Reply to "Longchamp rust trap"

Hi Mikael,
on 3, it sounds like you may have water coming from inside the trunk? mine had a lot of problem there, because the wide flat trunk lid did not fit the seals very well, so water leaked in from above. consequently the spare wheel well, and the lower panels beside it were badly rusted. then the moisture wicked its way up the felt that protected the outer guards from the fuel tanks. Finally the alloy fuel tanks had an electrolytic reaction through the wet felt, so it ended up wet with petrol and there was a constant petrol smell from the leaking tanks. I repaired tanks with epoxy many years ago and this has not been a problem since. Main issue was to get the trunk lid seals to work well and I had to reshape the lid a little to do this. Also the closed panel between the rear window glass and the trunk lid (3" wide boxed section) had rusted out from moisture in the window seal and condensation from the water in the trunk. Everything repaired was thoroughly sprayed inside with fish oil. Bad smell but great product.
good luck.
Peter