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YOUR RESEARCHHow do you clean your radiators ?
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I used the guide put together by Bob Spratley & available on the PCGB forum (unfortunately only in the PCGB members area).
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I have a silly question but how do you guys clean your radiators on your 996s.
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One view "the 996 Essential Companion" page 145 is that high pressure water or steam jet should be used but another view (a reoutable indie) is that no water should be used because of the risk of corrosion.
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One view "the 996 Essential Companion" page 145 is that high pressure water or steam jet should be used but another view (a reoutable indie) is that no water should be used because of the risk of corrosion.
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One view "the 996 Essential Companion" page 145 is that high pressure water or steam jet should be used but another view (a reoutable indie) is that no water should be used because of the risk of corrosion.
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One view "the 996 Essential Companion" page 145 is that high pressure water or steam jet should be used but another view (a reoutable indie) is that no water should be used because of the risk of corrosion.
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I have a silly question but how do you guys clean your radiators on your 996s. I have heard conflicting views. One view "the 996 Essential Companion" page 145 is that high pressure water or steam jet should be used but another view (a reoutable indie) is that no water should be used because of the risk of corrosion.
I enjoy my 996 tt every bits of it, this is by far the best car I have ever owned.
Blasting with water / steam and then going on a run to get the rads hot isn't going to do any more damage than driving in rain. 2 things are bad for rads: salt & wet debris.
Personally, on both 996's I've had, the first thing I did when I bought them was to take the front PU off and manually remove every bit of crud. The side rads are a sandwich in cars with A/C, the front one is the A/C and the rear is the water rad. Crud collects in the bottom of the sandwich and no amount of water from the front is going to dislodge it. One you've cleaned it all out (keeping an eye out for oil stains on the A/C rads - indicating a leak) the best option is to fit mesh grilles to keep the worst of the leaves, straw, wildlife & fag-ends out in future. Mine are DIY (total cost £20) but expensive kits are available from Porsheshop & Parr.
Ditto, what he said :thumb:
Get that PU off, clean out all the crud and put some mesh on there. Very easy to do, really surprised Porsche didn't do this from the factory.
Mesh sounds like a great idea, anyone got pictures of how you did it?
Other than mesh what else do you need for fixing? screws, epoxy resin?
Did you use alu or stainless mesh? :chin:
TB
I used the guide put together by Bob Spratley & available on the PCGB forum (unfortunately only in the PCGB members area).
I will make it available on my own website for about a week:
Get it here
If you need a guide to removing the front PU, try
here
It's for a Boxster, but it's almost exactly the same on the 996 bar a couple of extra screws near the bottom of the PU by the wheels IIRC.
