Interior plastics turning oily? September 03, 2007, 10:28:58 PM The Car: 1985 Tbird 30th Anniv30,000 milesAlways Garaged, disturbingly perfectBut I go to pull the car out of storage and the door plastic (below the arm rest, the part that has the door light) is quite literally soaking in oil, like somebody slathered maple syrup on them. The car has never seen Armor All or anything else. It just oozed out for some reason. Why did this happen? Does anyone have an answer for this? Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #1 – September 03, 2007, 10:42:30 PM outgassing? Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #2 – September 03, 2007, 11:37:51 PM plastic is a by-product of crude oil Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #3 – September 04, 2007, 12:48:20 AM My Cougar did that too, only on the steering wheel. It sat for 15 years, and the steering wheel did that badly. Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #4 – September 04, 2007, 01:00:04 AM You don't have a leak do you? Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #5 – September 04, 2007, 01:20:51 AM Quote from: thunderjet302;174287You don't have a leak do you?an oil leak in his door??? its just the nature of the material Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #6 – September 04, 2007, 12:55:46 PM Yeah, I'm wondering if the vinyl is just deteriorating. Which is weird because my Cougar sees a lot more time in the sun because its under a carport, not in a storage facility. This could be bad news. Any ideas on preserving it? Right now I'm gonna go with baby oil. I mean, it works pretty well on babies. :) Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #7 – September 04, 2007, 01:16:37 PM yup and babies = Ford Fox-body interior plastics so transitive property----> it will work 100% guaranteed end of story babies FTMFW Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #8 – September 04, 2007, 01:33:30 PM QuoteRight now I'm gonna go with baby oil. I mean, it works pretty well on babies.But how many babies are squished just to get that baby oil? Seems cruel and inhumane for just keeping car parts from aging. Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #9 – September 04, 2007, 02:53:43 PM Nothing's too good for a 30th Tbird. Mother's milk, baby oil, etc... :D The car will be heading to my garage for an oil change/etc. soon and I'll take shots of the problem. (and the rest of the car) Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #10 – September 04, 2007, 06:18:34 PM I'm glad to see you still have that car. It's a stunning example of a 30th. Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #11 – September 04, 2007, 08:08:42 PM Quote from: 88turbo;174289an oil leak in his door??? its just the nature of the materialI meant form something overhead leaking and dripping down the door panel;) Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #12 – September 04, 2007, 09:30:06 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;174387I meant form something overhead leaking and dripping down the door panel;)It sits under a car cover in a garage. Its absolutely gorgeous, except for this problem. :)Someone from LincolnsOnline mentioned that the foam padding is the cause of this...it melts in the (Houston) heat and the goo eventually runs through the vinyl. That makes the most sense, judging by what I've seen. Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #13 – September 04, 2007, 11:17:25 PM I was going to mention the heat thing...that's about the only thing I can think of. I have never, in 20+ years of messing with these cars, seen an interior part "sweat oil" or melt. But I'm in Ohio...summers, they can get warm sometimes here, yet not like the South. We might see 10-15 days a year of 90+ degree weather. A typical summer day is 70-85 degrees. Simply put, we just can't generate the kind of summer heat needed to melt plastic like that. It has to be a climate/location thing. Quote Selected
Interior plastics turning oily? Reply #14 – September 05, 2007, 08:50:19 PM its got to be the heat. my steering wheel oozes this sticky black tar substance. so i'm going to pull the steering wheel out of the turbo. but the other day in the heat with the car locked hit it with a laser thermometer and the interior wea 152* Quote Selected
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