Truth or myth

Merrion

I heard "Storing a car with its batter out makes it more likely to rust" - what very little I remember from school would suggest the opposite... any truth to this?

kev1.3s

I remember a couple of years ago there was a device advertised in the back of the classic Car magazines that claimed to eliminate rust and the theory was that I there were four pads fixed on the corner of the car and a small current was passed through the car at all times releasing electrodes that feed the cause of rust! I looked into it briefly but taught it to be to good to be true id say your theory is based on the same principal.

wildefalcon

Well, there is a difference between positive and negative earth systems - neg are more likely to rust.

It's to do with physics - galvanic cells, or something, similar as to why steel ships have great lumps of zinc on them.

I reckon it would be marginal, though.

G.

Max Headroom

Merrion wrote: »

I heard "Storing a car with its batter out makes it more likely to rust" - what very little I remember from school would suggest the opposite... any truth to this?

Jesus...are the Scots putting cars in "batter" now too.............:D