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Old 10-16-2009, 05:14 AM
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Bottom row of radiator fins are hanging off! Half is still attached but half has dropped down!

Is it easy to re-attach?

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Mine have gone..

but i don't lose sleep over it!
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No its not easy to fix it would come off TBH it you tried to reattach them, i have a 'small' section that has came off my radiator, I actually monitor the coolant temp and its fine , if it gets worse i will replace for sure. Its not something to bother about really unless it gets worse, it will slightly effect the cooling down.

These fins take the heat from the tubes and transfer it to the air goi through the radiator.

Actually i 'think' they are called condensor fins.
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Thats the airconditioning radiator rather than engine coolant
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nothing to wrry about (unless you've lost more on the rad)

maybe 1-2% less effective cooling by loosing the bottom row, if that!
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Why has it come off in the first place?
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Originally Posted by Si2k,Oct 16 2009, 02:41 PM
Thats the airconditioning radiator rather than engine coolant


Its hard to see, theres the coolant radiator then sandwitched between the coolant radiator and the crossbeam (other side of plastic air guide) thing is the aircon rad???
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Aircon rad is at the front, it has metal end caps to deal with the pressure.

The coolant rad is behind it with plastic end caps and vertical cooling plates
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Originally Posted by Si2k,Oct 16 2009, 04:59 PM
Aircon rad is at the front, it has metal end caps to deal with the pressure.

The coolant rad is behind it with plastic end caps and vertical cooling plates
Got ya

My bad.
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