Epoxy fillers for cheapskates

[ducked]

Old trick was to put the old engine oil into the chssis frames of old Land Rovers ..

And it was a bad old trick on old Land Rovers or on anything else,

 

[Refueler]

And it was a bad old trick on old Land Rovers or on anything else,

Not according to Owners Clubs and others that I knew and LR'd with ..

 

[ducked]

Not according to Owners Clubs and others that I knew and LR'd with ..

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[shanemax]

Not sure if that is a response to my post, but I suppose so.

If so, thats different, being a rust inhibiting spray, rather than a paint with "filler", a la thread title/topic.

I have used motor oil thinned with diesel or white spirit as a rust inhibiting spray on vehicles. Latterly i added vegetable oil to the mix.

I wouldnt use sump oil on road vehicles, since its teratogenic, carcinogenic, a skin irritant, might be acidic, and isnt necessary since a little fresh oil goes a long way. I have generally crawled under my vehicles and fiddled with them a lot, so I wouldnt want that stuff all over them..

I MIGHT use it on timber if I could avoid skin exposure (say in the bilges of a wooden boat, or on rubbing strakes) where its probable antimicrobial effect might be of value.

I CERTAINLY would not spray it.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

In particular your requirement to use diesel sump oil "full of carbon" doesnt make much sense to me since as I understand it carbon's electrochemical properties will tend to encourage corrosion, though the oil may still have a net positive effect on corrosion, (relative to doing nothing) as might the relatively high TBN of oil for diesel engines.

I suppose the carbon could just barely possibly keep a thicker layer of oil next to the steel

All I can say is it stopped several Ford Transit chassis from rusting on the inside. I cut a piece out of one chassis when I was scrapping a vehicle and the metal was like new. I go by what works !!! If it works I keep doing it.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

It was fairly standard procedure in the 70s and 80s it worked but you definitely didn't want to have to work under one that had the underbody sprayed.

 

[zoidberg]

All I can say is it stopped several Ford Transit chassis from rusting on the inside. I cut a piece out of one chassis when I was scrapping a vehicle and the metal was like new. I go by what works !!! If it works I keep doing it.

That may be why me ould mother dosed me up wi' cod liver oil when I were but a nipper - and I'm still here.