Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: spy on April 20, 2006, 01:32:39
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Does anyone block up the outside of their grille / rad before playing in really muddy water? I only ask as every time I played in the muddy water at briercliffe in my s3 I seemed to overheat on the way home. Good jetwash of the radiator and all was OK. I was thinking of a peice of card board wrapped in tin foli dropped down the back of the grill could be worth a go as a cheap option.
Anyone got any better ideas? What about using these pump up plant type sprays to clean the mud out. I have seen people trying but not sure if it ever works?
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Yes, i block the grille wi a rad muff. I cant see a little pump wash thingy having the power to remove clay unless you do it straight away. We were a good hour at stainby when i hit the mud baht the muff, it was caked and we were messing abiout with the grille off wiping and attacking wi a bottle wi a hole in the lid to try and get some pressure. Never again. why not use te farmers pressure washer at briercliffe, he is a good bloke and doesn't mind, we used it to clean our Boots so we could go in the Pub.......
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Pressure washer? I didnt even know there was one! Thats sounds like the easy option. :D
Did you pay for your muff or is it a DIY jobby? ;)
Cheers,
Mike
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Mine is a bought one but it wouldnt be hard to make summat similar.
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I use the OE rad muff thingy works quite well and as the 200Tdi over cools I keep it on most of the time and the temperature stays just below 1/2 way. still have to pressure wash the rad out every few months as the mud still gets in eventually.
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Cheers for that! I just bought one of them from good old ebay :D
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4631982980&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
Gotta be 99p well spent :D:D
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Bargain!!! :lol: