easy radiator cleaning?

[shillo]

Any body know of any easy way to clean a bunged up radiator on a chipper? my tunnissen doesn't have a pre screen filter so get bunged up easily. compressor does get some out but not all. Guess it gets like glue when its wet.

[Breezeblock]

jetwash and be very careful not to flatten fins then cable tie netting over the radiator its easier to clean

[shillo]

Netting, that sounds like a good idea.

 

Thought there might have been a chemical solution that dissolved organic matter without damaging radiator

[Breezeblock]

no jet wash works best keep 90deg to the radiator the netting is used for screening dust with heras fencing thats what we use on excavators or there is rad cores available that have a more open design

[aspenarb]

We use a compressor but the best on site way of cleaning I have seen is with a contraption a lad knocked up himself. He had fitted a reducer in the end of his hand held leaf blower tube to take a flexible 1" diameter hose, unbelievably effective.

 

Bob

[treequip]

Air is by far the best. Blow it out from the back

[cornish wood burner]

Air is by far the best. Blow it out from the back

 

Totally agree. Always done that as I have seen too many fins flattened with water.