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Motorhead350
06-22-2009, 09:14 PM
I completely forgot about the easiest way to fix your A/C. Thanks to Zack he mentioned that I should powerwash the radiator and it worked. My radiator was filthy so I went to the coin car wash I went at the radiator, tranny cooler and intercooler and guess what? The car is just like it was when it was stock... that means it works!

On hot days my engine temperature would go right up to H until I turned my A/C off and it would be fine in 1:15 minutes. The car would act like I was towing 5,839 pounds and not to mention the A/C would be horrible.

Now that it's fixed I wonder how many people were screwed at dealerships or shops into getting a new radiator when all they had to do was clean it.

Go spend the $2 and clean that radiator. I bet a lot of you have your own powerwashers anyway. ;)
CROWNMARAUDER
06-23-2009, 05:05 AM
Just did the same thing to one of our company ford vans last week that was running hot. Problem solved!
babbage
06-23-2009, 07:03 AM
Did you pop the hood and remove plastic access or just blast thru the grill?
Motorhead350
06-24-2009, 11:34 AM
Did you pop the hood and remove plastic access or just blast thru the grill?

Take off the plastic thats on top of the radiator with the 3 twist screws and also the plastic that is pinched on top of the radiator. The second piece just pulls off. No tools required for this one.
fastblackmerc
06-24-2009, 11:53 AM
Remember yo need to clean from the BACK of the radiator, and be careful that you don't bend or otherwise damage the fins.
Vortech347
06-24-2009, 04:45 PM
Remember yo need to clean from the BACK of the radiator, and be careful that you don't bend or otherwise damage the fins.

Yup. Going towards it only jams the **** in further.
Motorhead350
06-24-2009, 05:02 PM
Remember yo need to clean from the BACK of the radiator, and be careful that you don't bend or otherwise damage the fins.

Good advice.

I cleaned mine both from the front and the rear. It worked as good as new, but I think cleaning from the back will give more benefit.
fastblackmerc
06-24-2009, 05:04 PM
Good advice.

I cleaned mine both from the front and the rear. It worked as good as new, but I think cleaning from the back will give more benefit.

Cleaning it from the front will only push the debris further in and possibly doing some damage.
Motorhead350
06-24-2009, 05:07 PM
Cleaning it from the front will only push the debris further in and possibly doing some damage.

I kinda figured that, but it works fine now. I washed it two years ago and didn't even touch the back. No problems then, no problems now.