Dry rot

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

Not being trusting of dealerships and mechs in general these days, I
kind of felt the same way.

Think in these terms: If your car sat for ~2 years and you don't know
how often it was started and run (I think it had ~60 miles on it when
it was bought and ~120 when I got it), nor if anything was done to it
prior to sitting or during the sit (first oil filter was a bitch to
remove and the wipers suck ass (soon to be replaced)), what would you
look for in terms of stuff-that-goes-bad-just-from-sitting?

Reasons for concern or just BS?

On 8/1/07, John S. Lagnese <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sounds like BS to me.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Smith" <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "car" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:43 PM
> Subject: OT: Dry rot
>
>
> > Back when I had Bib in for the Tail Light Switch recall, the woman at
> > the counter said something that's been floating around in my head but
> > never seemed to come to the front when it should. But it's here now.
> >
> > As I was leaving, I forget how it came up, but she said "Your biggest
> > problem is gonna be dry rot."
> >
> > Considering that Bib is an '05 that was bought "new" in late '06, he
> > was probably sitting for quite a while before he came to me.
> >
> > What or where should I be looking for dry rot? Hoses? Belts? What is
> > susceptible to dry rot?
> >
> > tyia for cluing me in...
> >
> > --
> > Mike
> > '86 Tred 16v: Red 5
> > '05 Iblue GTI 1.8T: Bib
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Mike
'86 Tred 16v: Red 5
'05 Iblue GTI 1.8T: Bib
"The world is my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum." - King Crimson