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those in the salty states...rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse...

rsfeller

By rsfeller
in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)

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I think you get the point.

Just a rant of preventive maintenance. Last season I questioned on this board why I have such a HUGE deposit of evap'd water and salt left on the garage floor.

This year I lost my primary and backup winter car here in Ohio due to mechanical issues and guess what? The 986 had to go into service during the height of the salt dump for a week.

We'll I got #1 & #2 back on the road so the 986 went off to the detail shop. Then I brought it home and washed and rinsed it 4 times above and below. I then watched water continue to drip out of every corner of the front end for over a week, the garage floor was constantly wet. It eventually stopped and dried up today and I'm left with enough salt on the floor to fill a couple of salt shakers...seriously.

This car is holding a huge amount of fluid (and salt) up in the nose around the radiators and it has to be doing the radiator and other parts good. I'm going to rinse the car yet again this weekend.

I guess with these newer cars and bottom covers there is much salt and debris sitting under the aerodynamic plastic covers on the bottom to. I've never seen so much water and salt before!

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I'm driving my car all winter. The Boxster is galvanized and has a 10-year rust warranty, so I'm not worried.

I still wash it, but I'll take care of the salt in April. Thanks for the heads up, maybe I'll take the front bumper off.

I don't know if that 10 year warrenty is any good. Lots of porsches had rust on the door jams where the mechanism locked. Porsche did nothing. I think there was an article in Excellence Mag about a year ago. Maybe the Sept edition has it!

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