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Old 12-12-2025, 08:44 PM   #1
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How do you guys get leaves out of this cavity?

Leave collect in this area and I'm always worried about someone throwing a cigarette out and it ending up catching the leaves on fire.
I was just wondering how you guys approach this area when cleaning.

Also wondering what does this lower radiator that lays sideways cool? I have a manual trans with the rear diff cooler option.
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Old 12-12-2025, 08:47 PM   #2
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I bought my Camaro used and it had a bunch of leaves there like yours. Pressure washer did wonders
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Old 12-12-2025, 09:01 PM   #3
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I bought my Camaro used and it had a bunch of leaves there like yours. Pressure washer did wonders
I was worried the pressure washer will bend the cooling fins over
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Old 12-12-2025, 09:05 PM   #4
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Gentle pressure washing is okay, I do it from a distance so the jet stream is already a haze by the time it hits the fins. Just strong enough to move the leaves, but not to bend the fins.
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Old 12-12-2025, 09:08 PM   #5
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I am also wondering the same...l haven't had leaves in mine but get alot of tiny pebbles on top of it...seems like a poor design to have a "cooler" lay flat knowing it could collect a bunch of stuff on top of it and POSSIBLY hinder the functionality of it?? Also curious as to what that "flat" one cools. I have an A10 with it.
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Old 12-12-2025, 09:21 PM   #6
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If I recall, the SS has the main radiator and the two small ones for engine cooling. Mine is a convertible and does not get the two small ones for some reason. Maybe because we're limited to 155 MPH and the main radiator is sufficient for that.
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Old 12-12-2025, 09:33 PM   #7
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That flat black radiator is the aux trans cooling heat exchanger, part of the trans cooling circuit (number 006 in the diagram).
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Old 12-12-2025, 09:46 PM   #8
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That flat black radiator is the aux trans cooling heat exchanger, part of the trans cooling circuit (number 006 in the diagram).
I saw that picture and wondered if it was transmission related. But that was a zl1 picture and it didn't specify if it was auto or manual

Manual transmissions with a cooler isn't very common from what I've seen in cars
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I was worried the pressure washer will bend the cooling fins over
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Gentle pressure washing is okay, I do it from a distance so the jet stream is already a haze by the time it hits the fins. Just strong enough to move the leaves, but not to bend the fins.
Exactly, just use your best judgement and it will be ok.
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Old 12-13-2025, 08:18 AM   #10
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I have a vacuum attachment that fits thru the grill.
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I have a vacuum attachment that fits thru the grill.
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Old 12-14-2025, 09:01 AM   #12
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Old 12-14-2025, 09:41 AM   #13
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I was just wondering how you guys approach this area when cleaning.
Vacuum cleaner. Narrow/crevice tip as appropriate.

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Also wondering what does this lower radiator that lays sideways cool? I have a manual trans with the rear diff cooler option.
Because the area is more or less closed on the top and sides from an air pressure point of view, air blows downward through the trans cooler when the vehicle is moving forward. Fans aren't required.
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Old 12-14-2025, 10:04 AM   #14
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I had a leaf blow in the car and got inside the back window that was fun removing too





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