The parts which he could see behind the cover are rusted, so he advised it is rusted.
Basically it's just to advise the vehicles presenter of a structural area that needs attention to help stop the corrosion getting worse.

 

The parts which he could see behind the cover are rusted, so he advised it is rusted.
Basically it's just to advise the vehicles presenter of a structural area that needs attention to help stop the corrosion getting worse.

Yep suppose its good that I will look at it earlier before it gets worse but was expecting more surface rust than there is for it to appear on an advisory. Cheers for the response

 

Yea doesn't look too bad.
I'd say these are going to possibly be the worse areas once you start chipping away.

The subframe is quite thick so if you can very easily dent it with a small hammer, that can be a sign that it's thinned due to corrosion.

Yours doesn't look too serious to be fair 👍

 

Yours looks brand new compared to mine

 

Wow looks a right state compared to mine... and it shouldn't mine's a 2006 that spent 13 years as a post van in the black forest mountain region of Germany and now lives in the French Alps - Road salt, sub zero temps etc...

Mine is now protected by a one piece undertray but it came without one and signs it hadn't had one in a long time.

 

The engine undertray is the main reason why they corrode badly. If you don't have one, the road salt washes straight off. But wiith an undertray you get a layer of damp road silt sitting between subframe and tray, which gets soaked in salt solution in winter. It's too well protected to wash away when driving in the rain, so it sits there, rusting away the subframe. I always brush on a layer of Waxoyl before putting mine back.

 

That doesn't look especially bad to me. But only you can see if the metal is genuinely getting thin. I have only heard of one that actually needed the subframe changing but there are still thousands of oldies like ours on the road. That looks to about the same rust as mine and I'm just going to give it all a waxoyl in the spring. I leave the undertray off on mine because I like being able to see any leaks or anything quickly.

 

It wasn't that bad. Cleaned up with a wire brush and just surface rust with no soft spots. Been waxoyl'd. Good for another few years.

 

Mine looked way worse with a under tray fitted.wire brush and sealed all good👍🏼