If it’s running right today then you are fine. The procedure you took to clean the rad is 100% the correct way to do so and should be considered a part of normal maintenance every few years dependent upon the conditions where you live so kudos to you. It amazes me the amount of laziness normally associated with cleaning out the debris and whining how it still runs hot..
Neighbors by me have cottonwood trees so I’ll have literally a one inch thick blanket between the rad and condenser every five years or so..
Because of this my car did exactly what yours did (maybe a tad hotter yet) when it was probably four years old and survived just fine.
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