Pittsburgh is one of the cities that uses a lot of salt on the roads in the winter. And even with our recent mild winters they still manage to use enough of it that for a month or more most cars all have a dirty white/gray coating on them. Some weeks it seams useless to even try to clean a vehicle because of it being so cold, and or because so much salt is being used that the vehicle would very quickly become coated with salt again.
Some on BITOG suggest to get a long life out of my CR-V I should protect the CV joint, axle, flex pipe, etc of the vehicle from the salt and weather. I have had it sprayed by a rust prevention company and part of there deal includes bring it back every year for 6 more years for touch-up.
I painted the coolant cross pipe and oil dip-stick with Rust-Oleum Zinc spray paint that I sprayed into a can and brushed on. I had to mask the entire area very well. That stuff splatters everywhere when you brush it on. I ended up with a bunch of rags with little silver specks on them. Though I did not unmount the alternator and R&R the bracket that prevented me from being able to paint some area of the coolant cross pipe.
1) What should I spray on the CV boots?
2) What should I spray on the flex pipe? Please keep in mind how hot that gets.
3) What to treat the axle with? I am thinking that maybe I should spray it with Rust-Oleum flat black.
4 a & b) And what other areas should I treat? And with what?
I probably could come up with something to put on the CV boots, but my choice might not be the best. But it is tough to figure out what will actually protect and stay on the flex-pipe for a while with all that heat. For that one the only thing I can think of is WD-40, but that is flammable until the solvent used to carry it evaporates away, and would wash away if water from rain hit it, and I don't even know if it can handle heat.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Some on BITOG suggest to get a long life out of my CR-V I should protect the CV joint, axle, flex pipe, etc of the vehicle from the salt and weather. I have had it sprayed by a rust prevention company and part of there deal includes bring it back every year for 6 more years for touch-up.
I painted the coolant cross pipe and oil dip-stick with Rust-Oleum Zinc spray paint that I sprayed into a can and brushed on. I had to mask the entire area very well. That stuff splatters everywhere when you brush it on. I ended up with a bunch of rags with little silver specks on them. Though I did not unmount the alternator and R&R the bracket that prevented me from being able to paint some area of the coolant cross pipe.
1) What should I spray on the CV boots?
2) What should I spray on the flex pipe? Please keep in mind how hot that gets.
3) What to treat the axle with? I am thinking that maybe I should spray it with Rust-Oleum flat black.
4 a & b) And what other areas should I treat? And with what?
I probably could come up with something to put on the CV boots, but my choice might not be the best. But it is tough to figure out what will actually protect and stay on the flex-pipe for a while with all that heat. For that one the only thing I can think of is WD-40, but that is flammable until the solvent used to carry it evaporates away, and would wash away if water from rain hit it, and I don't even know if it can handle heat.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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