[commando29]

I went up to the high desert this weekend and on the way up I went through the nastiest swarm of bugs I've ever seen. It sounded like rain hitting the truck for about 15 miles. It must be all of the wild flowers. Anyway, I finally got the exterior clean and took a look that the radiator and the front is caked with bugs. It's pretty cramped in there and I was wondering if there is an easy way of cleaning it without completely removing it from the truck? I'm worried about damaging the fins. Also, is there any kind of screen that someone can recommend to keep this from happening in the future, or would a billet grille help? Thanks.

Brandon

 

[Yeti]

Cool Id try blowing it out from behind with some air first, that seems to work really well in any other case but I dont know about caked on junk lol. And yeah you can just get some screen door screen or something similar and cut a square out to slip down in front of it then just ziptie the corners down so next time you can just pull out the screen and clean it up or put a new one in. Thats what I would do.

 

[atwinda]

Remove just the grill, and pressure wash them off. Don't pressure wash the fins at an angle- keep the nozle straight on.

 

[ARB1977]

Cool Id try blowing it out from behind with some air first, that seems to work really well in any other case but I dont know about caked on junk lol. And yeah you can just get some screen door screen or something similar and cut a square out to slip down in front of it then just ziptie the corners down so next time you can just pull out the screen and clean it up or put a new one in. Thats what I would do.

Thats a good idea you should put that in the cheap tricks section.

 

[Shakerhood]

Its like that here Spring and Fall with those damn Ladybugs, and they make a helluva mess!