| 10-28-2025, 08:11 PM | #1 |
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Should I be worried about this what looks like rust ?
2012 car, garaged, DC area. To me it looks like rust, but I’m not 100% sure if I should take it down to the bare metal, prime, and repaint it. This is in my engine compartment front area.
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| 10-28-2025, 08:29 PM | #2 |
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Doesn't look like rust. Try with the plastic knife to scrape it off.
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| 10-28-2025, 08:51 PM | #3 |
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I took the photos shortly before I posted them, and I didn’t even look at them up close. Now that I could see them on the big screen, I think you are correct. This is some sort of a liquid dried on it.
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| 10-29-2025, 01:11 AM | #5 |
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that's most likely cosmoline.
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| 04-28-2026, 04:27 PM | #7 |
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Just to close the loop on this. It was just some deposit from the cleaning stuff I used that accumulated and then got baked on due to under the hood engine heat. Came off with little effort.
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