Epoxy fillers for cheapskates

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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.

 

[shanemax]

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.

Yes, it would drip for quite a few days and if you parked on a hill it would start dripping again.

 

[mjcp]

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

I once had a tour of the factory, near the end of the Defender line there was a leak test stand, they sprayed them with lots of water. My how we chortled as the No 1 question was "If they don't leak straight off the line, do you fix them so they do?"

 

[lustyd]

Yes, it would drip for quite a few days and if you parked on a hill it would start dripping again.

Before the days when we realised polution was bad, no doubt. Not something to do today.

 

[ducked]

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.

I daresay it does
But, as I already said, that doesnt even slightly imply that fresh oil wouldnt work as well or better on steel, and it is a lot pleasanter and less dangerous to work with.

 

[Refueler]

I once had a tour of the factory, near the end of the Defender line there was a leak test stand, they sprayed them with lots of water. My how we chortled as the No 1 question was "If they don't leak straight off the line, do you fix them so they do?"

You are talking a different model LR .....

The engine oil into chassis frame was with the old Series 2 .. 2a machines ...

 

[Refueler]

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Says you ....

The old Series 2 .. 2a LR's - it was a common thing to put old engine oil into the chassis frame ....

 

[ducked]

Says you ....

The old Series 2 .. 2a LR's - it was a common thing to put old engine oil into the chassis frame ....

Leprosy used to be common too.

 

[zoidberg]

Leprosy used to be common too.

....and boat pox.