I finaly did it! YARCT
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I finaly did it! YARCT
Yet amother radiator cleaning topic.
Well I did it, got the sucker out and cleaned it up good. Still working on the heater hoses and tune up so I don't know how much cooler it will be yet, but I'm betting 10 - 20*
Roughly 800x600 pictures:
Between the radiator and AC coil:
The pile of leaves:
Well I did it, got the sucker out and cleaned it up good. Still working on the heater hoses and tune up so I don't know how much cooler it will be yet, but I'm betting 10 - 20*
Roughly 800x600 pictures:
Between the radiator and AC coil:
The pile of leaves:
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Re: I finaly did it! YARCT (STL94LT1)
:eek: That's quite a pile of leaves you pulled outta there. Mine was almost that bad. I probably should have pulled the radiator, but I removed the upper shroud and used a shop vac to suck out most of the accumulated crap.
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Re: I finaly did it! YARCT (needanother1)
:eek: That's quite a pile of leaves you pulled outta there. Mine was almost that bad. I probably should have pulled the radiator, but I removed the upper shroud and used a shop vac to suck out most of the accumulated crap.
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Re: I finaly did it! YARCT (jaa1988)
OK, just finished buttoning it all back together. I didn't see the temp changes I was looking for, but it is significant.
160* stat
1 bottle water wetter
60% water 40% "green" coolant
Stop and go before 200 to 235*
Stop and go now 190 to 205*
(85* air temp)
Still need to take it out on the highway and drive it for a while. I was seeing 185 - 195* before, I'm expecting 160 - 175* but we will see.
If you plan on doing this my only hint that hasn't been brought up before is you only need to take off the 6 7mm bolts holding the upper shroud to the lower shroud. I did not remove the lower shroud and it was not that difficult.
160* stat
1 bottle water wetter
60% water 40% "green" coolant
Stop and go before 200 to 235*
Stop and go now 190 to 205*
(85* air temp)
Still need to take it out on the highway and drive it for a while. I was seeing 185 - 195* before, I'm expecting 160 - 175* but we will see.
If you plan on doing this my only hint that hasn't been brought up before is you only need to take off the 6 7mm bolts holding the upper shroud to the lower shroud. I did not remove the lower shroud and it was not that difficult.
