Paint Damage

kitcarbp · #1 (**permalink**) 06-03-2021, 10:00 AM

Well its not about how or what gas you spill on it. This is a defect in the paint materials and the process used to apply it. The type of filler cap is the least of all worries. Mine is vented and after a full top up (top of my filler neck) it weeps a bit of liquid around turns sometimes. It gets on the paint sometime. I used a basic PPG paint system on the car with modern clear coat. Sorry to see this. This is an issue for Backdraft Paint Quality department to address. Modern clear coats are engineered to resist typical automotive chemicals including gasoline and E85 and the E blends in between. Even water based paint systems. I would guess this is not the only car suffering from this defect if it was painted by the manufacturer. Hope they step up to help you and stand behind their paint job. Really a bummer.

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 06-03-2021, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kitcarbp

Modern clear coats are engineered to resist typical automotive chemicals including gasoline and E85 and the E blends in between. Even water based paint systems.

You would think so. Otherwise just about every car on the street would have a ruined paint job on it.

xb-60 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2021, 04:31 AM

So is the lesson that you should fill up at the start of a day's run, not at the end of the drive?

Do you not have to use a carbon canister like we do here in Australia? That should eliminate any similar problem.

Cheers,
Glen

twobjshelbys · #4 (**permalink**) 06-04-2021, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by xb-60

So is the lesson that you should fill up at the start of a day's run, not at the end of the drive?

Do you not have to use a carbon canister like we do here in Australia? That should eliminate any similar problem.

Cheers,
Glen

I mentioned the carbon canister earlier, it's part of modern emissions systems. These are 60's cars. They have straight gullet.

xb-60 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-04-2021, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

I mentioned the carbon canister earlier, it's part of modern emissions systems. These are 60's cars. They have straight gullet.

There were around 1000 '60s cars. The car in question is a Backdraft with a Coyote, yes?

Cheers,
Glen