salt water corrosion question

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:42 am

I am planning a beach trip next week and was curious if anyone had used anything to prevent corrosion from salt air?? I thought about hosing down all the electrical and pollished aluminum with WD40 . Someone told me that would possibly trap moister and make it worse??? I brushed the exposed electrical conectors with liquid tape and plan to drill some drain ho's in the skid pan.

DIESELDOOG · Post by **DIESELDOOG** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:23 am

There is a product that i have used on my snowmobile that is called salt eliminator and I got form dennis kirk out of minnisota.

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:54 pm

Thank you, I will pick up a couple gallons before I leave this morning. Sounds like the stuff I was looking for. Once again , priceless info from the forum..

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:18 pm

Pay special attention to your fuse panel. Especially if it is stock VW. Since my beach trips I have had lots of corrosion in this area.

90volts · Post by **90volts** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:31 pm

just from the air Scott or did you get water in it or what? i'm looking at re doing some stuff already because of the wear from the beach riding.

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:59 am

I think its just from the salt in the air. I got the buggy really wet last year but I dont think the fuse panel got wet. Since then I have had to clean the contacts and replace fuses almost constantly. I bought a modern enclosed fuse panel at the Bugout but I havent felt like cramping my way under the dash just yet.

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:54 am

I had a nice time at the beach. Bumped into a club member from Victorville at the coffee shop. The only sign of damage so far are brown spots on the ceramic coat on the header and one of the Empi light buckets that I have not replaced with the good ones yet. My friend in San Diego said to spray the header with clean water while it is hot, but I think he was joking. I will ask the coater if there is any hope. It has no fuse panel, just a bunch of circut breakers and they are pretty well protected.