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Old 03-30-2012, 06:35 PM
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Hello folks..

Today i was off and decided to clean up the front radiators.

I was sure the rad were clean with a car with only 50K on it, it would certainly by still pretty clean......

Now folks look what i found when i took off the front bumper and have the first look at the rads...

At the first look it was not so bad but when i separated the 2 rads i have been really surprised.

While i was there i made some bumper touch up and repainted the black part of the bumper...now it really looks like new.

So folks if you think like me that your rads are still clean...........
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Old 03-30-2012, 06:40 PM
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Nice job, find any artifacts? It made me feel good after cleaning out all of the accumulated debris.
Old 03-30-2012, 08:44 PM
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I did the same job two days ago and mine were actually a lot cleaner than I expected (44k). But I'm glad I did it, just for the peace of mind. One less thing to worry about. Plus it's another thing that gets you more familiar with your car.
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I first did mine at 11 years/20K miles for my car. They were a bit cleaner than the OP's, but not much. I now clean my radiators once a year as part of my maintenance schedule.
Old 03-30-2012, 11:26 PM
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They should be cleaned once a year. The OP's were close to the worse I have cleaned...
Great job!
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Cleaning the radiators is on my short list. 52k - will post what I find.



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