Crud in the front rads

[pwebb]

My son has recently purchased a 2 year old Cayman 2.7 and is delighted with it (after a couple of 18 year old 944's there's a bit of a difference!!). Having given it a thorough detail it looks the business (Seal grey with grey interior).

Suggestions please - the front radiators have quite a lot of crud visible in the corners but the slats in the pu are closer together than my 911. So I can't get my hand in there, nor will the Henry vacuum tube fit in. How have other people got this sorted? If left, these little devils will rot!


Peter

 

[Black80XSA]

the slats are surprisingly flexible so a hooverdyson thin nozzle will fit through them and reach the corners.I'm sure you could be quite inventive with a cardboard tube, flatted along most of its length and duct taped to the Henry too. Removing the wheelarch liner is pretty straight forward (wheel off) but doesn't really get you access to the forward face of the rads.

 

[pwebb]

I'll try the flatted cardboard tube route - thanks for that. Pass the Christmas wrapping paper roll please. If I try bending the slats I'll be bound to snap them in this weather.

 

[Alan_Armstrong]

Most usable/handy item is the tube from a kitchen roll... Leaves & crud is a must to remove as can cause overheating if left to build up!

 

[John H]

You can get a very usefull vacuum cleaner adaptor set at Comet for about £10, which allows you to connect a length of 1/2 poly tube. Also hardware shops sell extendible arm thingys for picking up lost screws, great for fishing leaves out of the radiators.

 

[Alex Postan]

I have quite small hands but even so getting past the slats is impossible - I have delegated the job to the very helpful people at Dick Lovett (aka Swindon OPC) and they have always removed the dead leaves/small boys/parking wardens without charge. Does anyone know how to remove the Slat frames/Grilles?

 

[pwebb]

Thanks team. I found the wife's Dyson had a particularly long thin nozzle tucked away in a dark corner, so that worked a treat. Peter

 

[Mark_Bennett]

ORIGINAL: Alex Postan I have quite small hands but even so getting past the slats is impossible - I have delegated the job to the very helpful people at Dick Lovett (aka Swindon OPC) and they have always removed the dead leaves/small boys/parking wardens without charge. Does anyone know how to remove the Slat frames/Grilles?

If it's like the older Boxster then they are fixed in from the inside... No chance... You can easily remove the whole bumper cover though [link=http://www.realtime.net/%7Erentner/Porsche/Radiator/Radiator.html]http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/Radiator/Radiator.html[/link] It's for a 2.5 Boxster but will be fairly similar for all models Boxster through Cayman 1997 to 2009 []

 

[berty987]

I found a length of grey plastic pipe can be heated up with a hot air gun or directly over a gas hob to allow it to be flattened into shape. You can then cut off the end at an angle to allow you to get right into the corners of the rads. I made up my own leaf deflectors to fit behind the OEM grilles , though there are suppliers that make items to fit over the top which cost about 100 pounds for the pair and can be supplied in black or stainless steel. Take a look on Boxa.net for more details.