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Old 11-28-01, 07:19 PM
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areas trash gets stuck in - btwn oil coolers & radiator

Doing some repairs today and took of the side panel. Man there's a huge ball of trash in the back of the wheel well between the body and frame.

Then looking between the oil coolers and radiator. It's like a vaccuum cleaner bag - all the dirt gets sucked in between and doesn't go anywhere. Mostly hair, straw, and anything else that lightweight. Probably gets 5-8 degrees hotter with all the crud in there.
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oh aint that some ****. haha. do you have to take the panel off to get to it???
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In both cases yes. The engine scrape guard and side panel.

I'm sure there's other areas that collect trash, but at least it's not dirty that can rust the panels.
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bump - grouping tonights post together (hope ya don't mind)
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Re: areas trash gets stuck in - btwn oil coolers & radiator

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...Then looking between the oil coolers and radiator. It's like a vaccuum cleaner bag - all the dirt gets sucked in between and doesn't go anywhere. Mostly hair, straw, and anything else that lightweight. Probably gets 5-8 degrees hotter with all the crud in there.
Hell yeah! When I first bought my car, I found a small trash bag in there. There was also a lot of built up grease, and hair and other dirt. 2 months ago, it was so bad that I removed the radiator and sprayed the hell outta it and the oil cooler and cleaned it with a brush. After that, I could felt the air flow through the radiator from the stock electric fan since I couldn't feel it before.
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When I repaired my leaking oil cooler lines, I was amazed at the crud I cleaned out. Ever since, the car has been running a bit cooler as well.
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When I was pulling the engine outta my 89 TII, I took everything out of the car too so that I could paint it and make everything look nice. Anyway, I was taking out the radiator and a dead bird fell outta my car. ******* nasty....ugh.
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We have a winner !!!!!

Originally posted by 95R2-89TII Ground Zero
When I was pulling the engine outta my 89 TII, I took everything out of the car too so that I could paint it and make everything look nice. Anyway, I was taking out the radiator and a dead bird fell outta my car. ******* nasty....ugh.
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