Put a deposit on a MY00 scooby today ,, well chuffed pick it up next week ,,,,,,,,,,, tell me the engine bay seemed dirty and had like white,ish bits on some metal parts , ???// the salesman said they do not clean the engine bays as they use a jet wash and its not recommended and its waxed , could it be the wax ? , can i sort this out myself ok , is it anything to worry about ,

thx

[Edited by pcdude - 11/30/2002 8:50:57 PM]

First Scoob? :)

Ask PSLEWIS (Mark 1) about cleaning engine bays, remember a thread a few weeks back.

yip 1st scoob :) from 5 bmw,s to a scoob

well done. the wait will *kill* yer...

Dude.
got mine a few weeks ago.same problem,but dont worry.
If it is wax its more of a pain than anything else,difficult to clean.
Or is it corrosion ypu r talking about????http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/vscared.gif

i think it could be abit surface corrosion too ,, is this a big prob ???//

its from a subaru dealership , surley they wont sell a dud car ,,,,,, :(

Hi
Wouldn't worry bout it sounds like surface corrosion on the alluminium if it's white. Get your autosol out:)

James

thx james i was begining to ****e myself then ,
its seems to be on the alternator at front and on lower engine block in places , like its never ever had a clean poor thing

so a few tins of autosol it is then ,,,,, :)

exactly the same as mine Dude.
Dont worry and enjoy,apparently its pretty common,they usually put all the wax on ,to not make it worse.Mine was from an independant dealer,got it proper checked by the AA,and thats wot they told me,also got to know a few fellow owners on this site,which are nice geezers and they have told me the same.

Enjoyhttp://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/jump.gif

so davy1 do i need to get some wax put over it after i try and clean it ? i used autoglym engine bay protector before which is like a wax sticky stuff , goes on like milk

If youve got the time,clean off all the crap(WAX) then just give it a going over when you think its getting a bit grubby.
The wax duz protect,but it melts wen hot and spreads evrywhere,and it stinks.So dont worry about dodgy smells either

sounds like the previous owner kept his chickens under the bonnet,was his name les

blimmy Jim ,,,,,,,,,, you dont chat to me on MSN but post on here ,,,,,,,, lmao :)

there were a few feathers,and a 3 pronged foot!!!http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/errrr.gif