Please, please clean out your radiators!

[N41EF]

After reading a few things online, I got down and shined a flashlights in the two outboard radiator inlets and did see a few pine needle and leaves. I put it off for a few days and today tackled it. Tools are minimal, a torx, phillips, and panel poppers. If you have an S you need a 10mm and 13mm toget to the center radiator.

I used two floor jacks to lift the front and remove the front tires. The total time was right at two hours start to finish.

Yes, there were a few leaves, and such, but by the time I opened up all three and founf almost three pounds of crap. Sand, bugs, trash, more stuff than I ever imagined. There are two screws to remove to pull the AC condensors out and can get get the stuff between them and the radiators. You could see a little stuff, but when you pulled the bumper and the duct, the crap poured out.

My car had just over 75k miles on it, if you can see ANYTHING in the duct, you need to clean them out.

[nitesho]

that is part of the 15k service at the dealerships.

[jmatta]

Might have a go at it myself, since they have never been cleaned after nine years and 19k miles. Might be a good time to swap a GT3 MkI nose, while I'm at it!