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How to mount air guide for 960/V90?

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Old Aug 20th, 2018, 18:19   #1
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Default How to mount air guide for 960/V90?

The front air guide on my V90 has never been correctly installed for as long as I have had the car. The front clips in place under the front bumper, obviously as intended. But the rear is held in place by cable ties passing through holes in the bottom aluminium flange of the radiator.

I have three of the correct (I believe they are correct) mountings for the air guide. http://media.skandix.de/pimg/1028719.jpg But I can't see how to install them. I can't believe they should be screwed to the radiator; that would probably pierce a coolant channel. But I can't see how else they could be mounted.

Any help explaining how to mount them would be very welcome.

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Have a look at this very recent thread......

https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=284549
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Have a look at this very recent thread......

https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=284549
Many thanks. What I'd really like to know is how the fixing was done by Volvo on the 960/V90. It is so hard to see how it can be done on my car that I have the feeling a part must be missing.

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Many thanks. What I'd really like to know is how the fixing was done by Volvo on the 960/V90. It is so hard to see how it can be done on my car that I have the feeling a part must be missing.
3 plastic twist lugs - which obviously are crap!

I tried for over an hour to reattach the air guide after changing the rad in my 960 but gave up and it's sitting in the garden

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3 plastic twist lugs - which obviously are crap!

I tried for over an hour to reattach the air guide after changing the rad in my 960 but gave up and it's sitting in the garden

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Jonnyf90 - The twist lugs look to me as if they would work IF there were something suitable to attach them to. Skandix provided three self-tapping screws about 30mm long - but I can't believe that you are meant to tap directly into the radiator (and risk piercing the waterway).

I have reattached my air guide with cable ties. The air guide is said to significantly improve the cooling, by forcing more air through the rad.

A couple of weeks ago I was driving for hours on end in an ambient temperature of more than 33°C and I felt that the cooling system was earning its keep.

If anyone could post a clear photo of how the twist lugs for the air guide were installed by Volvo, that would be a great help to me and probably to jonnyf90 too.
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If anyone could post a clear photo of how the twist lugs for the air guide were installed by Volvo
Have a look at the photos in this listing......

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VOLVO-940-9...-/263588412101
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.....three self-tapping screws about 30mm long - but I can't believe that you are meant to tap directly into the radiator (and risk piercing the waterway).
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Due to the design of the lug, only a short portion of the screw actually threads into the bottom rail of the radiator and the screw bottoms out before its point reaches any where near the matrix.
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rwdkev is right. My 1993 960 (380k miles) still has the original fittings and, I have replaced the radiator twice and they come with already drilled holes for the self tapping screws in the "lower rail" of the rad. The screws should bottom out before they get close to the matrix but I always check when securing just to make sure. The "lower rail" is a length of aluminium "U" section about 1cm across the mouth, attached as part of the radiator.
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rwdkev is right. My 1993 960 (380k miles) still has the original fittings and, I have replaced the radiator twice and they come with already drilled holes for the self tapping screws in the "lower rail" of the rad. The screws should bottom out before they get close to the matrix but I always check when securing just to make sure. The "lower rail" is a length of aluminium "U" section about 1cm across the mouth, attached as part of the radiator.
Thank you, and thanks to all. It all makes sense and I have verified that it is correct using a scrap radiator.

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