The Secret Is In the Sauce - Why Most Rust Protection Fails
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Car
Jeep Wrangler
A Jeep Wrangler is a tough off-road SUV. Because it spends time on rough roads, the parts underneath can collect water and salt, which can lead to rust if protection isn’t done well.
Car
Nissan Rogue
The Nissan Rogue is a common family SUV. Like many cars, it can rust in places that collect road salt, especially underneath and around the wheels.
Concept
rust protection
Rust protection is how you keep your car from getting rusty. It matters because once rust starts, it can make future repairs take longer and cost more.
Concept
rust and corrosion
Rust and corrosion are what happen when metal breaks down over time. They can make bolts and parts stick so repairs take longer.
Concept
additional labor
“Additional labor” here means extra shop time required when corrosion prevents normal disassembly. This is a practical ownership concept: rust can turn a straightforward job into a more time-consuming one.
Company
Earl Louise Grant
Earl Louise Grant is mentioned as a supporter of the Car Connection workshop. It’s not a car brand or part—more like a local sponsor.
Company
City Auto Sales and Leasing
City Auto Sales and Leasing is mentioned as a local dealership partner providing used vehicles. In a rust-protection conversation, dealership claims like “low mileage” and “quality vehicles” are often tied to their inspection and reconditioning process.
Term
deer hit
A deer hit is just a crash with a deer. It can seriously damage the front of your car, and the repair bill can be very high.
Concept
written off
When an insurance company “writes off” a vehicle, it means the damage is severe enough that repairing it isn’t financially worthwhile. The car may be declared a total loss, and the owner typically receives a payout based on the vehicle’s value.
Term
lower control arms
Lower control arms are part of the suspension that helps hold the wheel in the right position. If they’re worn out, the car can feel unstable and tires can wear unevenly.
Term
ball joints
Ball joints are the flexible joints that let the suspension move smoothly. If they wear out, you may hear knocking and the steering can feel off.
Term
change engine oil
This message is basically telling you it’s time to put in fresh engine oil. Old oil can’t protect the engine as well, so changing it helps prevent damage.
Term
engine oil low
That warning means your engine doesn’t have enough oil in it. If you keep driving like that, the engine parts don’t get lubricated properly and can wear out faster.
Term
oil filter
The oil filter is like a trap for dirt and debris in the oil. When you change the oil, you usually replace the filter too so the new oil stays cleaner.
Concept
dash warning light
The dash warning light is the vehicle’s immediate feedback when it detects a problem, such as low oil. The speaker describes reading the dash while starting the engine to interpret whether the alert reflects a real issue.
Concept
underbody
The underbody is the bottom of the vehicle. It’s where water and road salt collect, so rust protection there matters a lot.
Term
beater
A “beater” is an inexpensive, lower-care vehicle used for rough conditions so your nicer car doesn’t take the abuse. In rust-prone areas, using a beater for winter driving can reduce exposure of your main car to salt and slush.
Concept
rust-prone climate (Florida salt air)
Coastal climates accelerate corrosion because salt air increases the amount of corrosive material on surfaces. The speaker contrasts rust behavior in different regions, emphasizing that where you live matters as much as what you apply.
Term
brake lines are shiny
If the brake lines look shiny and new, it usually means they haven’t rusted much. That matters because rusted brake lines can eventually cause brake fluid leaks.
Concept
no rust proofing
“No rust proofing” highlights a key theme: some vehicles stay clean without aftermarket treatments, likely due to storage conditions, prior preservation, and exposure history. The episode uses this to challenge the idea that rust prevention products are always necessary or always effective.
Term
spark plugs
Spark plugs help start the engine by making a spark. They wear out over time, and if they’re neglected they can get stuck and become expensive to fix.
Concept
one-shot deal
A “one-shot deal” is the misconception that a single application of rust protection will last indefinitely. The speaker argues that most effective rust prevention requires repeated applications over time.
Term
fastener
A fastener is the hardware that holds things together, like bolts and nuts. Rust can make those stick so the mechanic has to fight them to get the parts apart.
Term
labor hours
Labor hours are how long the mechanic work takes. If rust makes the job harder, it can take more hours than expected.
Concept
repair estimates
Repair estimates are the shop’s predicted time and cost for a job. Rust can make the real work take longer than the estimate because parts don’t come apart easily.
Concept
snap something off
If a rusted bolt breaks while you’re trying to remove it, it’s much harder to fix. Then the shop may have to drill it out and put in new threads.
Concept
labor time
In rust repair, “labor time” is the amount of technician work required to disassemble parts, treat corrosion, and reassemble. Rust prevention can reduce how often you have to do labor-intensive repairs.
Term
washing off the stuff
They’re describing a coating that gets removed too easily by water or car washes. If it washes off, it can’t keep rust from forming.
Concept
30-day fuel savings challenge
It sounds like a month-long test where they try to save money on gas. They’re saying you should only run the method when the conditions are right so it works the way they expect.
Concept
maintenance plan
A maintenance plan is a schedule for taking care of your car. Doing the right things on time helps it last longer and avoids bigger problems later.
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yeah the motor is not happy right now Jerry not happy. If you were at 32,000 feet in your own
special aircraft and that light is the the words are scrolling engine oil low change engine oil would
just go yeah we yeah we should be okay yeah we should be all right yeah mm-hmm it's probably
yeah you know they they put a buffer in there you know there's a buffer yeah that's just a
you know it's a it's a amber alert it's not a real deal they're not trying to scare you
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ends up costing you guys not me everything I tell you I don't just talk to talk I walk the walk in
fact some of my friends are embarrassed about the condition of their automobiles because they don't
care and it's costing them thousands and thousands of unnecessary repairs because of neglect
and again this vehicle that I'm working on today I'm gonna have to grunt it out I got the other
side to do yet yeah I get to do it all over again on the opposing side so we videoed that
yesterday so you could see the good the bad the ugly the blood guts and gore on the driver's side
with the suspension all ripped out I got one bolt that's seized up in the frame that's holding up
the whole thing and you can't cut it out of there I can't take the torch to it I'll set the whole
stinking van on fire in the shop not a good idea I don't have any marshmallows whatsoever
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so lots of nuts and bolts going on so getting into rust protection and it is another area where
many of you are like well you know my neighbor said it sucks oh okay you're good just good to
know he's done his homework he or she's done their homework because they're lying to you it's not true
it absolutely is not true I can walk you through let me see eight vehicles that have had rust protection
and then if I said okay tell me what year of production they are don't give me the month
just what year you think they are chances are you might get one right one maybe maybe
but there's a reason they're still around someone took the time to apply rust protection
and you know mr. green jeans 1967 Chevy c10 fleet side pickup from Georgia was sprayed down with
some kind of petroleum based something or other but you can eat off the underside of that truck
anywhere 1967 folks come on come on wake up does it work you know back in the day back in the day
yours truly here motor mouth I'm I blended my own rust protection I the money I paid out for cars
you know 500 bucks is back then yeah not that old anyhow um it was a lot of money and so after
putting all the work into the vehicle and getting it all mechanically fit on the last thing and I
had to drive them through winter I didn't have a beater at the time I didn't want it rusting out
I put all that effort in I would mix my create my own mini mix in a five-gallon pail with grease
and diesel fuel and I would spray it on with what we call the shut's gun that will pretty much
shoot marbles out the nozzle on the thing like a miniature fire hose and I would spray my vehicle
with it everywhere I could I put that sauce on there and then I would find the the dustiest
gravel road on the in the backwoods and after applying that take it for a drive and get the
dust going because then it would mat onto that petroleum based sludge I put on there and it
would just cling and that's kind of what was on on mr. green jeans we blasted a lot of it off because
I took most of the truck apart and to have it redone it's got to be redone again I think it got
I think it got well I'm not going down that road I painted it myself as the first paint job I ever
did it's not bad but I'm a I'm not quite as bad a perfectionist as I used to be
my friends would call me anal retentive I don't think that's a good name I think it's yeah it's
disrespectful anyhow before I digress I'm saying mr. green jeans is 1967 he is not all rotted out
how does that happen how does it happen because vehicles even in rust free areas still have rust
it's just how bad is it and where is it vehicles in Florida they rust like crazy from the salt air
the roofs and hoods rot out from the outside so you got to be careful where you're getting a
Floridian vehicle from as well we have one vehicle here it's coming into the shop it's
been tucked away for many years 1992 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Carmen series from Germany made in
California and I'll tell you that vehicle it makes you want to drool when you see it underneath
you go wow this thing like even the brake lines are shiny that has no rust proofing on it is dry to
the bone yeah something like that I think I heard that somewhere before so this van I'm working on
it is so dry and decrepit underneath that everything I mean it's not rotted through
on the the the actual frame itself so the framework has scabby spots and it's really dry
underneath it's never been touched with anything but it's still savable that's a 2010 so putting
all this work into it I did a whole pile of electricals back in the summer this thing came to
me dead yeah dead or alive no it was dead nothing worked you know key and ignition nothing zero
this thing was just it was electrical down big time anyways got into it had it here for a couple
of months and picked away at it and I finally got into the bird's nest somebody else had created
and we got it fixed got it fixed got the thing back up and running got out the seized spark plugs that
have been in there for so long it three of them were really really it took it was it was my mini
mix sauce around the spark plugs and letting it sit and but where am I going with this
rust protection prevents a lot of extra additional labor and number two protects the vehicle from
rotting out so if you want to keep it you've got to get into that habit of first of all understanding
the science not political science folks let's not go there the wokeness team good golly you know what
we had a saying on the farm that the manure pile smells just as bad at the top as it does at the
bottom let's pull over and park and leave that there for another time rust protection if you think
it's just a bunch of hokey pokey smoky stuff and the sales guy says oh it's already been rust
protected at the factory you don't need to do it liar did I say that quiet part out loud yeah
that's a lie from the pit of hell it smells like smoke here's another here's another sales one
ready that will void your warranty choose door number two and your supply of rice
errone on that one side order spam and no spam hate mail hey if you love spam i just really
would like to know what is that sloppy stuff that surrounds spam nobody's been able to tell me
you know when it comes out of the can under the plate what is that i want to know
because it doesn't look anything entertaining to me anyway but apparently quarter pound spam
burgers on the barbecue are like the thing so no spam hate mail all right number two
the salesperson says it voids your warranty it does not so i'm gonna unpack those two things
right now no plus no times no divided by no equals can i hear it no doesn't do either
doesn't void your factory warranty that is a load of bologna big time
why would they say that that's the question people should be asking well why would they tell me i
don't need to service my transmission is it not something mechanical that need your wears and
wears out and stuff these are the questions you should be asking yourself well why would they
tell me i don't need to change the spark plugs out for 250 000 kilometers idiots yeah
it took about a month to get the three spark plugs that i could not get out
if i put brute force and ignorance on them i would have snapped them off in the cylinder head
now you got to tear the engine down the head's got to go up to the machine shop that is not
saving money folks that is not saving money that is being absolutely silly listening to people
telling you stuff is maintenance free that is such a load of crap honestly
we got to get sharper the mice got to get sharper than the cat so if we can take care of the structural
integrity of the automobile that means we've got a product on there that's preventing the
rusties from eating it out from underneath your butt while you're driving you pull through the
drive-thru and you go here want a car here's the steering wheel yeah that's all that's left with it
the back of your pants on fire smoldering from dragging on the highway picture that one i've
been in cars like that that mechanics owned what's the plywood on the floor oh there's a small hole
there you lift the plywood up you go and you're going down the road you go like there's a freaking
road under there dude yeah i've got to fix that sometime it's but you know the plywood's on there
you're not going to go anywhere i'm like yeah you're on that side and i you know the black top is
like inches from my feet thank you very much so if we can prevent that kind of stuff from happening
you've got a vehicle that has value and to listen to the talking heads say well you know
it could give you 1500 bucks for it you know or 500 you know we can take it in on a trade i give
you 500 bucks for it are you kidding me don't put a value on something that's paid for it's paid for
if it's bought and paid for and you've been rust proofing it you've got what i call a goodie those
are the vehicles i look for that i can pick up cheap clean it wash it tear it apart inside find
the dead sandwich tune a sandwich under the seat that's making it smell like a gym locker in there
and clean it out do the mechanicals guess what you got a really decent ride that you can afford to
pay for it and get it down the road and toodle for the next five ten years if you want that's
money in the bank so i'm gonna go back to this van i'm working on i gotta get that thing done
today and i haven't got the driver's side completely apart yet because i gotta seize bolt and it's not
accessible much at all i can see it i guess that helps i've been spraying it down with my
own secret pony juice and hopefully today i got a couple ideas on how i can try and entertain that
bolt and get it out because it's holding up the whole thing building it back if this vehicle had
been treated with rust proofing on a regular basis that means it's not a one-shot deal one squirt it's
all done no no plus no times no uh no to the power of 10 um 3.14 no equals no it's an annual event at
the latest 12 months to 18 months another squirt what do you do next 12 months to 18 months another
squirt what do you do next 12 months to 18 months another squirt you know what you're doing for pennies
a day you're protecting that vehicle from the rust getting into the structural integrity of that
vehicle and eating it alive you're saving it when you go to car shows and you see those gorgeous
vehicles put together how is it that they're still alive somebody put some effort into it to
prevent it from rotting out completely and there's some models that are so rare that if you find one
in any condition you build it back because you've got you found something that has really good value
because they didn't make too many of them the same thing applies to your everyday ride folks
applying the right product would have prevented this van i'm working on from every stink and
fastener on it i had to wrestle it apart what does that mean for you labor hours folks labor hours
if i have to wrestle it apart that's extra time it's not included in what we call the repair and
maintenance time the labor the labor kind or there's other names for it as well it's just
the labor manual gives us an idea for putting estimates together how much time approximately
it's going to take to take that component off and put another one on but what it doesn't account for
is rusted seized broken bolts hard to access bolts that are also rusted and seized that is straight
time what does that mean for you that means every single bolt that i had to take off to get the lower
control arms out tie rods tie rod end sway bar links were all seized so it took additional labor
to get it apart to the point where i have the last bolt holding up the whole process
that's where we start the clock we stop the clock you pay that additional labor for getting
the seized bolts out that's allowed additional labor that you're paying for now i'll use our
o7 toyota fj cruiser as an example i can get every single piece of hardware off that vehicle anywhere
on it without additional labor why is that because it gets rust proofed every 18 months
another squirt if they could put a rope on the trailer hitch and
dip it in like a teabag i would like that i call i would call that the bloop factor they
laugh when i take a vehicle in because i go they go oh what what package do you want i said i want
the bloop package you know like a teabag bloop yeah just let it swirl in there for a while i
wanted to get into every nook and cranny why i want to keep it until i don't that's it bought and
paid for i don't care if it's worth 25 dollars curbside to me it's priceless when you go looking
for a muscle car or something to restore fellas are you looking for the thing that's been sitting
out in the manure pile rotting out forever to work on you never get them done i know that
from experience because people call me all the time when you come and look at this you come and
look at this would you do us a favor get it out of here and you'll give it a good home and blah
blah blah and i go well what part it's a just a parts car now you know there's a point of no return
where it's you got to look at it go that thing is done man it's done and i can tell you you know a
young couple that bought a vehicle and the vehicle i told them they should have taken would stop would
still be in really good shape except the car now that they have is rotted out and i told them right
at the beginning go get it rustproofed and keep it up every year so now they're facing on having to
replace that car because it's rotted right out like it's done the structural integrity
it's done in a little over five years finished so
you like to pay additional labor when a tech's got to get in there
and argue with all the bolts you know how much time that adds to i've probably i i've been logging
my time i have seven and a half hours on this van on one side and
five of those hours wrestling with that last bolt and wrestling with the bolts that wouldn't come off
having to heat them and work them back and forth so i don't snap something off
that now i got to drill it out then i got to drill it and drill it and then thread it tap
it do the whole thing that's extra time so right now as it stands there'd be about
close to seven hours of additional labor time and it's still not a part
how many rustproofing applications would that be to have prevented that from happening
about seven no probably about five five for minivans about 100 and call it 200 bucks 200 bucks
for a full application the product i'm talking about they don't sponsor me they don't even send
me a box of donuts or a thank you card or anything but they happen to have the best product out there
on the market for the last 12 to 15 years when i discovered it through somebody else from one of
clients it owns a shop up in the brampton area said you've got to come up and see this demo
you won't believe what this product does and another one of my clients in st catharines
picked it up at his shop and so he's treating all his customers with the same product so that
i'll put a yeah that's what i'll do for you i will put it in the description of this podcast
for you but there is a logo on the homepage of our website that you'll figure out that it's rust
proofing click on it and you can open it and the only reason i have it there is for you so that i
can direct you there and say this is a product that works and i know it works because it's on every
it's on all eight vehicles that we have that gets us into every fundraising car show known
known to mankind because now they're all car shows have now gone um make model specific
so you can't show up at a a domestic car show with a european car they won't let you in and
vice versa so you got to have the tool to get in to the show so but that's we've these these vehicles
have all been some were donated somewhere please come and get it and give it a good life and uh
we've resurrected them and they're useful as tools to get us in those car shows but um
that's over a course of like 31 years okay just so you know they didn't all come together and
and fall together uh in a year or so no uh this took to get all the tools we need to be able to
get out there and meet people at car shows and and be in the car show as well with a vehicle
it's taken 31 years but they're all rust proofed they sit tucked away for six months of the year
every year so that's when the rusties happen when they're off the road it gets worse because when
they're parked rust gets worse so we need two things for your vehicle to suffer serious
uh corrosion and corrosion to the point where the vehicle is not worth fixing that's what i'm
talking about moisture and warmth that's that two two very important parts of the rust recipe
moisture and warmth and i'm not talking 80 degrees 93 degrees 50 degrees at actually 40 to 45 degrees
rusty start they wake up so this time of year your vehicle's been blasted by salt water salt
the the wickedly corrosive salt brine that they're putting on the roads and that's how
the engineers that designed it described that product wickedly corrosive so when it gets to 40
degrees they say in their engineering report that i got out the back door um at about 40 degrees
the acids from that road salt and road brine activate and begin to eat the body metal and as
i've said before you know you would not be able to give me a vehicle that's five years old i don't
want it it's the biggest piece of junk on the market lots of plastic very expensive plastic
and planned obsolescence they don't last the body metal is so thin it might as well be
reynolds aluminum wrap so by the time you see a little rust nerdy in the paint if i grind that
up it's already pinholes i'm serious it's already perforated it's crazy stupid they're making them
so thin lighting light they're lighting them up making them lighter by lots of plastic colored
plastic chrome colored plastic all the plastic under the hood on the engine parts now they're
decaying the plastic it doesn't last it breaks down from the heat from the engine and the oils
and then we are pulling engines apart to change plastic things like valve covers and take manifolds
and guess what we're putting the same crap back on so you get to do it again planned obsolescence
so how do you combat this the secret i came up with one line that's it spells it out for me
i get asked all the time what year is that oh it's an old seven oh my goodness like brand new
yeah this and i tell them the secrets in the sauce what yeah the rust proofing oh i don't believe in
that that's what i hear well i just gave him the answer he's asked you know person says oh that
thing's in great shape for an old seven yeah how do you how do you do that i go oh i get a good
i got a good one off the line you'll never needs any parts never needs service or maintenance you
just drive it they look at you like a deer in the headlights going really usually hear that
really no not really rust proofing and effort yeah keep it clean inside note maintain it maintain
the whole thing oh that's what it takes if you want to save hundreds to thousands of dollars
the secret is in the sauce the rust proofing application has to have number one priority
number one priority because nothing else matters if it's rusted out and rotted out it's over
she's singing loudly it's over but what skippy and i saw last summer in july and one of the
hottest days oh my gosh we i thought we were gonna die out there nobody ever find us in the you
pull it yard nobody's comes to check on you like you're you know it's you so if you get hung up or
stuck in there good luck nobody's coming out to see if you're okay nobody's canvassing the yard
to check and make sure nobody's in trouble that's why they sign here good luck sucker yeah they don't
come and check they're gonna punch out and go home they don't care you could be in there for a week
you know screaming help help me no they're gonna find you we could not believe the condition of
bodies on a lot of the vehicles in there if we went looking for parts for the minivan
we're 52 or 57 minivans that we had a choice to pull parts from most of them the bodies were
decent very decent in fact you could select one we could haul it back here and put it back on the
road and probably six months engines and transmissions all ripped apart people looking for
engine components that's what put them in there not the bodies the ones that were really really
good had been rust proofed just that the mechanicals that were neglected but first and foremost the
number one thing you've got to sell yourself on is setting the money aside you know if you give up
one coffee a week for a year there's your rust proofing yeah what's what's a timmy's cup worth
now i if they relied on me uh saving them from going under it wouldn't happen i i visited timmy's
maybe twice a year maybe twice a year give it a lot of timmy's cards i can tell you that but just
the same yeah one cup of coffee what is somebody send me an email because i don't even know send
me an email what is a large cup of coffee worth now at timmy's i have no idea none whatsoever
so let me know what that is but i'm sure it's it's got to be three bucks anyway three bucks
and not a specialty coffee those are probably like you know 1.2 million canadian or dollar 99 us
yeah so one cup of coffee could you do that one cup of coffee 52 weeks in the year there's your
rust proofing right there put that money don't say you're gonna put it aside get a jar drop that
one cup of coffee money into that jar and at the end of the year you got your rust proofing just go
get it done don't even hesitate don't listen to the goofballs that tell you ah that's just a waste
of time really really come and have a look at nine vehicles that we have nine come and have a look
they go out on the road they roll on the roads three of those are out there in the winter
in that wickedly corrosive salt brine you got a rust proof it folks you're saving labor time
on the tech working on it pulling stuff apart number two you're saving the structural integrity
of the vehicle from rotting out so now you have the foundation that's where i'm going solid foundation
you're a winner like i said i don't care if somebody puts a $50 stinking price tag on my
old seven fj and says i'll give you 500 bucks for it curbside no it's it's priceless to me
because it's valuable because it's paid for it's solid and it isn't rusting out underneath my butt
everything else can be fixed serviced or replaced far cheaper than going in the hole
and with the economy we're working with over the next who knows how many years before we get a change
we better start running the ship a whole lot tighter if you know what i'm saying
you know in our house we're not quite using the both sides of the toilet paper
but it has come up in conversation that's gross anyhow how much can we save that's usually
what we're asking you know in our circle of friends what are you doing to save money
where can you what are you doing to make some savings and we share the ideas and then we
implement the ideas and guess what you're saving money so we got to run the ship a whole lot tighter
and it is doable it is doable you can own that older automobile and keep that thing going for 200
400 600 000 kilometers or miles whatever comes first so the secret is in the sauce
not all of them are alike and it's true so what do you use i'm showing you what i use
and as i said already to all all of you out there they don't give me a dog dog dog gone dying
nothing i put that there so that you can see what what we've been using and it works
it creeps and the reason and it doesn't drip you want to know if it's crap if it drips it's crap
don't buy it period was a product i used for decades and even sent all my customers from
the shop to use that product but i know way too much about the product and the fellers that created
the product i could give you all the history i've shook the hands i've seen the dudes i know
everything about it and it's not what it used to be and i know why it's not but i can't say it
my hands are tied i cannot say the things i know i cannot do um yeah so that is off the list
because i asked the question to the person that actually created the product in the first place
he said well because because because i own the rights the original product
the product that you you guys see is not the product i created so that's why there was a
difference i would see it's washing off the stuff is applied it's dripping and it washes off
and that's how i found out about it and that's when i went looking for an alternative and that
was when we picked up this product that is available to you on our website to learn all about it so
you know what i'm using and i will put the name of the product in the description for this morning's
video which will be in you'll figure it out it's episode 119 season two and it's on rust protection
so you'll be able to find that podcast very very easily from wherever you're pulling your podcast
from if you do have a problem for whatever reason email me i always put my email in the description
boxes and i'll i'll say this again if you're just skimming the description boxes you are missing
a ton of on-purpose nuggets that i put in there so that you will take the time to read it and learn
read it and learn because if i'm your only source of learning then when something happens to me then
what you lose your source of learning so the podcast the the youtube videos we have almost
we're going to break 200 videos in the next few days that are all there for you all teachable
i don't care who you are how old you are or anything if you can see and you can read and you
can watch you can learn all the things i'm telling you about that will put money back in your pocket
and as a reminder we will be running our 30-day fuel savings challenge when we hit
temperatures outside that will maintain so we need ambient air temperature outside air
temperature to be a steady eddy then we can run it and minimum at minimum put a hundred dollars a
month back in your pocket and fuel savings if that doesn't excite you then you know what nothing
will anytime you can put money back in your pocket there's two ways to own a vehicle my friends
and when i say i'm rust proofing every year i rust proof every year everything is gooey
and i don't care gooey is good just means i go through a lot of shop towels and my hands get
super super gooey and i can't stand those rubber gloves i do work with them sometimes
but they just drive me nuts yeah i'm not i don't like them but i do at times use them
but the gooeyness doesn't bother me you can wipe your hands off we got really good hand cleaner
doesn't matter so if it drips it's crap it's junk it's garbage it's not working the product i've
posted on our website and again in the description of this video of this podcast gotta remember where
i am and um so that you can find it if you can't find someone who's applying it in your area just
email me i will send you right to where you can get it done in the niger region and it will be
applied correctly application will be done correctly the product that i use is
using the electro uh what i i just have to go brain fart here for a minute it's electrically
charged okay molecules let's talk about molecules the electron theory that's where i was going
it was getting electrical and electrons screwed up there for a minute uh electron theory we have
positive electrons and negative electrons make up everything around us your vehicle has negative
electrons the product has positive electrons so the little fellas chase the little girls and they
don't stop until they catch her so it creeps that is the science behind the product it creeps into
every single nook and cranny on your vehicle so the more you more times you every time you reapply it
you're not over applying it because some of it will get power washed off by the water on the
highways it's just the way it is you know you take 2200 psi of water and blast it against something
you're going to take something off that's for sure so a reapplication just solidifies that it
continues to creep in all the nooks and crannies on your vehicle where it finds dirt silt sand
salt salt brine and it neutralizes the acids created by the salt that's what you got to get
done it's got to neutralize that stuff to protect your vehicle so not all are alike the rubberized
stuff junk if it's petroleum base product junk if it drips it's junk if it's an electronic rust
buster i got one down on the workbench it was nine hundred dollars they the dealership locally
charged her for it and her vehicle was rusting and she brought me the car and said why is that
happening i go well i'll take it out to the dealer myself and then i'll show the i'll have a little
chitty chat and then i'll show them my license say i'm qualified to determine that your rust buster
is not stinking working can you tell me why the vehicle is rusting here uh we don't know
there you go doesn't work it works in theory on cars it does not work on ships it works it's a
different system so the electronic rust buster thing of me is nothing but something that i will
squash for you in my vice in the shop and then give it back to you and go there i fixed it for you
yeah we will eventually redo a video on that our rust buster 2000 and make some really good fun of
it okay we will do that we'll pull that back out and we call ours the rust buster 2000 the lady
whose vehicle i got it removed from i didn't get all her money back but i got a good portion of
it back it was like 1100 bucks i managed to get 700 bucks back for and i said you want the you can
keep the box oh no we don't want it so i said do you mind if i keep that for science purposes
oh no problem so we turned it into rust buster 2000 so the electronic things fellas and fellas
don't get sucked into that and the f and i department at the dealerships it does not work
period.com.org.ca.net. got it the product i use that works and it's got that molecular set up with
the electrons and it works very very very well i have one vehicle that i'm waiting for the temperature
temperature to change here and then it's going for a bloop because we fixed it and brought it back
to life now it's worth taking care of it so a little over an hour this morning on this topic
why is that yeah because i am motor mouth there are two ways to own a car folks and i'm going to
continue to harp on about it so get used to it living in the unknown or living in the know
knowing what's going on with your vehicle how long would your vehicle last if you actually
follow the proper maintenance plan well we built one it's laminated it's reusable we call it our
car connection fleet maintenance system it makes it so simple to follow it's crazy stupid
so send me an email we're working on getting a page up in fact i'm going to check with our
webmaster today to see how we're doing on that get an update we have the page ready
i got to take a lay the the product out for you to see it so you can have a visual field felt found
and see what we're offering you but i'll tell you what you follow that maintenance schedule
you'll take care of the structural integrity because that is on there it's no numero uno
getting the vehicle applied with what rust protection because if you want to keep it you
got to protect it it's that simple so living in the unknown not ever knowing when something's
going wrong with your vehicle you are living in a self-created stress factor 10 living in the know
and following our car connection fleet maintenance system or somebody's maintenance system following
a plan to maintain your vehicle gives you mental freedom folks it really really does
i can't stress that enough and this is the lane that i'm carving out and have been carving out
for over 40 plus years now with more ways to watch listen and engage with yours truly motormouth
nyle jankins in the car connection workshop and car connection period we're here in your corner
to educate to help you to answer questions to lead you in the right direction to owning and
operating an older automobile long term and putting thousands and thousands of dollars back in your
pocket make it a wonderful day and we'll see you tomorrow happy healthy motoring peace patience
kindness always and we'll see you tomorrow morning for another round of the motormouth morning drive
bye for now
About this episode
Rust protection is framed as the difference between “paying for repairs” and “paying for extra labor” when corrosion seizes bolts and forces major disassembly. The host argues most rustproofing fails because people use the wrong products (dripping, rubberized, or ineffective “electronic” claims), apply it once instead of annually, or get misled by sales pitches about factory coverage and warranty voiding. Real shop examples include a van with seized hardware and older vehicles that stayed solid thanks to regular treatment. The episode also ties maintenance to mental peace and offers a recommended product and application cadence.
Original notes
Rust Protection Is NOT -One- and-Done- Here's What Actually Works!
Rust is the silent killer of vehicles -and most people don't realize they're already losing the battle.
In this episode, we break down why rust protection isn't just another maintenance item...it's the foundation. If you get this wrong, everything else you invest in your vehicle is on borrowed time.
"The secret is in the sauce" - and not all rust protection products are created equal.
We dig into:
1) What actually makes rust protection product effective
2) Why some applications fail (even when done professionally)
3) Why annual application is the real long - term strategy
4) How rust prevention fits into the Car Connection Fleet Maintenance System
If you want your vehicle to last - and not dissolve out from under you - this is where it starts.
Because once rust takes hold, you're no longer maintaining ...you're chasing.
Real Talk from the shop floor, where the battle against rust never stops.
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