Rotors rust up FAST!

[wallymn]

Came back from a couple of weeks in Palm beach.. The Genesis sat in the airport lot for 2 weeks.. The front rotors were very rusty... Cleared as the they were used but wow, I couldn't believe how rusty they were after 2 weeks... It was UGLY ....

Anybody know if there is a a way to avoid this?

 

[Ron Veenker]

Came back from a couple of weeks in Palm beach.. The Genesis sat in the airport lot for 2 weeks.. The front rotors were very rusty... Cleared as the they were used but wow, I couldn't believe how rusty they were after 2 weeks... It was UGLY ....

Anybody know if there is a a way to avoid this?

Hey, Scott, try living 200 ft from Atlantic high tide. I had a 2001 Mazda Miata and a friend, also oceanfront, had a 1999. She drove hers everyday and had no rusting rotors. I drove mine quite infrequently and the rust NEVER came off the rotors. Just drive that car, bud.

Ron

 

[Ron Veenker]

Sorry, Wally, I seem to get my Lake Wobegon guys mixed up. I thought I was addressing Scottdk who also is a MN member.

 

[wallymn]

No problem... I just haven't had a car's rotors rust up like this before...

 

[TJPark01]

It's normal. Cast iron will rust, it's cosmetic, just drive the car. Don't spray anything like WD-40, as it doesn't belong down there.

 

[wallymn]

damn... just finished putting axle grease on the rotors...


I wasn't thinking of coating the rotors in something just wondering if it was normal as I have been driving for about 23 years.. and this is the first time my rotors have rusted.

 

[PSL]

Rotors will rust overnight in NC with the mixed climate and changing humidity. The rotors on the three different brand cars I own all rust the same. I heard an auto salesperson gripe about it one day while getting some work done to my car. He said "I have to drive these cars around a lot to keep the rust knocked off the rotors because most customers don't understand that it's normal for them to rust".

 

[scottdk]

damn... just finished putting axle grease on the rotors...


I wasn't thinking of coating the rotors in something just wondering if it was normal as I have been driving for about 23 years.. and this is the first time my rotors have rusted.

I think this is normal to a certain degree. Go to any car dealership and cars that have been sitting a little while have very rusy rotors. Nothing to worry, as it's just surface rust and cleans off the 1st time the brakes are applied.

 

[mikec]

Folks that wash their cars at home, and just put them in the garage after drying the paint, find rusty brake rotors in the morning. A few taps of the brake pedal and the rotors are clean again. Perfectly normal. And, as others noted, just plain old humidity will end up rusting the rotors after a day or three.

mike c.