NeverSatisfied
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This go around I really boxed in the condenser. Up top particularly there’s no gap for air to get around it anymore. My thought there was air getting around the condenser creating a counter productive DP and fighting air trying to get through the oil cooler stacked in front of the condenser.Oh boy ... it's never ending. I'm with ya. My only advice is to just picture yourself as an air molecule and you will want to seal the entire cavity between the grill holes and the back surface/plane ... seal up every hole/opening/slit. etc ... all around the perimeter of the radiator/condenser on the ... sides/top/bottom. Plus the engine inlet area and the opposite side too. And part of that is to cap the frame ends. And then turn around and look at the backside of the front clip/grill ... and do the same. It's painful but worth it. Good luck .
@trackd ... see post #96. That will get you started on the sealing project. It's not an elegant or super robust approach, but it's easy and effective. If you do step (A), that will get you 50%. Easy stuff. 1 day job. To get the remaining 50%, you will have to remove the front clip/grill/bumper assembly. I thought the front was 35-40% of the leak back then, but now I know it's more like 50%.
The only thing I would caution you on is if you are going to go for the ~100% sealing effort, do the front clip (part B) 1st. Cus if you do part A 1st, you will have to remove some of it in order to remove the front clip. Not the end of the world, just adds ~2 hrs of redundant work. Have fun and good luck.
Hopefully I’m not choking the radiator now!
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