Ford Engines rusty as hell in new cars? - Page 3

MexicanBatman · 28-11-2010, 02:50 PM

Wipe a thin film of cooking oil over the block and when it heats up it will season the block just like a frying pan, well like frying pans used to be before the non stick crap, and it will be a nice dark colour with slight sheen

Or leave it rusty, then when you drag off that HSV, you can say haha this rusty pos beat your crappy plastic toy, or if you lose, then you can say, man the motor is rusted out bro!!

FNQracing · 28-11-2010, 02:52 PM

Speaking of cast iron blocks - how many modern day engines don't have an alloy block?

kezzer · 28-11-2010, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MexicanBatman

Wipe a thin film of cooking oil over the block and when it heats up it will season the block just like a frying pan, well like frying pans used to be before the non stick crap, and it will be a nice dark colour with slight sheen

Or leave it rusty, then when you drag off that HSV, you can say haha this rusty pos beat your crappy plastic toy, or if you lose, then you can say, man the motor is rusted out bro!!

ahahahaha some good points!!

Might try that though!! Cheers mate

Sample · 28-11-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MexicanBatman

Wipe a thin film of cooking oil over the block and when it heats up it will season the block just like a frying pan, well like frying pans used to be before the non stick crap, and it will be a nice dark colour with slight sheen

Or leave it rusty, then when you drag off that HSV, you can say haha this rusty pos beat your crappy plastic toy, or if you lose, then you can say, man the motor is rusted out bro!!

jpd80 · 28-11-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MexicanBatman

Wipe a thin film of cooking oil over the block and when it heats up it will season the block just like a frying pan, well like frying pans used to be before the non stick crap, and it will be a nice dark colour with slight sheen

Or leave it rusty, then when you drag off that HSV, you can say haha this rusty pos beat your crappy plastic toy, or if you lose, then you can say, man the motor is rusted out bro!!

Just spray it with engine degreaser and give it a wash,
the residue will darken up the rusty block and put things right...

**TUF_302** · 28-11-2010, 06:36 PM

We shall call it the Ford brown motor lol!

Dave_au · 28-11-2010, 06:52 PM

I don't really think a rusty engine block is quite the image that Ford want's to portray to potential customers. Pretty poor cost cutting IMHO.

JimNiki · 28-11-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ohio XB

In about 1993 Ford stopped painting radiators on cars here too. Money not spent on painting iron engine blocks and aluminium radiators (bet you thought I was going to spell it aluminum) adds up when you consider there is a radiator in EVERY car Ford sells, and Ford still makes millions of cast iron engine blocks. If they are saving $2 on each one then that adds up to real money.

How many "Average" people even really look at an engine compartment because they don't even know what they are looking at, I don't know, but I think that notion comes into play.

Personally, I'd rather pay the $2 to have the paint on my iron engine.

Steve

Steve, have you met Don from Ohio Mustang?
I've bought a bit from him over the years...

cheers...

tex · 28-11-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OzJavelin

Buy an aluminum V8 from the dark side .. They don't rust ..

Or a GT40 supercar alloy block and fill it with the good stuff.

Yes, that is a great solution

Ohio XB · 29-11-2010, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JimNiki

Steve, have you met Don from Ohio Mustang?
I've bought a bit from him over the years...

cheers...

You mean to tell me that Ohio Mustang has literally be right across the street from the Ford plant I work at and don't know it??? Holy crap! Tell him he needs a sign! The copyright on his website is 2003 so he's been there for 7 years without me knowing it. How does that happen? Thanks for the heads up. Geesshh!!

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Can just imagine going to a car show "ignore the rust, its cast iron!!"

I am personally a little bothered by someone that buys a car from a dealership and then drives it to a show where many people are displaying cars they have worked on for years, rebuilt, customized, and have literally left their DNA in skin and blood on the car.......and then this car straight from the dealership pulls up. Hey, it's still available at a dealership if I want to see one of those. I come to a show to see cars people have worked on or had worked on, restored, rebuilt, customized, and slaved over. I see new cars on the street everyday. I don't need an event to see a new car.

Ok, personal rant over....

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They go through all this effort with engine covers etc on engines, yet neglect to put $2 worth of paint to keep her looking nice.

THAT is a very good point. Evidently Ford is concerned about the underhood appearance with all the plastic covers to hide things, but then why leave the block to rust like that? I think I am going to send Dearborn a company email about that.

A few weeks ago we went to where our daughter is going to college to see her perform with the marching band. Her boyfriend's parents were there too. We drove my wife's 1966 Mustang to the event as it was a nice day and probably the last chance to drive the car due to winter. The boyfriend's parents were checking out the car, and the 50 year old mother was admiring the engine. She said she didn't even know what she was looking at but it was beautiful. Then she made the comment that you could see the ground while looking in the engine compartment. She asked if something had happened. I told her no, that's how all cars are, you just can't see past the engine in modern, tight engine compartments. She said that she always thought the engine compartment had a solid floor, like a trunk.

This is an older woman who has driven cars all her life, and she didn't even know that the engine compartment was not like a trunk (boot). I think these are the people Ford is expecting when they leave the iron blocks bare, but yeah, then why all the covers?

Steve

XR Martin · 29-11-2010, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by FFOracing

Speaking of cast iron blocks - how many modern day engines don't have an alloy block?

Diesels....

big_landau · 29-11-2010, 10:35 AM

i dont care what anyone says but this isnt a good look,a person who knows little about cars would be horrified to see any form of rust on a brand new car.no wonder ford sales are in trouble

prydey · 29-11-2010, 03:21 PM

why is it being referred to as 'rust'?

DanielXR8 · 29-11-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by prydey

why is it being referred to as 'rust'?

Well I'm pretty sure its not velour trim! It is an oxide coating on the block that looks the same as rust to me, but I'm open to suggestions.

What is it then?

Dan

**Giant Cranium** · 29-11-2010, 05:40 PM

it smells like rust
looks like rust
feels like rust
and tastes like rust then it must be rust.

vztrt · 29-11-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by captain awesome

it smells like rust
looks like rust
feels like rust
and tastes like rust then it must be rust.

You look pretty strange smelling your engine block....

**Giant Cranium** · 29-11-2010, 05:52 PM

not half as strange as when i lick it

xtremerus · 29-11-2010, 06:29 PM

Alloy doesn't 'rust', but still has corrosion. Just a difference of colour, that's all.

spvd02 · 29-11-2010, 07:02 PM

What a laugh

A big fail on Ford's part - what were they thinking?

XAGSV8 · 29-11-2010, 11:29 PM

If I purchased a new falcon and it turned up like this I would not except it. I just don't like buying new things with rust on them. Owing an XA also makes me very paranoid about rust.

pottery beige · 30-11-2010, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by XAGSV8

If I purchased a new falcon and it turned up like this I would not except it. I just don't like buying new things with rust on them. Owing an XA also makes me very paranoid about rust.

on a very quiet day you can hear an XA rusting.....