone and was gonna take some major repair that I didn't have time for, but you'll get the idea. I'll post pics tonight when I get on the computer.

EDIT: Here's the way it is as of right now.

Sent from bored/stroked iPhone

chris86uk · Aug 22, 2013

Thanks, that's very kind of you :grin:

It'll just give me a better idea of how to go about it. I suppose there's bound to be rust, they're the best part of 20 years old after all!