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    Help just found rust around my gas cap

    i dont have pics yet but theres a small ammount of rust by the gas cap area it looks to be surface to me. should i sand it then prime it?
    not sure if this post is in the right spot but still
    Last edited by teck; 03-03-2007 at 08:41 AM.

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    Quote Originally Posted by teck
    i dont have pics yet but theres a small ammount of rust by the gas cap area it looks to be surface to me. should i sand it then prime it?
    not sure if this post is in the right spot but still
    I would take care of it right now before it becomes a big problem. Also gas eats away paint, so when you take the nozzle out gas may have dripped there causing the clear coat to get eaten away and then the paint and then you have rust.
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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    yeah i figured thats what happend. but seeing how i have work i dont have time to do it today i wanna take either a dremel tool to the small area and grind it away then prime it

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    another question grinding it creats sparks in turn can creat fire should i be concerned?

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    all ground up nice and rust free. the spots are bright red for now since i cant get touch up paint from honda ( they dont make my color) so for now untill i get it painted
    Last edited by teck; 03-03-2007 at 09:37 AM.

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    cool rust free FTW

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    hehe now i have to try to match touch up paint to it. i still have some bubbles in the pain around the wheel wells but its raining now so

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    Quote Originally Posted by teck
    hehe now i have to try to match touch up paint to it. i still have some bubbles in the pain around the wheel wells but its raining now so
    yeah i was going to get some color matched paint but i said Fuck it i want to repaint the whole car soon so why pay $20 for a can of paint that going to get painted over in a few months anyway lol

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    i bought the deepest color red i could find to try and match the paint....its either getting repainted in the spring or sadly replaced

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    There's a Honda recall out on the gas filler pipe area. Maybe there's more going on there than meets the eye. Recalls never expire, so you might want to have the dealer take a look at it. No charge to you.

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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    the recall was for the 86 87 accord not the 88 89

    aww good to hear you nabed that rust right away cheers man i hope you used primer with zink oxide in it!! will help stop it from geting worse once you get the rust out...

    wheel well rust take car of that asap take your rear tire out makes it easayer to work on it.. just rember zink oxide primer after you take car of that rust !!!!!!


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    Re: Help just found rust around my gas cap

    yeah on my trunk lid my clear is going out i think the last owner would set his gas cap on the trunk lid....and its nice to know that you got it fixed...also check your rear wheel arches

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