Repairing punctured radiator tube in S90? Topic is solved

[crater33]

That lower part of the radiator is vulnerable on number of vehicles and gets damaged from road debris. I have replaced 940/960/s90/v90 rads for harm in that area even when the lower air deflector is in place. Once you get it repaired you can protect it by cutting a piece of hardware cloth and fashioning a rock guard. Hardware cloth is the screen that good hardware stores, maybe even bad ones like Lowe's or Home Depot, will have in various gauges. Hardware stores will usually sell it by the foot off a roll. Hardware cloth with 1/4 inch opening squares offers good protection and is not going to block air. It is stiff enough in that gauge to retain its shape after it is formed to cover that area. The whole area below bumper height is the vulnerable spot. I have rarely seen a condenser or radiator damaged by a rock more than 16-18 inches above ground. The hardware cloth can be cut with some of those cuts pennies hardware scissors or tin snips. Clamped between 2 pieces of wood will allow a sawzall to cut it. Slide it up in front of rad and condenser and attach with cable ties or mechanic's wire (real baling wire is the absolute best but is not easy to find other than on hay bales) If the pieces have flanges with existing holes on rad or condenser those can be fastening points. Or attach it to the plastic guides. I usually drill holes in some of those air guide pieces in that area and run cable tie or wire through the hole. There have been window screen protectors made for this purpose but those are near impossible to install as they plan on many vehicles these days due to the items in the way between grille and condenser and radiator.

I'm a little bit confused how the wire mesh should be oriented. Can you post a picture? If you look at the last picture I posted, you'll see there are some pre-drilled holes in the bottom of the OEM radiator. I understand that I would connect the bottom of the mesh to those holes, but where would I connect the top of the mesh? Is the mesh going straight up, vertically? Or at an angle toward the front grill?

I'd also like the mesh to protect the front of the intercooler from damage so I'm inclined to angle it toward the front grill ... but there's a problem: I don't see anything to attach the top of the mesh to! That part of the car is all plastic and I don't really want to drill a hole in any of the parts

[RickHaleParker]

Almost found the other pieces you need. There is a 1998 S90 at LKQ Houston SW. It has been wrecked in the front end and the spoiler lip is gone. You might consider grabbing any parts you might need. Finding parts for the 960/S90 is going to get harder and harder.

If your real lucky you might find the spoiler lip sitting in the car. Sometimes they pick them up and toss them in the car.

[RickHaleParker]

I don't see anything to attach the top of the mesh to! That part of the car is all plastic and I don't really want to drill a hole in any of the parts

The spoiler lip is held to the bumper cover with clips. Clip the hardware cloth to the bottom of the bumper cover then fold it back? Might put the hardware cloth on the top side of the bumper cover edge then roll it back. That would help keep it out of sight.
eEuroparts has the clips on sale for $2.00 each. Click on the picture to go there.



Matt: Does the user need to click through the eEuroparts icon at the top of the page in order for MVS to get it sliver or is all links from MVS tracked? Code used on checkout?