Radiator Cleaning

[Jager]

The AC radiators were hosed/washed from both sides (they also seem to be the dirtiest) but the engine coolant radiators were hosed just from the front. This is a better picture for showing both the AC and engine radiators.

[stateofidleness]

another dumb question, but is removing the front bumper one of those projects where it doesn't go back together quite right (or line up just right after reinstall?)

I always have trouble with stuff like bumpers, trim pieces etc where they don't look quite right after re-installation.

any trouble? one-man job?

[madmods]

Good job mate. Got mine cleaned when I got the car 3 months ago... it was time to fit the Gt2 front bumper and I also didn't know that rad place was designed as 'garbage collector'. We found a small bird skeleton in the lower corner of one of the rad. Road Kill Du Jour!

[Jager]

Originally Posted by stateofidleness

another dumb question, but is removing the front bumper one of those projects where it doesn't go back together quite right (or line up just right after reinstall?)

I always have trouble with stuff like bumpers, trim pieces etc where they don't look quite right after re-installation.

any trouble? one-man job?

I had no problem putting the bumper back on myself and you can't tell it was removed. In fact I went to a local Porsche shop to pick-up a part and the owner and employee came out to look at my car and commented that you can't tell I took the bumper off. Have you seen the video clip on YouTube on how to remove the bumper? There are two clip connector screws (bottom of the side marker lights) that are a little tricky to get to but once you know where they are it's not too bad to get them off.

[WhipE350]

Yes they are very nice little debris collectors. Mine looked like they went through seasonal decomposing, almost like it settled after each fall and then turned to nice potting soil.

[san rensho]

What a differnce the claening made. The car runs much cooler now. When dirty, temp in stop and go traffic was always past the 0 and just shy of the 215 mark. Now its between the 8 and 0 and the climate control on board shows that the coolant temp is consistently just below 100C.