The dipstick can rust if the pcv sytem is not working properly.
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i know a penny can rust, but im not sure what makes a peny rust! i, too, hope to find out!
it dos'nt it makes rust
acid rain is what most commonly makes metal rust
You rust a nail in either salt water or in vingar that what makes a nail rust
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This is a normal rusting.
it makes thing hard to do
no, it makes them rust
the chemacls in vinager makes the penny rust
If it is on an earlier model CRV it is located behind the exhaust manifold at the center front of the engine. This is really stupid engineering by Honda because the dipstick tube is hidden down low behind it. You can't see it in the dark, or dim light. What happens with the steel dipstick in that location is that the constant hot/cool temps rapidly rust the dipstick until it breaks off. This happened to mine. A new one is around $30. I have never ever had a dipstick tube rust off, and I have owned about 40 cars. I much prefer the German engineering of my VW.
It's not just saltwater that makes a nail rust, even water makes a nail rust. Rust is simply oxidation, it happens when oxygen comes into contact with something and creates a chemical reaction and creates "oxides". Iron + oxygen = Iron oxide (red rust on steel)