Hi all. The rad on my '88 Westy is likely original, and has what I'd consider a normal amount of bugs etc. stuck to the front of it. Still, it seems pretty messy. My guess is that removing this debris should help the cooling system, but how much it helps, I don't know. Has anyone found that vacuuming away debris from the front face of radiator has *significantly* lowered their coolant temps? Am currently removing a snapped bolt from lower thermostat housing, so can't test theory. If I can repair that part in situ, then I'll avoid replacing the rad and coolant for now. Am hoping that clearing the front of rad will help lower coolant temps. If it typically doesn't help, well, I may be in for a bigger job!
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