Cleaning Front Radiator

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Oct 14, 2017 | 08:14 PM

Bill Lehman

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Cleaning Front Radiator

I had a little "Off" yesterday and quite a bit of dried grass managed to get through the mesh and onto the radiator. Does anyone know if the "retaining frame" can be removed from the front of the bumper cover to get to the "ventilation grille centre" AKA the mesh?

Oct 14, 2017 | 09:42 PM

ML///

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Hi Bill I don't know for a fact, but I thought I saw that the front grill is secured to the bumper from the backside, and the only way to access the radiators is to remove the front bumper.

Oct 15, 2017 | 12:07 AM

needmoregarage

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ML/// is correct

One of my screens was “pushed in”. Not sure how it happened but I think I got a bird (there was a tell-tale feather).

It was a bumper-off procedure to properly flatten and re-attach the screen (completed by my Porsche tech at the dealer)

Oct 15, 2017 | 02:25 AM

4carl

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Originally Posted by Bill Lehman

Bill, there is a DIY video on line I think at planet 9 for installing a third radiator on a 981 it's the same procedure to remove the bumper..I was going to remove the bumper on my first gt 4 to repair a small crack but didn't . Looks fairly simple maybe less than a hour to remove. Carl

http://www.planet-9.com/981-diy-disc...r-install.html

Last edited by 4carl; Oct 15, 2017 at 02:51 AM.