Such a shame isn't it, Sprinters could be such good vansi wouldnt worry too much about surface rust on roof, bottom will fall apart before roof becomes a serious problem.
Such a shame isn't it, Sprinters could be such good vans
I'd use Waxoyl or Dinitrol depends how much you are prepared to pay - for the joints and also use it inside the box section - the strenthening beams are spot welded on a lot of vehicles so you probabably have surface rust there as well out of sight
I don't know iff this applies to new Sprinters, but they were supplied in two states of paint.. One for people who didn't want to paint them in their companies colours (Like mine, which at 15 years old and 200,000 miles is solid, with hardly any rust, before I decided to have it painted in commercial resin based paint). One for companies who are going to paint it. This was almost a base paint, that was gloss. Much cheaper and most companies went for these, knowing they'd only be keeping the Van 4 or 5 years.These rust from almost day one. Mine is also solid underneath.The clue is in the word COULD
I don't know iff this applies to new Sprinters, but they were supplied in two states of paint.. One for people who didn't want to paint them in their companies colours (Like mine, which at 15 years old and 200,000 miles is solid, with hardly any rust, before I decided to have it painted in commercial resin based paint). One for companies who are going to paint it. This was almost a base paint, that was gloss. Much cheaper and most companies went for these, knowing they'd only be keeping the Van 4 or 5 years.These rot from almost day one. Mine is also solid underneath.
I was told there were different engine grades as well. When mine goes in for its yearly service, the red plastic level indicator on the dipstick is clearly visible through the oil. Clean. Mind you I do Cane it's Spuds off in true Sprinter fashion. Nothing worse than Labouring an engine that's designed to travel at Warp speed.If you have a very friendly Mercedes parts supplier they may be willing to supply you with the original build sheet for your van. With mine it appears there were different levels of corrosion protection and sound proofing. From memory I got the most basic of each.