A Good Day for Radiator Cleaning

[kabel]

I did this today. Wow, I have read the many discussions about how much crap can accumulate in the scoops and between the radiators, but I truly was not prepared for the amount of dirt, leaves, and grass I found in between the radiators, simply astonishing!

I also followed the excellent write up linked in the first post. I was having difficulty separating the two radiators, and almost did not bother, I was really worried about bending the aluminum pipes. Glad I did though, wow.

Also too the opportunity to repaint the inlet grills,, decided to split the difference between black and silver, had some dark metallic gray left over from a set of wheels I painted. It was too dark to get a good pic of that today. But I like it

I cant access the link, anyone know why, I would like to clean my radiators also. I did clean them a little about 2 weeks ago with a vaccum attachment through the grills. But from what I can see is that there is a lot more.

Nevermind, it started working for some reason.

[Paul]

I finally got around to doing this after I fished out alot of junk from my radiators including a lid for a large fast food soda.

Here's what it looked like after I tried everything I had to remove as much junk as possible:



This is what it looked like with the bumper and ducts off:



Here's what it looked like when I separated the condensor from the radiator:



The other side was worse!

[Brucelee]

Not exactly "accessible" no?

Good job.

[Paul]

The worse part is those plastic rivets that hold the wheel liners in place. Not a very hard job once the car is on the stands.