Aux. radiator clean

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Aux. radiator clean

Post by mojoe » Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:58 pm

Just bourght a B7 RS4. Was wondering how to go about cleaning the aux. radiators,of leaves and muck,before they start to corrode.
Do you have to remove the bumper,or can you access from underneath the car ?

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Re: Aux. radiator clean

Post by sumdy » Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:32 pm

Just pull the grills out of the Bumper to get to them, they are most prone to fail from the front in this area

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Re: Aux. radiator clean

Post by Look595 » Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:17 pm

I did this last week....can’t for the life of me get my NS grill to clip back in place!! 😡

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Re: Aux. radiator clean

Post by mojoe » Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:37 pm

Had a quick look,through the grills. One looks bone dry,but the other one as water around it,and smells of anti-freeze. But water level in expansion tank,hasn't dropped by much. Both sides are free of muck though.
Am going on a weekend break to Wales,soon so hope it doesn't get any worse.

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Re: Aux. radiator clean

Post by neil_f » Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:18 pm

mojoe wrote:
Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:37 pm
Had a quick look,through the grills. One looks bone dry,but the other one as water around it,and smells of anti-freeze. But water level in expansion tank,hasn't dropped by much. Both sides are free of muck though.
Am going on a weekend break to Wales,soon so hope it doesn't get any worse.
Mine has been like that for a year (slight dampness) and only now started to get worse . Have done just shy of 6k miles in that time . Driver's side so thinking of just removing it entirely .

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