rustproofing mild steel pipes

[Skysthelimit]

ok...

i made the unfortunate mistake of using mild steel for my FMIC pipes.

After a year or so, the pipe after the cooler has started to rust quite a bit

I am having the pipe cleaned now, but what can i do to rust proof the pipe?? I cant afford to pay another $400 to have that 1 pipe remade.

HPC would be perfect, but they are in VIC

Can i galvinaise it??... What do Nissan use on the stock pipes?? powder coating? Or is there any other thing i can dip it in, etc??

Any help or advice would be much appriciated,

cheers

[meggala]

good paint works ok for mine.

meggala

[inark]

get them powder coated? thats relatively cheap and would help heaps... also, get it done inside and out... if thats possible.... cant see why not.

[Skysthelimit]

yeah, the problem is meggala, outside it's ok... but i took a look inside, it's rusted from the condensation from air cooling down

[inark]

like i said.... get it powder coated if u can... altho unles the rust is removed it will just keep spreading.

[Skysthelimit]

i'll check that option out inark

I have the pipe at the workshop being cleaned off at the moment...

The thing is the pipe is quite long and has a few bends, so i dont know if the powder coating will be able to reach all the way in, since it is a sprayed on thing

Any other options i should check out??

cheers

[inark]

ummmm.... which pipe is it? the one from the plenum to the cooler? is it a stock setup? do u have any pics?

i reckon powder coating should do the trick... i guess theres only one way to find out... take it somewhere and see what they say.

not sure if theres anything else u can do...

[lowlux]

get ally or stainless made, if you buy the bends and some straight pipe then take it to a place that does welding it shouldnt cost u more than a slab of beer if u goto the right place

[fatz]

the inside is normally alright casue you will always have a little turbo blowby

oil is good for stopping rust