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    On trail fix for mud pluged radiator.

    Yesterday I sunk the front of my 900 Trail in a mud hole. I was riding alone so my only option was to winch it through the mud to the other side. The radiator got about half plugged with mud and the temperature ran a little higher than normal (215 ish) for the rest of the day.

    Anyhow, has anyone else run into this situation? Does anyone have a trick to clean out a radiator out on the trail (or maybe at the trailhead?) I was thinking about maybe carrying a garden sprayer in the truck but don't know how will that would work to clean out the fins.

    Ideas?

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    I have seen guys using a bildge pump for boats. Just rigged it up with a small hose on the output side so it has a bit of pressure. Wire in a plug for the 12v output on your rzr and throw the pump in the water.

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    I have seen the same thing done.............but with some of the mudder's i know once that red clay mud hits the radiator its just bakes to it.......

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    I always bring a 2 gal pump sprayer,works great for the radiator and front windshield .

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    Before you ride spray your radiator. A spray called mud off . It works good I spray my fenders and stuff before I ride and no mud sticks to it. But it will rinse off if you cross a lot of deep creeks.

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    I have forgot all about MUD OFF we used it all the time when I raced circle track dirt cars. It worked great , I'm going to have to get some for when we go riding when it's muddy out.

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    I use a small inexpensive 12 volt boat bilge pump .

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