On a recent trip up to Bellingham for lunch I thought I had hit a bird. At a photo stop we spotted the bird stuck in my radiator. Steve was nice enough to pick out what was left with a stick and dispose of it for me. On further inspection today I found another bird buried in the grille. After reposing for about 3 weeks there wasn't much left, but feathers and bones. I spent a good hour with a vacuum cleaner and an ice pick getting all the crap out of the radiators.

Which brings me to the point of my post. Does anyone have a solution for keeping leaves, fir needles, small gravel, birds, and squirrels (yes I've bagged a few of those too) out of the radiators?

 

I have seen them for sale on the GMG website. Vince had some installed on his GT3 by Mike Zaffee. He can do the install for you anytime.

 

Wire mesh is the only way, and most times that is not the most visually appealing protection. There are some nice looking ones out there that resemble the type you see on the cgt intake covers. When anodized black you will barley see it, and it will cut down on your cleanup time. Honestly your best bet is just to use a air compressor to blow out the junk, and a high pressure garden hose tip to remove small animals. Btw since you are so good at it, I have a parrot that is just screaming to meet the front of your turbo.

 

I couldn't find those on GMG but Vince's looked good.

Duct Tape will do. It matches that Turbo Blue. Don't forget to poke some holes

 

Radiator? What's that? . . . Oh ya, you water cooled guys have to have those.

 

+1 Ya you water cooled guys have those Those water cooled Bastards

 

Hey, you're split down the middle with your p-cars. You just have a hard time deciding which ones are better.

 

i'm a fricken split personality

 

all i see on GMG are the ones for GT3....

 

Mark, David.
LOL - Phunny Phuckers.

 

awwww.....poor little birdies! =*(

 

DAM! Lucky they haven't punctured the radiator.

How about watching the road, & not killing so many critters? LOL!
Maybe put a pre grill in front so they can't get so deep?

 

ya, ask david about cats!

 

Drive the car in reverse at -50mph will clean out all that mess.

 

Those are good ideas, but I'd have put the car on a lift and take the belly pan off to get at the backside of the radiators. The same applies to Vince's suggestion about driving in reverse.