Place to check - rust problems

Post by **Duvel78** » 30 Jun 2005 01:27 pm

If you have a 360, I suggest you to check the following places (near the gearbox) because it's very often rusted there... Even if you don't really see it... (pic 1) but when you remove the paint... (pic2)

Post by **5lab** » 30 Jun 2005 01:55 pm

question..

how is a 360 ecological when its dropping bits of rust everywhere??

Post by **Duvel78** » 30 Jun 2005 02:00 pm

lol! Now that's enough for today, you are banned from this board until tomorrow

Website · Post by **antiekeradio** » 30 Jun 2005 02:08 pm

@aymat,

very known problem. I think its a design flaw.

the MOT in holland (APK) is quite strict, a car with this amount of corrosion damage would not pass it. thats why a lot of 300's go to the scrapyard.

same problem is at the front, behind the licence plate.

if more then 25% of the joint has come loose because of the rust (in practice, when it rusts beside the licence plate) you must have it welded for APK.

Post by **Duvel78** » 30 Jun 2005 02:19 pm

I agree with you, there's a design flaw... But in Belgium it would pass! I had a similar problem on my 340 vario (but worse) and it was ok for one year. I got the green certificate (=ok) and there was just an observation on it. Of course I had to repair it so the car could survive for the next inspections... and they don't really look at the front valance...... I've heard that it was really strict in the Netherlands for that front valance!

Post by **5lab** » 30 Jun 2005 02:38 pm

Duvel78 wrote:lol! Now that's enough for today, you are banned from this board until tomorrow

oh wait.. i understand now.. you're lightening it to try and keep up with propper glts?

(i'll get me coat)

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 30 Jun 2005 03:07 pm

But rust weighs more?! So your car is less ecological now, I think Duvel should be banned for giving 300 owners a bad name.

Post by **5lab** » 30 Jun 2005 03:17 pm

SoLaMaNdA wrote:But rust weighs more?!

not if its fallen off

Post by **Duvel78** » 30 Jun 2005 03:23 pm

Ok, is it over now?

back to the topic

Post by **Reddog29** » 30 Jun 2005 08:46 pm

antiekeradio wrote: very known problem. I think its a design flaw.

the MOT in holland (APK) is quite strict, a car with this amount of corrosion damage would not pass it. thats why a lot of 300's go to the scrapyard.

Pls come to Romania and you will get your MOT/APK aka ITP in here for only 20E or something like that!

In here we hav cars that look25 times worse and they pass it every year! Sometimes i am happy that i live in a country whre with a few euros i can fix problems that in the Western Europe are impossible to pass

Post by **5lab** » 30 Jun 2005 09:17 pm

looks like i've found a home for all my old cars then

Post by **Reddog29** » 30 Jun 2005 10:14 pm

Oh, unfortunately not

I would had been the first to com and buy a Volvo or something, but i can't register them in here, cose they don't have EURO3. ANd this realy can't be avoided...for nothing. But you, as a foreigner, you can use your car in RO without any problems.

Post by **Duvel78** » 30 Jun 2005 10:17 pm

Wait... You can't buy a 360 GLT (in Germany for example, found on EBAY), bring it back to Romania and register the car there??? Even a car with catalysator? That must be a joke!

Are you sure about that??

Post by **RandomHero** » 30 Jun 2005 10:33 pm

My old 360 GL had rust on that point on booth sides. It didn't look that bad from the beginning but one of them was so bad that it had to be welded for the APK (MOT) The other one got stabilized with rust threatment and it was good enough to pass.

The design of the chassis is already quite old because it was basicly the same as the DAF's. May be they could have changed it a little bit when they started manufacturing the 300 series. The chassis on the 200 series is actually very good. It takes a long time before these cars start to rust on those places.

Post by **5lab** » 30 Jun 2005 10:50 pm

but then the 200 rusts everywhere else

i believe 700s are part galvanised...