Butterflies, bugs

[Ivan27]

Did a long trip today, and the bugs were out in masses. What's the easiest way to get them off the radiator and or condenser.

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[Zupra1776]

Did a long trip today, and the bugs were out in masses. What's the easiest way to get them off the radiator and or condenser.

You murderer...

Pressure wash them into oblivion. Pretty much the only way without taking the front bumper cover off and picking them out one by one.

 

[Ivan27]

You murderer...

Pressure wash them into oblivion. Pretty much the only way without taking the front bumper cover off and picking them out one by one.

Yeah, got a pressure washer, I'll surely not use high pressure, low pressure so I don't flub up the radiator. Thinking bout fabricating some type of screen to slip on for long trips.

 

[XtremeMaC]

Pressure wash more than likely may push them into the fins, allowing less air thru and possibly damaging the fins along the way if directly applied. Not easy to do it at an angle unless you remove things.
Compressed air on an angle would be better imho. There are also chemicals for it bug remover etc..

 

[SD_MK]

i don't kill em, i give them rides lol

 

[puzzled]

You're going to have to pick it off one by one without distorting the shape of the fins. It's tedious work. I would not use high pressure to clean it as direct hit will push the crap deeper info the fins as xtreme noted above.

 

[Axix23]

I would use a water hose……

 

[Ivan27]

So, when the engine hood is up I see that long blk panel up front. If I remove it well it give me better access to get the darn bugs off. Looks like there would be alot of room to get in there?

 

[zrk]

So, when the engine hood is up I see that long blk panel up front. If I remove it well it give me better access to get the darn bugs off. Looks like there would be alot of room to get in there?

Yup, but it's a little bit of a bitch to remove. There's a ton of 13mm's and a few 10mms that are covered by the bumper. I dremeled the bumper to access those bolts so I don't remove the bumper. It's all really well hidden, so it's not to nasty.

 

[Ivan27]

Yup, but it's a little bit of a bitch to remove. There's a ton of 13mm's and a few 10mms that are covered by the bumper. I dremeled the bumper to access those bolts so I don't remove the bumper. It's all really well hidden, so it's not to nasty.

Forget that, I'm going to tackle this from the front.

 

[ShakaDaKine]

How about a shop vac with a crevice tool attachment?

 

[H2O_Doc]

You just need your own colony of dermestid beetles. They strip flesh off of corpses and are often used in museums to prepare skeletons for study and display.

just get a colony and pack them in. They eat insects as well.

And y’all thought biologist had nothing useful to say on a Supra forum.

 

[Ivan27]

How about a shop vac with a crevice tool attachment?

Crevice tool wouldn't go between the plastic to get back there. I used light air, and hose with nozzle. A few off the fines on the upper what ever, I think trans cooler flattened a little. What ever that little rectangle cooler is, dosen't take to much to hurt it.

 

[Ivan27]

Okay, I've figured this out. The two little square coolers on the far left and right are the oil coolers, and the little rectangle one in front of radiator is the trans cooler. Am I correct on this.

 

[XtremeMaC]

Forget that, I'm going to tackle this from the front.

For the bumper cleaning, check this out: not the best video, but gives you alternatives

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