Keeping those mini radiators clean

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Apr 3, 2015 | 12:03 PM

#21

Webo

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How about covering them with a piece of that material the magic mesh door covers are made of? It looks like it would let plenty of air thru but you could just pull it off and throw it away and cut another fresh piece out of the material. Hell they only cost $15 at walmart or Walgreens.

https://www.buymagicmesh.com/?mid=6424569

Apr 13, 2015 | 08:58 AM

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DAKSY

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I just did mine on Saturday. Popped the covers with a flathead, used a soft-bristle parts brush & my Stinger shop vac. Took longer to find the Stinger than to disassemble, clean & reassemble both sides.

Apr 13, 2015 | 09:02 AM

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jpooch00

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How about pulling the grille and soaking them with Harley bug remover, then after a few minutes, rinsing them off with a water hose?

Just a thought thrown out there.

Apr 13, 2015 | 02:33 PM

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Punjabi Rider

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jpooch00

How about pulling the grille and soaking them with Harley bug remover, then after a few minutes, rinsing them off with a water hose?

Just a thought thrown out there.

Grills are easy but those radiator fins are too delicate.

Apr 13, 2015 | 02:37 PM

#25

SafetyMan

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From: San Antone

Fins are fine... If you understand how heat exchangers work...

There is no fluid in the "fins", if a couple get bent, it's no big deal. A regular water hose isn't going to hurt them.

My dad had a "radiator comb" back in the day, made for re-straightening heat exchanger fins... wonder if I have that in a box somewhere....

Apr 13, 2015 | 04:17 PM

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FinalShot

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Originally Posted by SafetyMan

My dad had one of those too. He bought it after I thought it was cool how those fins bent and I could write stuff in them. He wasn't too thrilled when he mowed the yard and saw that his 3 y/o son had drawn all kinds of cool pictures all over the fins on the A/C unit in the back yard... That still gets dug up when we get to talking about how "good" of a child I was.