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irma



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Rust on a brand new Defender 90 Hard Top - my2023
I bought my brand new Defender 90 Hard top yesterday from my local LR dealership. Today while I was inspecting my new car in detail, i saw this rusty parts... I am in shock and in denial, please tell me this is normal.

I didn't contact to the dealership yet.

(engine is a diesel D200)


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Post #976897 6th Jan 2023 12:44pm
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SN



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Its not on the bodywork who cares?
I had the same on my very first D3 in 2006 and that was chassis rust Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
Post #976900 6th Jan 2023 1:25pm
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lightning



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They look like cast iron brackets and casings, they'll get surface rust almost as soon as the car is built, it's not an issue but if you want to stop it, spray the parts with WD-40 or better still a clear rust proofing spray.
Don't spray it on manifolds or exhaust/turbo
Post #976929 6th Jan 2023 6:55pm
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Nuclear Nick



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Best stuff I’ve found for rust proofing and preserving motorcycles is ACF50.

Also, there seems to be an issue with the end of that silver flexible pipe in the foreground?
Post #977038 7th Jan 2023 9:36pm
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MartinK



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Post #977050 8th Jan 2023 7:58am
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irma



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Nuclear Nick wrote:
Best stuff I’ve found for rust proofing and preserving motorcycles is ACF50.

Also, there seems to be an issue with the end of that silver flexible pipe in the foreground?


Whats wrong with the pipe?
Post #977086 8th Jan 2023 12:44pm
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lightning



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XCP is great stuff, sprayed it on everything underneath my 2020Jimny
Two years later it all still looks new, most others l've seen have surface rust on various parts.

That silver pipe is just a heat shield, the actual pipe is inside
Post #977087 8th Jan 2023 12:45pm
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irma



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Do you guys have the same rusting in your Defenders? Any kind of rust doesn't feel right to me in a brand new vehicle...

Here are more photos:
Post #977088 8th Jan 2023 12:52pm
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irma



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Post #977089 8th Jan 2023 12:53pm
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ickle



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France 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Alpine White
I stand to be corrected but that appears to be the cast iron turbo and as such it is correctly coloured!

Trendy designers stick Corton 10 (?) all over buildings and think it looks nice, (just looks rusty to me)

On a serious note, I don't ever recall seeing a turbo on anything that wasn't rusty.

HTH Keith
Post #977090 8th Jan 2023 12:57pm
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Birdy



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Don't lose too much sleep: the engine will have blown up, the chassis will have rotted through, or you'll have sold or written off the vehicle... LONG before any odd cast-iron components will have rusted through ("they all come like that, Sir").

Peter
Post #977109 8th Jan 2023 2:41pm
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TexasRover



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France 2002 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Chawton White
Most manufacturers solve this with more plastic covers. Even so most owners never open the bonnet so why the plastic covers.
Post #977113 8th Jan 2023 3:48pm
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Nuclear Nick



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irma wrote:
Nuclear Nick wrote:
Best stuff I’ve found for rust proofing and preserving motorcycles is ACF50.

Also, there seems to be an issue with the end of that silver flexible pipe in the foreground?


Whats wrong with the pipe?


I think nothing now having had a closer look. It seemed as if it was split and peeling open but now I believe it’s wiring loom adjacent that fooled me.
Post #977117 8th Jan 2023 4:09pm
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lightning



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Did you read my post? Those are cast iron components and will acquire a surface rust coating almost immediately.

Don't look at the hubs behind your wheel centre caps! Or the brake discs
Post #977161 8th Jan 2023 9:39pm
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Retroanaconda



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Completely normal.
Post #977168 8th Jan 2023 10:43pm
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