Radiator cleaning project this afternoon...

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02-24-2011, 01:15 PM

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Sneaky Pete

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Great job Dennis! There was a similar thread like this last year about this time. Hope this gets most us out of hibernation. When I did mine last year I think I found Jimmy Hoffa.

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02-24-2011, 01:46 PM

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LOL - amazing what gets in there...

has anyone done an AC delete and removed the condensors... does that make cleaning them as easy as sticking the hose thru the front intakes?

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02-24-2011, 01:53 PM

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Dennis, good stuff. I have not done it yet and will probably do soon as well.

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02-24-2011, 02:37 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ubermensch

You don't need to disconnect the fluidic connections to the radiator to clean things. You just disconnect the screws/clips that hold the two together and you can move them apart to get in and clean things up.

-Shawn

Makes sense. Wonder why I never thought of that.

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02-25-2011, 09:41 AM

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Getting it back togeather is my concern !

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02-25-2011, 11:00 AM

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I did my last Thanksgiving. I could have built two nice birds nest with all the debris. I was most surprised that my temp gauge still reads about the same. I word of caution do NOT leave the fastners just below the holes they belong. Once you get the ducts off a LOT of crap comes out and now your fastners can get lost.