Oiling my truck
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09/04/21 01:37 AM
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I'm not talking about changing oil. I'm talking about oiling certain spots to mitigate rust. It works, but it's messy & not fun. I even got a spray bottle & have been spraying behind the fenders the last couple years. It's got my '09 looking better than most similar aged models. I use motor oil. I have greased the fender edges before. Road salt in the northern climate sure is tough on vehicles. Some people get a spot of rust & only try treating it from the front side, but ya wanna get oil in behind it. Sometimes I use a rag or brush.
Last edited by AJE; 09/04/21 01:45 AM.
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Re: Oiling my truck
[Re: AJE]
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09/04/21 03:13 AM
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I'm not talking about changing oil. I'm talking about oiling certain spots to mitigate rust. It works, but it's messy & not fun. I even got a spray bottle & have been spraying behind the fenders the last couple years. It's got my '09 looking better than most similar aged models. I use motor oil. I have greased the fender edges before. Road salt in the northern climate sure is tough on vehicles. Some people get a spot of rust & only try treating it from the front side, but ya wanna get oil in behind it. Sometimes I use a rag or brush. How often and what time of year?
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Re: Oiling my truck
[Re: AJE]
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09/04/21 06:03 AM
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I use the oil and also Fluid Film in places also. Pulling rubber plugs in rocker panels and spraying FF inside. Remove sill plate screws, putting thin red nozzle in screw hole then spray. Tail gates and hinges are all sprayed. You know tailgates on modern pickups are a few thousand bucks now.....
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Re: Oiling my truck
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09/04/21 08:02 AM
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Been mentioned here before, but many people (body shops) recommend doing it with USED oil. A friend of mine has an old Dodge pickup he oils every spring with used motor oil. I know the truck is at least 20 years old and it might be 25. Can't argue with success.
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Re: Oiling my truck
[Re: AJE]
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09/04/21 02:41 PM
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Worked with an old timer years ago.He would take a rag and a bucket of diesel fuel and wipe down his whole truck every fall. It dulled the paint and stunk to high heaven for a while but he never had a speck of rust on his old truck,and he drove back on forth to work every day on a heavily salted hi way for years.
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Re: Oiling my truck
[Re: AJE]
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09/04/21 05:48 PM
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Was having the same thing done 3 X a year for years on my '99 s-10. No rust but I too switched over to fluid film which only needs to be done once a year. Got the idea of fluid film here on this web site = good stuff.......jk
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Re: Oiling my truck
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09/04/21 06:57 PM
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I'm not talking about changing oil. I'm talking about oiling certain spots to mitigate rust. It works, but it's messy & not fun. I even got a spray bottle & have been spraying behind the fenders the last couple years. It's got my '09 looking better than most similar aged models. I use motor oil. I have greased the fender edges before. Road salt in the northern climate sure is tough on vehicles. Some people get a spot of rust & only try treating it from the front side, but ya wanna get oil in behind it. Sometimes I use a rag or brush. I do it every year in the fall. I use chainsaw bar lube. It's cheap and sticky.
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Re: Oiling my truck
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09/04/21 10:33 PM
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Isn't this the same thread different title? Asking for a friend.. Your friend has too much time on his hands. He needs a job. LLL
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