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[quote=”Chevyman21″ post=135697]So the goal here at the moment is to pass inspection? The rocker panel is considered a structural member of a unibody car. You can try and hide it, but I won’t endorse that. Eventually, that rot will spread and cause major issues. I suggest getting it fixed. Perhaps you can ask the inspector to give you a probationary sticker or something like that in the meantime. One with a time constraint so that you have more time to get the work done. Just a thought.[/quote]
That is precisely the goal. I’ll get it resolved, it’s just a matter of being able to use the car until I do.
I am hoping against hope that is an option. Unfortunately Ontario has repealed biannual safety inspections and now only requires them for a few scenarios including registering an out of province car. In NS we have such probationary safety inspections, but I haven’t found any record of such a thing in Ontario and it seems unlikely that they have them for a one-time inspection.
I am fairly confident that were I to do that a hole would be created. I don’t doubt that, sooner rather than later, I am going to have to get it dealt with in some fashion.
Oh, you may not have seen my edit. The hole in that video is part of the design. I believe it had a plug in it from the factory. The rust has not actually created a hole at this time. The Ontario regulations say the inspection will fail if either of the following are found to be the case:
h) the frame or any structural unitized member is broken or cracked;
has any loose or missing connecting fasteners; or is perforated with
rust that could downgrade the safety of the vehicle; or
i) The under-body, including the trunk floor pan, is perforated by rust
or damaged or has any opening that may allow entry of exhaust gas.[quote=”MDK22″ post=135687]
My suggestion is to get it fixed and get it fixed right if you plan to keep the car. though being a VW owner myself with 242,000 miles on it trouble is probably brewing and that 1k would be better used for a decent used car. Though it is up to you because the devil you know is better then the devil you don’t.[/quote]I would very much like to get it repaired correctly. I share the sentiment that the devil you know is better, and given that I have learned my vehicle repair skills on doing quite a few things to this car I know it quite well. I think it may need new rear calipers sometime in the near future, but other than that quite a bit of it is new parts and the drivetrain itself is known to be hardy (other than the dif blowing every now and again, but I expect that would have happened by now as it seems to be due to an underdesigned part not present in all 02Js). Additionally, I monitor the OBD data constantly and it says good things. Disasters happen unexpectedly, especially to VWs, but right now Jenny is in much better shape than when I bought her aside from this patch.
The real problem is that I don’t see how I can get it repaired correctly before inspection. I suppose I could beg some body shop in London to do it before my NS registration runs out.
Thanks guys, I fear you are probably right. I have a desire to be helpful which can sometimes get me into unpleasent situations and this is probably one of those times.
ToyotaKarl: That’s good to know. Since I don’t know what engine she has or what year, I just looked up the engine ranges for the two generations and found that most of them were EFI and most of them were MAFs rather than MAPs. I also did find at least one reference to a dirty MAF in an A-engine causing idle issues, but I didn’t look further than that since it was enough to satisfy my curiosity.
Oh, and it’s in real bad shape. If it was daytime I’d post a picture (sans plate of course). She talked a while ago about replacing it with a Saturn Ion of all things :p