General Hi,Newbie owner from Gloucester asking stuff.

[Thetomsk]

Hiya,
I bought a 1.1 Eco about a month ago and have been visiting this wonderful forum ever since.I have no cigarette lighter socket (checked forum,I don't have the fuse so maybe no full wiring loom, b'ah ).I have moisture under the driver's mat (unblocked the "duck bill's") then found that on the forum after :shrug:.
My main concern the the "cups" on the rear suspension,this seems to be a problem on Pandas.Can anyone show me a pic of where I should be looking at (or maybe a member add stuff to the "guides" to show people where to look and how to treat/prevent it).

Thank you all in advance (and in retro,for all the info I have read before),
Tomsk

 

[portland_bill]

Peer under the back of the car. You'll see the rear springs. At the bottom of the springs, they sit in 'cups'. That area can fill with mud and cause corrosion.

See these threads:
https://www.fiatforum.com/panda/442145-2105-500-rear-axle-into-2007-panda-169-a.html
https://www.fiatforum.com/panda/443052-rear-axle.html
https://www.fiatforum.com/panda/443983-rear-subframe-problem-2.html

 

[DaveMcT]

The rear axle design is typical of many front wheel drive cars. Even the Renault Espace MkIV has the same setup. Corrosion sets in about 30mm inboard of the welds holding the spring cups to the swing arms. The metal to metal spring seat also corrodes.

Jet wash it clean and treat with ACF-50 and Waxoyl. You could also consider a second pair of spring top rubber sleeves to use at the spring bottom.

 

[Thetomsk]

Thank you!

Tomsk