Brand new - rust on engine block

Hello

New member here. Go easy on me :/

Picked up my brand new T4R Limited this week.

There's some rust on the engine.

Is this normal?

 

Just surface rust and that’s not the block.

 

Don’t look underneath at the welds on the frame. You will note surface rust there also. I agree it’s not right.

 

That is a heat shield on the exhaust manifold. That is likely made of steel. It will look much worse after a bunch of heat cycles. Not a major concern - and is replaceable if necessary.

 

By the time it needs replacing, the bolts holding the shield on will be completely rusted on.

After 10 to 15 years of daily heat cycles, these shields will be a rusted mess, just like on every other vehicle made on earth.

It’s possible to use high heat metals for heatsheilds and exhaust components, but due to the costs, those materials are usually used on airliners ande exotic cars like Mclarens.

That said, the spot in the OP’s pic doesnt look like rust. It looks someone drip something on it. Then the high heat baked it on. It might be possible to clean it off though.

 

My friend has a new 2022. I crawled under it today and couldn’t even believe it when I looked at the frame welds. He’s gonna have problems.

 

I think I lost mine blew off on the interstate.

 

I put POR 15 rusty welds on mine and put fluid film on the same spots next day. Had a shop do it. Yeah it’s not right for sure. Mine came from factory and never even saw rain from time I took possession. Only moisture it saw was during shipping about a month.

Look at ranger pickup or Colorado and the frames are similar though surface rust as brand new. So I think we are all in same boat to certain extent. If it has a full frame this happens. It’s just a matter of which holds up better and I have no idea.

 

Thank you all!

 

Here is the rust on mine

https://www.4runners.com/threads/2022-lr-orp.25460/page-2#post-346120

 

Not everything can be coated or made of "stainless" metals. Some stuff is INTENDED to rust like that header cover. It gets BUTT HOT and there is nothing anyone can do about it unless you have a budget like Boeing or NASA. Frame welds, CAN be the same. There are a lot of things you can do to protect your frame/suspension/etc but requires 1, 2 3x a year reapplication. Watch this video. It gives you a pretty comprehensive place to start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag46YUovPUc