The oil pan on my 2003 Focus was really rusty. It did not look that bad when I was buying it, but looking at it more closely I knew something needed to be done about it if I wanted to have no nasty surprises.
I repaired it over the weekend. Here are some pics before, I treated the pan with Fluid Film before winter so it looks oily.
I cleaned off the big chunks of rust and treated the rest with rust dissolver gel. Really great stuff for automotive applications, as it is in a form of fairly thick gel so it stays on parts.
Here is how the pan looked like after several treatment coats. The grey patch in the middle is a cold weld, apparently resistant to all sorts of automotive fluids, that I had to apply after the pan sprung an oil leak when I tried to scrape off chunks of rust.
It was just a matter of time before the leak developed on its own. I hope the weld will hold.
And here is the finished product. I used Tremclad rust paint. I brushed on a thin first coat followed by a thicker second coat.
I repaired it over the weekend. Here are some pics before, I treated the pan with Fluid Film before winter so it looks oily.
I cleaned off the big chunks of rust and treated the rest with rust dissolver gel. Really great stuff for automotive applications, as it is in a form of fairly thick gel so it stays on parts.
Here is how the pan looked like after several treatment coats. The grey patch in the middle is a cold weld, apparently resistant to all sorts of automotive fluids, that I had to apply after the pan sprung an oil leak when I tried to scrape off chunks of rust.
It was just a matter of time before the leak developed on its own. I hope the weld will hold.
And here is the finished product. I used Tremclad rust paint. I brushed on a thin first coat followed by a thicker second coat.