My transmission lines to the cooler are leaking. Dealer wants to replace them under warranty. What appalls me is that it will take 3 weeks to get them home since they are in back-order. Is this normal, that a relative simple item takes that long to get home?
My trim above and below the side windows are oxidized (hazed) – it is stainless steel. Is this trim supposed to be glossy, resembling chrome? Does anyone have experience with cleaning of the oxidation and maybe polished this?
Thanks

 

MTW

That problem with your stainless trim is common. No polish or liquid product will touch it so save your money. The only thing that worked on mine was progressive grades of steel wool and I can attest that it's not worth the effort except for the most dedicated and annal of us.
There is a guy in the "detail section " of this forum that you may want to put the question to. I would be interested in what he has to say on the subject.

 

Tarhealcracker
Thanks. Can you confirm that there is no coating(paint) on the trim - it is just bare stainless steel?

 

MTW

No coating that I observed on the stainless but there may have been a clear coat originally that failed and let the staining begin. I posted a question on this forum relitive to this issue and never got a satisfsctory answer, but that was before the section on professional detailing was started.

 

Hope someone will benefit from this. I actually removed the haze from my stainless steel trim above and below the side windows yesterday, very successfully – shines like polished stainless steel should. I did it with a scratch/haze remover called “ Kit - scratch out” little yellow bottle, but I suppose most scratch/haze removers will work. It was extremely hard work, fingers hurt today from the rubbing. After polishing I applied wax to protect “Now – 1 year car polish” - big mistake, the haze came right back, and I could start all over – fortunately the compound had not hardened up so it was “easier” to remove again. Lesson learned for me keep wax of the trim – that is most likely what coursed it in the first place – maybe Turtle wax - ICE will not do this?

 

It's very unusual for the refrigerant pipes in the air con circuit to leak; joints maybe, plus the condenser at the front of the car can get a lot of winter road salt on it to corrode it to failure, but only after about 8-10 years.
Has dealer said where leak is located ? An automotive air con specialist might be able to help you out.

 

Sorry, it got lost in the translation American to English !!

Transmission lines to cooler - is this the pipe from auto transmission to the fluid cooler at the front of the car ? If it is, then comments as per air con, but clearly they can rust through from road salt spray.

 

Thanks Fraser Mitchell
It was the transmission lines to the cooler - I was tolled it is a fairly common item to fail, that is why it confounds me it takes them so long to get home.