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Old 10-15-2017, 04:22 PM
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I recently wrapped my 997.2 and had to remove the bumpers. After removing the front bumper I decided to clean the cowl and radiators. After removing the cowl I realized how important it is to clean it with a full bumper removal every couple of years. I usually vacuum all the leaves out once a year from the front bumper using a flexible extension, but now I realized you really can't get it all that way.

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very nice work. I think the bumper off radiator cleaning needs to be done once a year. I was shocked by the amount of leaves and cigarette butts that get trapped behind the black plastic cowl that cant be seen with the bumper on.
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better take a dramamine before you watch this video, like being drunk on a ship
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Rather than vacuuming the radiators I would blow them with a strong air jet. This avoids clogging from debris sitting behind.
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Originally Posted by ADias
Rather than vacuuming the radiators I would blow them with a strong air jet. This avoids clogging from debris sitting behind.
I agree. I wasn't planning on doing this when I took the bumper off, otherwise I probably would have taken some soap and water or some coil and fin spray. I used compressed are on it a bit to get as much stuff as I could and the brush seemed to help.



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